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Check out our brand new video about Individualized Education Plans : http://www.youtube.com/user/UPTV6?feature=mhsn /a/u/0/W4--O0nL7gU . Thank you to everyone who helped in its creation! We are very excited!

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For all current UIUC Campus Recreation Members, check out the new children's pass program offered by Campus Recreation : http://www.campusrec.illinois.edu/membership/guestPass.html.

Daily Guest Pass, Member Services » Campus Recreation » U of I Campus Recreation Members, UI Students, Affiliates, and Alumni Association Members may purchase daily guest passes for themselves and up to five guests.

Check out our new research article from Dr. Pamela Hadley from the College of Applied Health Sciences at Illinois:http://i-parents.illinois.edu/research/hadley.html

Input and Grammatical Development We are currently evaluating strategies to increase adult input informativeness with the use of " toy talk" strategies (Walsh, 2010; Jansen, 2010). Toy talk strategies teach adults to (a) talk about the toys, and (b) give the toy/object its name. When adults use a higher percentage of sentences with

We have a new research article from Dr. Gulley in the Psychology Department. http://i-parents.illinois.edu/research/gulley.html

Teach Your Children Well: The Facts about Drug Use Dr. Gulley's laboratory is focused on the neurobiology of drug and alcohol addiction, with an emphasis on behavioral and physiological analyses of brain reward pathways in animal models of drug taking and repeated drug exposure. Research in the lab is currently addressing three main questions:

We have a new research item from Professor Jennifer Kam about talking to your child about risky behaviors.
http://i-parents.illinois.edu/research/kam.html

Conversations Surrounding Risky Behaviors with Adolescents Dr. Kam's research primarily focuses on culturally-based stressors associated with minority group status, as well as immigration and acculturation processes that place youth at risk for substance use, poor academic performance, and other problem behaviors. In recent studies, she has examined ethnic

Check out our new research item from Professor John Caughlin.

http://i-parents.illinois.edu/research/caughlin.html

Discussing Family Illnesses with Children Dr. Caughlin's research examines communication in close personal relationships. Most of his recent work has focused on topics like conflict, disclosure, and secrets. His research on disclosure and secrecy involves trying to understand when it is good to talk about something and when it is better to

We have updated our website with a new format, but we still have great parenting resources!

Check out the University of Illinois Extension's page to find some great gardening tips. See http://i-parents.illinois.edu/toolkit/gardening.html to learn more about gardening with your child.

Gardening with your child

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Check out our new toolkit item: Shopping on a Budget
http://i-parents.illinois.edu/toolkit/budget.html

Shopping on a Budget Living on a budget can be hard, particularly when you are a student-parent. Often times, it is difficult to shop both affordably and nutritiously. Here are some helpful tips to do both successfully: