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Toddler Language Group
Led by Speech Language Pathologist
Melissa Braislin, MS, CCC-SLP.
Join this
special group, and learn techniques to
enhance speech and language skills, how
to stimulate language within everyday
activities, and activities that promote lan-
guage at home. This weekly group meets
in the lower lobby of the Women’s Center
at Sharon Hospital. Cost of the program
(#ve weeks, one 45-minute session each
week) is $100. For more information or to
join the group, please call
860.364.4065
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Save the Dates:
Men’s Health Fair & Screening
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Tuesday, Sept. 11, 4 to 6 p.m.
Followed by lecture at 6 p.m. with Jerome
K. Roth, MD, and Stephen C. Yu, MD.
FREE Mammogram
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Wednesday, Oct. 17, 4 to 8 p.m. and
Thursday, Oct. 18, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Women’s Imaging at Sharon Hospital
This event is FREE for uninsured women
and is available on a #rst-come, #rst-
served basis. Call Alyssa at
860.364.4468
for more information.
Sharon Hospital is committed to helping the community make better healthcare
decisions. Through education and support opportunities, participants play an
active role in their health. For more information, visit
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Programs take place at Sharon Hospital or at the Good Neighbor’s building, at
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CALENDAR
Community
Health
Make a safe splash: Protect your family around water
It keeps you cool when summer sizzles,
and it’s a splash-#lled blast with family and
friends. But whether you’re at a backyard
pool or an ocean beach, there’s a serious
side to water that deserves a great deal of
respect.
Richard Bennek, MD, Medical Director,
Emergency Medicine at Sharon Hospital,
wants you to follow these expert tips and
reminders to help reduce the very real risk
of drowning and help keep everyone safe
around water:
Keep a watchful eye on kids.
Take care
to avoid distractions, such as cellphone
calls, when children are in or around water.
They need adult supervision at all times.
In fact, the littlest ones should always be
within arm’s reach.
Teach swimming skills and rules.
Give
serious thought to enrolling your children
in swimming classes. Make sure kids always
ask permission to go near water. Even good
Constant adult supervision is a
must when kids are near water.
swimmers need supervision.
Fence your pool.
If you have a home
pool, it needs a proper barrier to discour-
age unsupervised kids—children can
wander into danger in mere minutes.
Swimwhere it’s safe.
Swimming at
beaches, lakes or rivers can be safe in
designated areas with lifeguards. Obey any
beach hazard warnings, and understand
the dangers of rip currents and what to do
if you’re caught in one.
Always wear life jackets in boats.
Kids
and inexperienced swimmers should also
wear life jackets anytime they’re around
water.
Sources: American College of Emergency Physicians; American
Red Cross; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention