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Banish the Wee Horror

ERIC’s ‘Banish the Wee Horror’ campaign is in full swing this month. The campaign raises awareness of bedwetting and encourages parents and children to contact ERIC for support. This year, we highlight sleepovers.
 We know thousands of children and young people dread summer sleepovers and holidays because they wet the bed.  The campaign highlights just how [...]

Wee Need YOU

June is ERIC’s  ’Banish the Wee Horror’  bedwetting awareness month, and as we become increasingly successful in getting our message across through the media, the demand for our resources continues to increase. 
As part of our ‘Banish the Wee Horror’ campaign ERIC will be appealing to you for your support in raising funds to help [...]

ERIC’s 2010 Conference

ERIC’s 2010 Conference – action packed and affordable

Can you afford to miss the only Conference to introduce the new NICE Guidelines on Childhood Constipation and Enuresis to Health professionals?  
Thanks to funding support from the Department of Health, ERIC can now offer significantly reduced delegate rates for the ERIC Conference in Birmingham on 1st December 2010. 
Book [...]

Childhood Constipation – That’s NICE

The NICE Guidelines on Constipation in Children & Young People were published on 26th May.
 Constipation is a very common childhood problem and the NICE Guidelines offer recommendations to healthcare professionals about the treatment and care of children who suffer from constipation.  They are equally important for parents, offering an opportunity to increase understanding of the [...]

ERIC forecasts a dry summer

As the days grow longer and warmer, children and their families will be preparing for trips away, holidays and sleepovers.  Be prepared and don’t let the prospect of wet nights spoil your child’s fun. 
 ERIC’s webshop is brimmed full of resources that will ‘Banish the Wee Horror’  including a range of discreet and very popular absorbent [...]

Research Update

ERIC is pleased to provide abstracts of recent research for your interest.

Int J Eat Disord. 2010 Mar 30
Nocturnal enuresis in adolescents with anorexia nervosa: Prevalence, potential causes, and pathophysiology.
Kanbur N, Pinhas L, Lorenzo A, Farhat W, Licht C, Katzman DK.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and potential causes of [...]

ERIC Training News

We are now working on our exciting training programme for 2011 – more news coming soon….
If you are looking to update your knowledge soon, there are spaces  available on the following ERIC courses:

Toilet Training and Soiling Including Children with Special Needs -  7th July, London
Childhood Daytime Wetting and Soiling – 8th September, Kent
Nocturnal Enuresis, The Three Systems Approach [...]

ERIC Woman’s Hour

To coincide with the release of the NICE Childhood Constipation Guidelines, ERIC featured on BBC Radio 4 – Woman’s Hour, discussing the implications of the new Guidelines for families and health professionals.  Jenny Perez represented ERIC and the family perspective in the discussions. 
The Radio programme generated a lot of interest from families creating an increase [...]