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<small><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">February 22, 2011</span><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">; FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE................................a pdf poster is available
upon request</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><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>
52 Christian Ridge Road, Ellsworth, ME 04605</span></i><br>
<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></span></small>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align:
center; text-indent: -0.25in;" align="center"><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 16pt;">“Incredible Years for Babies and
Parents”</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Downeast
Children’s Council, a program of Downeast Health Services, is
pleased to announce that a new weekly series for babies and
their parents / caregivers will begin on <u>Tuesday,<span
style=""> </span>March 22, 2011 at 9:30am-11:00am</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>Pre-registration and some reading will be
required.<span style=""> </span>Everyone is welcome.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><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
will include:</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent:
-0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span
style="">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">“Becoming
a Parent – Getting to Know Your Baby”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent:
-0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span
style="">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">“Babies as
Intelligent Language Learners”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent:
-0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span
style="">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">“Providing
Physical, Tactile and Visual Stimulation for your Baby”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent:
-0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span
style="">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">“Parents
Learning to Read Babies Minds”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent:
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style="">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">“Gaining
Support”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent:
-0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span
style="">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">“The
Emerging Sense of Self”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><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></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">This series is
funded by the Maine Children's Trust. For additional
information, visit their website at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.mechildrenstrust.org">www.mechildrenstrust.org</a>.</span></p>
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