Re-ED in Real Life: Making Life Changing Strides at PEP PEP Staff Development Director Ken Siemen recently sat down to talk about the transformative power of Re-ED. Siemen, who has spent his entire career at PEP, told the story of a student he had years ago, Joey, who made tremendous strides – literally and figuratively
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Global Strife Reinforces Commitment to Protecting Children at PEP By Habeebah R. Grimes, CEO, Positive Education Program I desire to live in a world that is free from violence. My own childhood and choice to work in service to children, many of whom have experienced or witnessed abhorrent forms of violence, inform this desire and
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The Center for Community Solutions Features Blog Post about PEP In Feb. this year, The Center for Community Solutions‘ Eboney Thornton published a blog post entitled “PEP: Interrupting Disparities in the Behavioral Health Pipeline.” The piece featured thoughts from PEP’s CEO, Habeebah R. Grimes and from Marilyn Mauck, who was PEP’s chief instruction and achievement
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PEP Clap-Out Ceremony Signals New Beginnings On Friday, Oct. 27 all of the students and staff at PEP Chesnutt stood together in a circle jubilantly giving high fives to three of their peers who are returning to public school in their home districts. The moment was truly joyous with happy shouts and drumming filling the
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