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related to children’s health and safety issues, i.e. car seat safety
back pack safety nutrition, etc, by consulting with experts in those
areas. This information will be disseminated in various ways.
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Create public forums to educate the public on
children’s health issues. These forums will be open to the public and
will be held in various cities throughout the world.
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Form a worldwide network of Doctors of Chiropractic
specializing in pediatric chiropractic.
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Work with other organizations to provide an
entry-level proficiency course to chiropractic pediatric care, which
will lead to their certification and ultimately their diplomate in
pediatric chiropractic.
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Promote chiropractic research of vertebral
subluxation and the effects on children, as well as the benefits of
chiropractic adjustments for children.
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Work with the Council on Chiropractic Practice to
develop clinical guidelines for the care of children.
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The Council is currently working on "CHDI" or
Children’s Health Day International, a bi-annual event to be held in April and
August. This day is designed to raise your community’s awareness on
children’s health issues, form alliances with other children’s health
providers in your community, i.e. dentist, optometrist, audiologist. In
addition, children’s’ gym and health clubs, athletic clubs, dance
schools, martial arts schools, golf and tennis instructors, etc. These
days will raise awareness in the community of the benefits of
chiropractic care for children as well as provide a festive day for the
children in your community and build your practice. The information is
free to WCA members and will be available to download on-line. To
non-members there will be a $99 charge, which includes their first
quarter membership to the WCA.
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The Council will provide information on being a
team chiropractor for youth sports. Special considerations for the
growing athlete will be addressed as well as sport specific injuries.
Included will be the legalities, liability and what your
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Chair: Joel Miller, D.C., F.I.C.P.A.
Dr. Joel Miller is a 1983 cum laude graduate from
Life University and was awarded the Clinical Excellence award for his
outstanding achievements during his internship there. He has been in
private practice in Michigan, Georgia and for the past 18 years, Florida.
He was the lead professor in Pediatric Adjusting and the associate
professor in Pediatric Clinical Assessment at Life University from 1998 –
2000. He is a Fellow of the International Chiropractic Pediatric
Association and is co-author and lead instructor of a 120 hour pediatric
certification course where he served as the Director of Pediatric Clinical
Education.
Dr. Miller is a member of the International
Chiropractors’ Association, the ICA’s council on Fitness and Sports Health
Science. He is a Diplomat of the National board of Chiropractic Examiners
and a founding member of the ICA’s council on Pediatrics. He was the
recipient of the Outstanding Chiropediatric Leadership award in March
2002. Dr. Miller has served as the chiropractor for many teams in SW
Florida including "Pop" Warner, High school, College and the Minnesota
Twins and Boston Red Sox. He is a black belt instructor and coached the
Jr. Olympic Tae Kwon Do National Championships. He is certified through
the ISSA as a Youth Fitness Trainer and a Specialist in Martial Arts
Conditioning and has received Black Belt certification through Kukkiwon in
Seoul, Korea.
Dr. Miller has authored numerous papers published in
popular chiropractic literature and is an international lecturer on
Chiropractic Pediatrics and youth sports. Dr. Miller is currently a
primary reviewer for the Council on
Chiropractic Practice guidelines for pediatrics. He also serves on several
colleges post- graduate faculty.
Vice-chair: Pamela Stone, D.C.
Pamela
Stone, D.C., F.I.C.P.A. is Certified Pediatric Chiropractor
through the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association and a 2000
graduate of Life University’s College of Chiropractic. She also has a
Bachelor of Science from the University of Massachusetts, and spent seven
years working in public relations and promotions in the sporting goods
industry. While a student at Life University, Dr. Stone was president of
the Pediatrics Club and taught pediatric adjusting techniques to fellow
student. Dr. Stone is a regular speaker in her community on pregnancy and
children's related topics. She has been published in Today’s Chiropractic
magazine, The Chiropractic Journal, Chicken Soup for The Chiropractic
Soul, and Sporting Kid magazine, as well as several local newsletters.
During the past 15 years, she has completed more than 50 triathlons, five
marathons, including The Boston Marathon on two occasions, and numerous
other running races. She credits regular chiropractic care for allowing
her to be healthy and injury-free. The focus of her practice is promoting
health and wellness among children and adults, allowing them to experience
optimal health. She is in private practice in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Board of directors:
Bobby Doscher,
DC, is President and CEO
of Oklahaven Children's Chiropractic Center, which provides chiropractic
to severely sick and handicapped children. Originally founded in 1962 by
a volunteer group of six D.C.s as the "Children's Chiropractic Center of
Oklahoma," the Center was quickly dubbed "Oklahaven" since it did,
indeed, serve as a haven for children and their families, many of whom
had been dismissed by the medical profession as beyond help. Doscher --
a Palmer graduate from Philadelphia ‑‑ joined the group in 1977 and,
under her leadership, the Center expanded to serve even more children,
conduct research and to educate people about the benefits of a natural,
drug‑free health care and the chiropractic way of life. Doscher and her
staff have also traveled to Jordan, Guatemala, Poland and Mexico to
teach about chiropractic and/or provide services to children in those
areas.
Liz Anderson-Peacock, DC, is a full-time practicing chiropractor. She
has been involved as an appointed member for peer assessment,
examinations, and complaints committees provincially. She has written on
chiropractic care for children with headaches, children with learning
disabilities, child abuse and the pediatric examination for the
chiropractor and case studies on chiropractic care and infertility. She
has taught in the areas of chiropractic care for the pregnant woman and
chiropractic care for children for many groups. She was voted chiropractor
of the Year in 1998 by the Canadian Chiropractor and received her
Distinguished Fellow from the International Chiropractors Association in
1998.
Barbara
Loe Fisher is co-founder and
president of the National Vaccine Information Center. She received a bachelor
of arts degree in English from the University of Maryland and was an
editor for New York Life Insurance Company in New York City; director of
community relations for Muhlenberg Hospital in New Jersey; and media
relations coordinator for the Alexandria Tourist Council in Alexandria,
Virginia. She is co-author of DPT: A Shot in the Dark (Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich, 1985), author of The Consumer’s Guide to Childhood Vaccines
and editor of THE VACCINE REACTION and The Vaccine Hotline newsletters.
She served on the National Vaccine Advisory Committee for four years and
was appointed to the Institute of Medicine Vaccine Safety Forum in
1995, where she helped to coordinate five public workshops on vaccine
safety issues. She served as the consumer voting member of the Vaccines
and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee of the FDA from
1999-2003. She has defined and led the national grassroots vaccine safety
and informed consent movement in the U.S., representing parents at
scientific and government meetings; testifying in state and federal
legislative hearings; speaking at health care conferences and
participating in print and broadcast reports on vaccine safety and
informed consent issues. The mother of three children, her oldest son,
Chris, was left with multiple learning disabilities and attention deficit
disorder after a severe reaction to his fourth DPT shot in 1980 when he
was two and a half years old.
Kathi
Williams is co-founder and
vice president/executive director of the National Vaccine Information
Center. She opened NVIC’s office in 1982 and has been responsible for
creating the administrative infrastructure and managing business and
day-to-day operations for most of NVIC’s 22 year history. As principal
liaison with NVIC’s membership, she is an expert on the provisions and
implementation of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986. She
has represented NVIC membership concerns at meetings of the Advisory
Commission on Childhood Vaccines, The Centers for Disease Control and
other government meetings and legislative hearings. She is co-owner of
Vienna Glass Company and served as the company’s business manager for five
years. The mother of two children, her son, Nathan, suffered a severe
reaction to his fourth DPT shot in 1982 when he was 18 months old and was
left with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder. A staunch
supporter of chiropractic care, both of her children have been adjusted
for a number of years. Her learning disabled son graduated from college in
2004 and her daughter no longer suffers from asthma.
The Council on Children’s’ Health is open to all WCA members
with an interest in children and children’s health issues. Membership is
free to WCA members in good standing. To join, e-mail the
Council Chair.
