Children's Health

The QMG Pedi­atric Ther­a­py team has some gift sug­ges­tions for the kids in your life. 

Dr. Kendra Conkright, a physi­cian with Quin­cy Med­ical Group’s Pitts­field Clin­ic, is deeply com­mit­ted to her com­mu­ni­ty. Grow­ing up in near­by Grig­gsville, she devel­oped a strong con­nec­tion to the area and its peo­ple. Her child­hood expe­ri­ences with a med­ical con­di­tion sparked her inter­est in health­care, and she pur­sued her edu­ca­tion with the goal of return­ing to serve her community.

Jes­si­ca Booz­er, a nurse prac­ti­tion­er at the Quin­cy Med­ical Group Pitts­field Clin­ic, shares her pas­sion for pedi­atrics. Dri­ven by a desire to make a pos­i­tive impact, she found her call­ing in work­ing with chil­dren. Booz­er enjoys see­ing her young patients smile and light up dur­ing their appointments.

Are you buy­ing gifts for kid­dos this year? Have no idea what you are doing? Want some ideas beyond those must-have toys this sea­son? Lean­na Moss, Cer­ti­fied Occu­pa­tion­al Ther­a­py Assis­tant & Ann Zinn, Speech-Lan­guage Pathol­o­gist, have some great ideas to think about while you are shop­ping. You can find some fun and educational/​developmental gifts for the kids on your list.

Anne Zinn, Speech Lan­guage Pathol­o­gist and Feed­ing Spe­cial­ist, dis­cuss­es tips and tricks to help you nav­i­gate meal­time with picky eaters dur­ing the holidays.

Need some great gift ideas for kids? Use our hol­i­day gift guide!

QMG Phys­i­cal Ther­a­pist Sam Wil­son and QMG Speech Ther­a­pist Anne Zinn with our Pedi­atric Ther­a­py depart­ment put togeth­er their top gift ideas for chil­dren, with a major focus on pro­mot­ing fine and gross motor devel­op­ment as well as speech devel­op­ment, all while hav­ing fun!

Get ready for a rare sight! A total solar eclipse will grace the U.S. skies on April 8, the first since 2017. Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) Oph­thal­mol­o­gist Dr. Eric Sieck reminds every­one that while this is a sight to behold, pri­or­i­tiz­ing eye safe­ty is cru­cial for a tru­ly unfor­get­table experience.

Think­ing out­side of the box to max­i­mize treat­ment out­comes is some­thing Kristie Kem­n­er-Schoen and Lyn­nae Glas­cock have been doing for years in their roles in pedi­atric ther­a­py at Quin­cy Med­ical Group. Their suc­cess in part­ner­ing with their meth­ods is a mod­el they want to share.

No more school, no more books, no more…you can prob­a­bly see where this is going. Sum­mer is great! For kids that is. But for par­ents, it can be an entire­ly dif­fer­ent sto­ry. Some­time around the sec­ond or third week after school lets out, the nov­el­ty of break starts to wear off for mom and dad. Tat­tling, whin­ing, argu­ing, fight­ing, tantrums, and aggres­sion–all of these can increase dur­ing the sum­mer months. If your kids are melt­ing down, there are sev­er­al pos­si­ble reasons.