promotion running through the month of October.

Harvard Medical School Paediatrician, cable TV star and author Dr. Brazelton will be a guest speaker at three seminars.

The Department of Health's Family Health Month has been a success over the last two years and over the next month a number of interesting events have been arranged.

Dr. Brazelton will be the guest speaker for the parents' seminar scheduled on Monday, October 11 and Tuesday, October 12.

He is the founder of the Child Development Unit at Boston Children's Hospital and Clinical Professor Emeritus of Paediatrics at Harvard Medical School.

His award-winning cable television "What Every Baby Knows'' can be seen locally on Lifetime channel 30, at 10.30 a.m., Monday through Friday. He is the author of 24 books on children and being a parent.

Dr. Brazelton will be joined by colleagues Dr. Barbara Howard and Dr. Stanley Turecki to conduct the three seminars.

The first is a parents' seminar entitled "Stresses and Support for Families of the Nineties'' at St. Paul's Centennial Hall on Monday at 7 p.m. Admission is free.

"Working with Families of Young Children,'' a professional seminar costing $25 entry, will be held at the Hamilton Princess next Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

That evening at St. Paul's Centennial Hall the topic will be "Working with Children and Families in the Day Care Setting''. Admission is free.

All the seminars will include audience participation.

Dr. Brazelton's presentation centres on contemporary issues for parents and child development.

The seminar for professionals who work with children and their parents on a daily basis, includes identification and management of high risk children, the effects of substance abuse on development and day care.

Other activities for the month include the Child Development Programme's open house on October 21 at its Palmetto Road headquarters.

A Health Department spokesperson said: "Following the success of last year's theme `Spend Some Time with a Child Today' the committee has adopted the theme `Off to a Good Start'.

"It is a widely held belief that a child will flourish if it is raised in an environment that provides support, attention and genuine caring.''