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Gainesville Community Information
Child Safety
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Shaken baby syndrome is a severe form of head injury that occurs when a
baby is shaken forcibly enough to cause the baby's brain to rebound (bounce)
against his or her skull. This rebounding may cause bruising, swelling, and
bleeding (intracerebral hemorrhage) of the brain, which may lead to permanent,
severe brain damage or death. |
Education
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The Sunshine State Standards were approved by the State Board of Education
in 1996 to provide expectations for student achievement in Florida. The
Standards approved in 1996 were written in seven subject areas, each divided
into four separate grade clusters (PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12). This format
was chosen to provide flexibility to school districts in designing curriculum
based on local needs. |
Literacy
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Governor Bush believes that reading is the most powerful skill a child can
learn, as it influences success in school and improves the overall quality of
life. The unequivocal goal is for all students in Florida to be able to read
on grade level or higher throughout their school years by 2012. |
Parenting Tips
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Crying is normal for your baby. It is, after all, the only way she has of
letting you know what her needs are. By learning what different cries mean,
you can respond and comfort her promptly, helping her feel safe and secure.
Learning how to interpret her cries will help you respond effectively: go to
her promptly whenever she cries. During her first few months you cannot spoil
a young baby by giving her attention, and if you answer her call for help, she
will cry less in general. |
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Parents: You are your child’s first teacher. Helpful parental tips to raise
your newborn until they reach school age. |
Speech & Language
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the diagnosis given for the sudden
death of an infant under one year of age that remains unexplained after a
complete investigation, which includes an autopsy, examination of the death
scene, and review of the symptoms or illnesses the infant had prior to dying
and any other pertinent medical history. Because most cases of SIDS occur when
a baby is sleeping in a crib, SIDS is also commonly known as crib death. |
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One of the easiest ways to lower the risk of SIDS is to put your baby on
his or her back to sleep, even for naps. This is new advice. Until a few years
ago, doctors told mothers to place babies on their stomachs to sleep. Research
now shows that fewer babies die of SIDS when they sleep on their backs.
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Gainesville Public Library
Alachua County encompasses approximately 965
square miles and is included within the Gainesville Metropolitan Statistical
Area. Alachua County is located in north central Florida almost midway between
the Atlantic and gulf Coasts, approximately 145 miles southeast of the state
capital of Tallahassee, 100 miles north of Orlando and 70 miles southwest of
Jacksonville. In addition to Gainesville, the County Seat and population
center, eight other incorporated municipalities are located within the County;
Alachua, Archer, Hawthorne, High Springs, LaCrosse, Micanopy, Newberry and
Waldo.
The Alachua County Library District provides public library service to a
county-wide population of approximately 190,655.
The Library District has reciprocal borrowing agreements with the surrounding
counties of Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette,
Levy, Marion, Putnam and Union. These agreements are designed to facilitate
access to the most conveniently located library facility regardless of an
individual's county of residence.
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