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Saturday, April 19, 2008
Autism Awareness Month
April is Autism Awareness Month. If you are concerned that your child may have autism, you should consider having your child evaluated by a psychologist. Psychologists are uniquely trained to assess children's behavioral and social development and can diagnose and treat children with autism.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Gun Test Shocks - recent media appearance
Gun Test Shocks Parents
What would your child do if he or she found a gun during playtime? Newschannel 5 and its sister station in Kansas City, KSHB, wanted to find out.
A group of parents agreed to be part of a social experiment, watching their kids from behind one-way glass to see how their children behaved when they found a real gun planted in a toy box.
Before the test began, police helped make sure the gun was completely safe. Captain Rich Lockhart provided his semiautomatic weapon for the test. It's a type of gun many kids see on TV. To make sure it's safe, Lockhart removed the magazine, checked the chamber, and removed the firing pin. Then he put the gun inside a bin of toys.
The first group of children ranged in age from 2 to 11. As they were led into the room with the one-way glass, the parents were hopeful that their kids would do the right thing, and report the gun to an adult as soon as they saw it.
The kids dumped the toy bin to get to the toys. That's when an 8-year-ld boy found the gun buried inside. Next, he pointed the gun at a smaller boy and pulled the trigger. Then another boy joined in, wrestling the gun from the 8-year-old and swinging it around the room. Lockhart said, if the gun had been loaded, any of those kids could have been injured or even killed. One father said tearfully, "As soon as he pointed it at his head, my heart stopped."
In the next test round, parents watched seven more children, this time between the ages of 4 and 12. One of the kids is a 12-year-old Boy Scout whose parents said they hoped he'd do the right thing. Again, it took only moments for one of the older boys to find the gun. He pointed it around the room and tried to shoot it. When the Boy Scout noticed what was going on, he asked the other boy if he could see the gun. Once again, none of the children notified an adult. At the end of both tests, Lockhart held a serious conversation with the children about gun safety.
Experts say having that conversation could save lots of young lives. Last year , 20 kids came to Rainbow Babies and Childrens' Hospital for injuries from a fire arm. In Cuyahoga County last yearm, 16 kids died from gunshots.
Dr. Nabil El-Ghoroury, pediatric psychologist at Metrohealth Medical Center, said, "For all kids, they need to be repeated conversations. One conversation is not going to be enough to get that message through to them that it's important to stay away from guns." El-Ghoroury said there are plenty of opportunites for parents to talk to children about guns. El-Ghoroury said, "Popular movies like Transformers or The Incredibles had guns. When you're watching it, you could pause it and say, 'What do you think about that?' And that's the entry point to talk about that."
What would your child do if he or she found a gun during playtime? Newschannel 5 and its sister station in Kansas City, KSHB, wanted to find out.
A group of parents agreed to be part of a social experiment, watching their kids from behind one-way glass to see how their children behaved when they found a real gun planted in a toy box.
Before the test began, police helped make sure the gun was completely safe. Captain Rich Lockhart provided his semiautomatic weapon for the test. It's a type of gun many kids see on TV. To make sure it's safe, Lockhart removed the magazine, checked the chamber, and removed the firing pin. Then he put the gun inside a bin of toys.
The first group of children ranged in age from 2 to 11. As they were led into the room with the one-way glass, the parents were hopeful that their kids would do the right thing, and report the gun to an adult as soon as they saw it.
The kids dumped the toy bin to get to the toys. That's when an 8-year-ld boy found the gun buried inside. Next, he pointed the gun at a smaller boy and pulled the trigger. Then another boy joined in, wrestling the gun from the 8-year-old and swinging it around the room. Lockhart said, if the gun had been loaded, any of those kids could have been injured or even killed. One father said tearfully, "As soon as he pointed it at his head, my heart stopped."
In the next test round, parents watched seven more children, this time between the ages of 4 and 12. One of the kids is a 12-year-old Boy Scout whose parents said they hoped he'd do the right thing. Again, it took only moments for one of the older boys to find the gun. He pointed it around the room and tried to shoot it. When the Boy Scout noticed what was going on, he asked the other boy if he could see the gun. Once again, none of the children notified an adult. At the end of both tests, Lockhart held a serious conversation with the children about gun safety.
Experts say having that conversation could save lots of young lives. Last year , 20 kids came to Rainbow Babies and Childrens' Hospital for injuries from a fire arm. In Cuyahoga County last yearm, 16 kids died from gunshots.
Dr. Nabil El-Ghoroury, pediatric psychologist at Metrohealth Medical Center, said, "For all kids, they need to be repeated conversations. One conversation is not going to be enough to get that message through to them that it's important to stay away from guns." El-Ghoroury said there are plenty of opportunites for parents to talk to children about guns. El-Ghoroury said, "Popular movies like Transformers or The Incredibles had guns. When you're watching it, you could pause it and say, 'What do you think about that?' And that's the entry point to talk about that."
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Award from the Ohio Psychological Association!
At the 2007 annual meeting of the Ohio Psychological Association, Dr. Nabil was awarded the award for Outstanding Achievement in Public Information. This award was given to him "In recognition of providing media outreach in Spanish following the Virginia Tech shooting". As part of the Public Education Campaign with the Ohio Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association, Dr. Nabil had three interviews with Spanish radio shows following the Virgina Tech shooting. One of the interviews, on Epicentro Radio, was distributed nationwide to subscribing public radio stations.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Why call me Dr. Nabil?
My last name is very difficult to pronounce, particularly at first glance. When I was in school, I could always tell when a teacher got to my name, because they would pause while looking at my last name, then look at my first name, and pause again!
Patients use to ask me if they could call me "Dr. N" or "Dr. E". I don't like that because if they get used to calling me by that name, they could have a hard time trying to contact me if they called the hospital looking for me. By using my first name, staff in my department would be much more likely to recognize that they were looking for me, and be able to forward calls and patient requests to me in an efficient manner.
To pronounce my name, it is "nuh - BEEL". To make it easy to remember, think, "Let's make a deal with Dr. Nabil".
Patients use to ask me if they could call me "Dr. N" or "Dr. E". I don't like that because if they get used to calling me by that name, they could have a hard time trying to contact me if they called the hospital looking for me. By using my first name, staff in my department would be much more likely to recognize that they were looking for me, and be able to forward calls and patient requests to me in an efficient manner.
To pronounce my name, it is "nuh - BEEL". To make it easy to remember, think, "Let's make a deal with Dr. Nabil".
About Dr. Nabil
Nabil Hassan El-Ghoroury, Ph.D., is a bilingual pediatric and child clinical psychologist currently working in the Department of Pediatrics at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, OH. He is also on the faculty of the Department of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, and is a clinical instructor in the Department of Psychology at Case Western Reserve University. In his current position, he is an active clinician, evaluating and treating children and adolescents from the ages of 2 to 19, as well as working with parents and families. He is the lead instructor in the Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics rotation in the Pediatrics residency program at MetroHealth, where he precepts Pediatrics and Medicine/Pediatrics residents on interviewing techniques with parents and children, and a behavioral model physicians can use to help problem solve with their patients. He has given lectures to residents and medical students on issues such as duty to warn, anxiety disorders, behavioral interventions, psychotic disorders, depression in mothers. He actively supervises clinical psychology graduate students from Case Western Reserve University. Finally, he is the psychologist for the Hispanic Clinic, a multidisciplinary primary care clinic for Spanish-speaking youth and their families. In the Hispanic Clinic, Dr. El-Ghoroury collaborates frequently with physicians, nurses, lawyers, and health educators.
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