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<small><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">September
1, 2010</span><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">; FOR
IMMEDIATE
RELEASE</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span>
........................................................<font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>.a pdf poster is available upon
request</b></font><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">CONTACT:<span
style=""> </span></span><i><span
style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: blue;">Candy Eaton,
Program Director<br>
Hancock County Children's Council, a program of Downeast Health
Services Inc.<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">52 Christian Ridge Road</st1:Street>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Ellsworth</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">ME</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">04605</st1:PostalCode></st1:address><o:p></o:p></span></i>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: blue;">207-667-5304,
ext. 261; </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:children@downeasthealth.org"><i>children@downeasthealth.org</i></a><o:p></o:p></span>
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align="center"><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif";">“Incredible
Years for Babies and Parents”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">The Hancock County
Children’s Council, a program of Downeast Health Services, is pleased
to
announce that a new 6-week series for babies and their parents /
caregivers on
Tuesdays will begin on <u>September 21<sup>st</sup>, 2010 at
9:30am-11:30am</u>.<span style=""> </span>If you are interested in
participating in this
FREE series, please call Candy Eaton at 667-5304 ext. 261.<span style="">
</span>We are looking for a minimum of 5 families to
participate and the space will accommodate up to 10 babies and their
parents.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">The Incredible Years
programs will show some of the ways that babies communicate and how
parents can
nurture, teach and respond to their babies in sensitive ways that bring
about
their optimal social, emotional, physical and intellectual development.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Each week, we will provide
participants with an opportunity to discuss and learn from each other
about a
specific topic specific to “The Incredible Years for Babies 0-12
months”.<span style=""> </span>Topics scheduled are:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">September 21<sup>st</sup>:<span
style=""> </span>“Becoming a Parent – Getting to Know Your
Baby”<o:p></o:p></span></font><!--[endif]--></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">September 28<sup>th</sup>:<span
style=""> </span>“Babies as Intelligent Language Learners”<o:p></o:p></span></font><!--[endif]--></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">October 5<sup>th</sup>:<span
style=""> </span>“Providing Physical, Tactile and Visual
Stimulation for your Baby”<o:p></o:p></span></font><!--[endif]--></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">October 12<sup>th</sup>:<span
style=""> </span>Parents Learning to Read Babies Minds”<o:p></o:p></span></font><!--[endif]--></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">October 19<sup>th</sup>:<span
style=""> </span>Gaining Support”<o:p></o:p></span></font><!--[endif]--></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">October 26<sup>th</sup>:<span
style=""> </span>“The Emerging Sense of Self”<o:p></o:p></span></font><!--[endif]--></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">Babies
are intelligent learners- right from the first month they
are thinking, observing and even reasoning.<span style="">
</span>They are highly attuned and actively working to find out about
the
world.<span style=""> </span>Within a few days of birth they
can discriminate human faces and voices from other sights and sounds.<span
style=""> </span>Did you know babies actually prefer the human
face and human stimulation to anything else?<span style="">
</span>Before they can even walk or talk they can actually tell the
difference
between a face that is happy, sad, or mad.<span style="">
</span>In fact, babies seem programmed to recognize people who love
them more
clearly than anything else and they seek out human stimulation about
all else.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Downeast Health Services
Inc. seeks to support the many families in Hancock County with young
babies.<span style=""> </span>There are wide individual
differences in the way babies handle stimuli, need for sleep and amount
of crying.<span style=""> </span>The goal for parents is not to
compare but to
watch for and listen to their own baby’s unique style.<span style=""> </span>Please
call 667-5304 ext. 261, email <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:children@downeasthealth.org">children@downeasthealth.org</a>
or
visit our website at <span style="color: black;"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.downeasthealth.org">www.downeasthealth.org</a>
</span>for
additional information on parenting classes, support groups and family
resources available in Hancock County.<span style=""> </span><span
style=""> </span></span></font><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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