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04/21/2024

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07/01/2023

I will have a Saturday morning spot opening up 7/15.

03/04/2023

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Best board games for kids to boost the development of executive function skills like planning and focused attention. Games for 5 to 9-year-olds.

01/26/2023

Therapeutic drama therapy opens the door to healing through performance.

12/03/2022

Great article about the benefits of improv. All of these apply to neurodivergent kids too. I would love to put together a group of tweens/teens interested in doing improv.

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/19/1129907651/improv-can-build-confidence-heres-how-to-apply-it-to-your-everyday-life?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&fbclid=IwAR2P_U9uAWO_1NRDFSK1bFU0LUWDXrFdZbV0m-5-1SpblsZswzDpg4JN-gY&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Improv comedy is about more than making people laugh. It can help performers be more creative and self-assured — and combat anxiety, both on and off stage.

07/08/2022

Short version: Repeated phrases are often meaningful. Some people with disabilities communicate mostly in memorized phrases and references and allusions to stories and other things. Nondisabled people are taken seriously when they communicate this way. Disabled people who communicate in references should be taken just as seriously. (Even when they don’t communicate in literal language very often or at all).

Meaningful echolalia October 10, 2015June 21, 2021 Real Social Skills Some people communicate mostly in memorized phrases or allusions to stories and events. It’s actually pretty normal to communicate in phrases and allusions. I think most people communicate that way at least some of the time. For...

06/09/2022

Play, language, and conversation are all pieces of the puzzle.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-kids-are-falling-behind-global-competition-but-brain-science-shows-how-to-catch-up/?fs=e&s=cl #

Paid parental leave and high-quality child care improve children’s brain development and prospects for a better future

05/18/2022