Media Coverage of Traumatic Events On Thursday, Feb. 6, WOIO featured PEP CEO Habeebah Grimes as part of its Black History Month series, 400 Years: The Vestiges of Slavery. In the segment, which examined the link between slavery and trauma, Grimes talked about media coverage of traumatic events. “We can all be traumatized from seeing
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Why Brain Breaks? The more that is learned about the human brain, the more it is understood that frequent, regularly scheduled movement activities for students are not a luxury. They are a necessity to help students pay attention and learn. There is evidence that regularly scheduling short “brain breaks,” which include movement and/or exercise during
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Social Justice Art Projects: INjustice in Their Own Words The narratives from Positive Education Program’s (PEP) social justice art projects will break your heart. I wanted to talk about my neighborhood. Well, even though it’s a bad neighborhood, it’s not as bad as people think when you live there. Everyone treats you like family. There
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Students who need to learn a new routine or new social skill can benefit from stories about themselves that describe how to use the needed skills appropriately. When these stories are developed within certain parameters, they are known as Social Stories. While initially developed for children with autism, Social Stories are a great tool for
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