PANDAS Parent Support Group

There is a new chapter of the International PANDAS Foundation meeting in Fayetteville.

When: 4th Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM

Location: The Perk 3980 Wedington Dr. Ste 19 Fayetteville, AR

Contact: Kim Hadley krhadley@gmail.com 479-466-9130

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PANDAS is Pediatric Autoimmune Neurological Disorder Associated with Strep

http://www.internationalpandasfoundation.org for more info on this organization

http://intramural.nimh.nih.gov/pdn/web.htm for more info on PANDAS

Common Sense Media

I am consistently visiting and referring parents to the website commonsensemedia.org. This website is a valuable resource for screening your child's media. It is nicely organized into categories including video games, movies, tv shows, books, websites. Each review includes age-appropriateness and tells you exactly why it was rated for a certain age. It also rates each of these categories: messages, role models, violence, sex, language, consumerism, drugs & smoking. These categories can be expanded into more detailed explanations. I reviewed all the shows and games that my kids currently play and learned a lot. I will definitely be modifying my kids viewing habits. I also just downloaded the app for my phone and will refer to it often.