Articles by Dr. Lisa Belisle, MPH, Raising Reader's Medical Advisor
 | Emotional Emergency Packs: Resilience and Reading October 2008: Pediatric providers can help parents support their children and teach them coping skills, enabling them to develop their emotional emergency packs. Books like Scaredy Squirrel can also provide children with role models who are flexible and resilient. |
 | Story Seeking, Story Sharing: The Privilege of Being a Pediatric Provider May 2008: As "story seekers and sharers", pediatric providers are the ideal purveyors of literacy. Giving a book to a child is most effective when combined with anticipatory guidance. |
 | Celebrating Books and Children September 2007: Seven years and one million books later, raising readers is pleased that pediatric health care providers continue to champion literacy. |
 | Championing School Readiness August 2006: Pediatric providers are an integral part of evaluating the developmental aspects of school readiness in children. Our potential influence in this realm is even greater. |
 | The Peek-a-Boo Principle February 2006: Most of us are familiar with the game of 'peek-a-boo.' For the uninitiated, here's the technique: catch the baby's interest, cover your eyes with your hands, then open your fingers and cry "peek-a-boo." |
 | Choosing A Waiting Room Collection November 2005: This issue describes how to choose a children's collection of books for your waiting room that are not only a "mixture of fun and distraction", but durable and sturdy. |
 | Let Food Be Your Medicine: Tips For Feeding The Family July 2005: This issue talks about some great children's books that healthcare providers can recommend to parents who want to read to their child about healthy eating. |
 | New Baby Blues: The Big Sib April 2005: Lisa Belisle, MD discusses ways to prepare children for the change in family circumstances brought on by the arrival of a new baby. Books provide an effective way of easing the transition into older sibling-hood. |
 | Holiday Traditions December 2004: Dr. Belisle examines holiday traditions as a way to learn more about a variety of cultures. Children learn through stories and they can relate to the joy of celebrations and family togetherness. |
 | Sensory Integration Disorder: A Primer for Providers September 2004: This third issue looks at sensory integration disorder and its impact on an increasing number of children (and adults) in our society. |
 | Father Figures June 2004: This issue looks at the role fathers play in a child's development and how fathers can be empowered to have an ongoing relationship with his children through father-child activities… |
 | Attachment: Who Loves You, Baby? March 2004: The goal of raising readers is to get books to children. We supply books to medical providers who pass them along to their patients at well-child visits. The hope is that children… |
