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Managing Loss and Nurturing Relationships

Managing Loss and Nurturing Relationships IN A TIME OF UNPRECEDENTED STRUGGLE, PAUSING HOLIDAY TRADITIONS IS HARD TO ACCEPT. Contributors: Steve Byrd, principal, PEP Eastwood; Nicole Molnar, clinical coordinator; and Lauren Woods, PEP Early Childhood Plus consultant/trainer Mostly it is loss that teaches us about the worth of things. -Arthur Schopenhauer A Year Like No Other
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Browns Player Makes Thanksgiving Donation to PEP Eastwood

Browns Player Makes a Thanksgiving Donation to PEP Eastwood For many of the kids at PEP Eastwood, the Thanksgiving meal they enjoy together during the school’s annual fall harvest, is the only Thanksgiving meal they get. Unfortunately, for those living in poverty, like so many of the students at PEP Eastwood, a Thanksgiving meal is
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Philosophy & Methodology

Looking to the Future in a Time of Uncertainty

Looking to the Future in a Time of Uncertainty PEP FOCUSES ON THE FUTURE BY LAUNCHING A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS THAT EMBRACES ANTI-RACISM AS CENTRAL TO TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES Contributed by Habeebah R. Grimes, PEP Chief Executive Officer Imagining Our Future When We Are Managing Loss Finding stability in today’s world as plans shift dramatically in
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Philosophy & Methodology

Re-ED 101: Three Big Ideas that Changed Everything

Re-ED 101: Three Big Ideas that Changed Everything SO, WHAT WAS IT THAT LED THESE PEP VISIONARIES TO BUILD THEIR PROGRAM AROUND SUCH A NEW AND RELATIVELY UNTESTED PHILOSOPHY? Contributed by Kenneth Siemen, Director, Staff Development For Positive Education Program, Re-ED has been our North Star from the beginning. It is a philosophy that guides
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