In The Media
Free Support Group for Grandparents of Autistic Kids
Roslyn Heights, NY, December 12, 2022 —When a child faces a mental health challenge, the entire family is impacted. But while people may sympathize with parents and siblings, they often forget that grandparents also struggle with feelings of sadness and helplessness. That’s why North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center (the Guidance...
“Reach Out and Remember,” By Andrew Malekoff, Anton Media Group, September 12, 2018
In the aftermath of the 17th anniversary of September 11, I offer a remembrance of several groups of people—all Queens court personnel—whom I spent a day with in their courthouse, just three days after the 2001 terrorist attack. The people I met with included...
“Kids First: Look at Where We Have Come,” by Andrew Malekoff, Blank Slate Media, August 31, 2018
Did you know that every day more than 290 Americans die from suicide or a drug overdose? With proper treatment, many of these tragedies could be prevented — but despite a law that guarantees coverage, people face enormous roadblocks when they seek care. In 2008...
“Lessons from the Field,” by Andrew Malekoff, Anton Media’s Long Island Weekly, Aug 22-28 2018
In recent years I have written about concussions in youth sports in this space, with a special focus on Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive degenerative disease of the brain that is the result of repetitive brain trauma. This was something I knew...
Kids First: A Matter of Civil Rights, By Andrew Malekoff, Blank Slate Media, August 16, 2018
Did you know that every day more than 290 Americans die from suicide or a drug overdose? With proper treatment, many of these tragedies could be prevented — but despite a law that guarantees coverage, people face enormous roadblocks when they seek care. In 2008...
Welcoming Club Presents Check to the Guidance Center, Long Island Business News, August 10-16, 2018
Meg Dockery-Cremins (center) of the Welcoming Club of Garden City presented a $30,000 donation to Lauren McGowan and Andrew Malekoff of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center.
Radio Appearance on “Taking Care of Business,” WCWP 88.1. By Regina Barros-Rivera and Elissa Smilowitz. August 8, 2018
“North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center Partners with Neiman Marcus,” Anton Media, August 8-14, 2018
Roslyn Heights, NY, August 2, 2018 — North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center held its 5th Annual Ladies’ Night Out event on Thursday evening, July 19th, at the beautiful Neiman Marcus Garden City store. This marked the second year in a row that the Guidance...
“Birth Justice Warriors,” Metrofocus TV Channel 13, August 2, 2018
On Long Island, black women and their babies are four times more likely to die during childbirth as their white neighbors. Why is this happening and what is being done to help save their lives? Aired on August 2, 2018.
Welcoming Club donates to North Shore Child Guidance, The Garden City News, August 2, 2018
On July 18th, the Welcoming Club of Garden City presented North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center with a check for $30,000. The donation was the result of more than a dozen events the club held during the 2017-2018 season, all of which benefited the Guidance...
Settling In, Chicken Style, July 2018, Anton Media
It’s a common refrain heard in classrooms and at dinner tables all across the country: “Why won’t you just sit still?” Sometimes, with kids who seem especially hyperactive, there is an all-too-quick leap to giving the “problem” a psychiatric label and pulling out a...