Talking About Scary Events with Young Children If you’re like most people these days, your mind is at least partially occupied by some very scary events and realities. Stories of school shootings and gun violence plague the news. As a nation, we continue to grapple with the very real physical and emotional harm of structural
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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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