Sweta Asher can feel the weight of what her students are going through when they walk into her classroom each morning at PEP Hopewell on Cleveland’s West Side. Many of these children – some as young as kindergarten age – have witnessed or experienced things that no adult even should. By the time these kids
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Extreme poverty, the unexpected loss of a loved one, neighborhood violence, household dysfunction. These are just a few of the traumatic circumstances and events that are all too familiar for many of the children and families served through PEP Day Treatment Centers. Experiences like these breed fear, distrust and anger. Literature can serve as a
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PEP Prentiss Autism Center recently held its fourth annual “March Madness” basketball skills competition – and it was an absolute joy. All kids had the chance to participate in the five events in the preliminary round. The highest scores advanced to the finals. The gym where our kids practice gross-motor skills was converted to PEP
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