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3 ways students with autism benefit from art, music and recreation

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Art for Students with Autism. Art therapy helps students with autism target imagination and abstract thinking, sensory integration and regulation, emotion and self-expression, developmental growth, visual-spatial skills, and recreation and leisure skills. “As Music for Students with Autism. About the Presenters.

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Elmwood School: Where Girls Rise with Confidence, Curiosity and Global Vision

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Alongside the Prefect system, Elmwoods student-led councils offer focused leadership experiences in areas like academics, arts, athletics, and service. And through the school’s house system, each student gets the chance to participate in and contribute to meaningful events. Think art meets science.

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Five ways school leaders can end the year on a strong note

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Awards can range from academic excellence and perfect attendance to contributions in sports, arts, and community service. Well-being resources : Encourage self-care by providing resources such as access to counseling services, wellness programs, or relaxation spaces within the school. Consider organizing wellness days or retreats.

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Why Summer Learning Programs Are Pushing More Fun Than Academics

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To do that work effectively, districts are banking on higher student participation. Younger kids wanted more arts activities, more play and more time in person with their friends. High schoolers, whose day ends at lunchtime, will have access to college preparation, job training and counseling. Does It Matter?

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CASEL Board Member Dr. Kimberly A. Schonert-Reichl Starts as NoVo Endowed Chair of SEL at UIC

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The position was created in 2011 to support ongoing social and emotional learning (SEL) research at the UIC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, with support from the Novo Foundation.

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To Help Fight a Mental Health Crisis in Schools, Community Groups Step In

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At a school in East Oakland where Seneca conducted a screening of 200 fourth graders for a new trauma support group, Detterman expected to register a handful of participants. One such arts initiative launched this fall to meet persistent, but not yet crisis-level, mental health needs among students at Fred T.

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Chicago Public Schools is monitoring students’ social media for ‘worrisome behavior’

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A report by the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab compared outcomes for students at schools participating in the program — about two dozen elementary and high schools, most of them on the city’s West and South sides — and for those at a control group of schools with similar demographics.

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