Uplift Center for Grieving Children’s 8-week curriculum
Week 1. Introductions: Definition of grief. Play ice-breaker game with grief questions incorporated. Week 2. Games: Play familiar games with
‘Almost every kid has been exposed’ to trauma from violence, school staffer says
At Smedley Elementary School in Frankford, as in many Philadelphia schools in high-crime areas, faculty and administrators work to make
Grief groups help students cope with all-too-common trauma and violence
He doesn’t know why it happened or who did it, but Semaj Brazzle remembers the exact date: June 12, 2018.
Making foster children feel at home
“It’s one of those trips where you think you’re going to the Shore,” says Ernesto Pineda, “and you end up
Efforts underway to provide more and better training to foster parents
It’s a scene that happens all too often to children in Philadelphia – and other cities as well. It’s late
Helping foster youth attain college and persist there
The date was Dec. 2, 2017, and the last thing on 16-year-old Joyline Jefferson’s mind was college. The family had
Learning about healthy meals at school
Destiny Crawford, 17, talked of helping with the cooking for an 11-person household. Sonialys Soto, 15, happy to eat less
City’s workforce strategy includes District
At Parkway Center City Middle College High School, it’s sometimes a little hard to tell the faculty without a scorecard.
Psychologist says shame is not an effective way to educate
“For kids to benefit,” said Christopher Blodgett, a noted clinical psychologist, on Thursday, “adults will have to change.” In particular,
Panel says teachers aren’t prepared to deal with trauma in children
A student who seems inattentive in class may not be inattentive at all, one of the area’s leading experts on
