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Garden City News “Andy Foundation Donates to Guidance Center,” March 6, 2023
North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center (the Guidance Center), the leading not-for-profit children’s mental health agency on Long Island, is pleased to announce that The Andy Foundation, a Garden City-based nonprofit, dedicated to helping children less fortunate than most, has donated $10,000 to support its mission. “There is such a...
Kids First: Talking with Kids About Coronavirus
By Jenna Kern-Rugile is Director of Communications at North Shore Child Guidance - Blank Slate Media, March 28, 2020 Everyone, regardless of their age, has been thrown for a loop by this strange, new reality we are all living in. The coronavirus — in particular,...
#CORONATHERAPY – How to Manage Our Own Fears and Anxieties During This Pandemic
By Jennifer Pearlman, LMHC at North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center I keep waiting for this to end so I can tell my family and friends about this crazy, unrealistic movie I watched about the entire world shutting down over a contagious virus called COVID-19....
Guidance Center Hosts Trivia Night
Roslyn Heights, NY, March 2, 2020— More than 50 fans of Jeopardy and Trivial Pursuit had a terrific night as North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center hosted its second annual Trivia Night on February 27th at Gino’s Trattoria and Pizzeria of New Hyde Park. The...
Talking with your Kids About Coronavirus
It’s all over the news and social media. The coronavirus—in particular, COVID19—has people of all ages understandably concerned. When a director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells the public to be prepared for a “significant disruption” of their...
Letter to the Editor on the Death of Tommy Valva, Newsday, by Andrew Malekoff
Community members attended the March for Change in honor of Thomas Valva on Feb. 8 at Heckscher State Park in Suffolk County. Credit: Shelby Knowles My head is still spinning after reading “How the system failed Tommy” [News, Feb. 16], a story about the tragic death...
“Community Efforts and Charitable Endeavors,” Anton Media, December 18-31, 2019
From left: Jacqueline M. Goode, Laura Schaefer, honoree Angela Susan Anton, Joanne K. Adams, Erin King Sweeney, Laura Curran, Laura Gillen, Silvia Cabana, Kimberly Bancroft, Patricia Reinhardt, Libby Imperio (Photos by Tab Hauser) Philanthropy is of the utmost...
Guidance Center Co-Hosts Event at Brooks Brothers
Catherine Castagna and Ernie Lagoja enjoyed the festivities as the Guidance Center co-hosted an event at Brooks Brothers in Manhasset. Roslyn Heights, NY, December 12, 2019 —Earlier in December, for the second year in a row, North Shore Child & Family Guidance...
“A Visit with Rusty,” by Andrew Malekoff, Anton Media, December 19, 2019
From time to time, North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center has used animal assisted therapy (AAT) in its mental health treatment programs with children and teens, working in partnership with local canine and equine organizations. In animal assisted groups, the...
“Radio broadcast on Birth Justice Warriors,” Dr. Nellie Taylor-Walthrust and Martine Hackett,” WHRU Radio, December 10, 2019
In this episode of Well Said, we’re talking about something that many may think of more as ancient history than contemporary health – the dangers of pregnancy and childbirth. Sadly, deaths related to child delivery still occur and happen at higher rates in the United...
“Insurers Failing to Cover Mental Health,” Newsday Letters, by Andrew Malekoff, December 3, 2019
Insurers failing to cover mental health The law to require mental health education in New York schools is a good step ["LI Schools' New Focus on Mental Health," News, Nov. 28]. However, almost half of all children in the country with a mental health disorder did not...