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PEP Remembers a Friend: A Tribute to Nicholas Long

Dr. Nicholas Long: PEP’s Treasured Friend, Mentor, and Teacher PEP lost a friend, colleague and inspiring teacher with the recent passing of Dr. Nicholas Long at age 92.  Nicholas was a pioneer in the development of psychoeducational methods in working with emotionally challenged children and youth. He was noted for the Conflict Cycle which illustrated
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Kids Celebrate PEP’s 50th with Birthday Parties

During the 2021 – 2022 school year, Positive Education Program took several occasions to celebrate its 50th anniversary. To cap off the year, kids and staff from each Day Treatment Center and PEP Connections had the chance to celebrate together at special PEP birthday parties. Central Office staff, including PEP Early Childhood Plus and PEP
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PEP Phoenix Student Featured in Statewide News Story

PEP Phoenix Student Featured in Statewide News Story On Monday June 13, Spectrum News Channel 1 ran a story as part of its “Building Resilient Communities” series that featured a student from Positive Education Program. Omar El Sabe, a PEP Phoenix student in eighth grade who is in the process of transitioning back to his
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Juneteenth – A Celebration of Freedom

Juneteenth – A Celebration of Freedom A year ago, on June 17, 2021, President Biden proclaimed Juneteenth a federal holiday. Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed, a full two and a
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