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The Relentless School Nurse: The Importance of Stepping Away

Relentless School Nurse

In the middle of it all, we’re managing chronic conditions, addressing mental health crises, coordinating care, building trust with families, and advocating for health equity. School nurses are no strangers to nonstop days, high-stakes decisions, and emotional labor. The work is meaningful, but also exhausting.

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How Boardball Bumps Up The Fun, Fitness, and Teamwork in PE ClassesWhat Is Boardball?

Gopher Sport

Without the traditional net, rallies last much longer, giving students more opportunities to practice their fundamentals and coordination in a fun and supportive environment. Angled Rebounder Drills: Adjust the boards angle to act as a rebounder for catching and throwing drills, perfect for developing hand-eye coordination and reaction time.

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THE PITFALLS OF 'MORE, YOUNGER' MINDSET Why Starting Kids Too Early and Pushing Them Too Hard Can Backfire in Youth Sports

Better Coaching

Physical Growth and Maturation From infancy to adolescence, children undergo substantial changes in skeletal structure, muscular strength, cardiorespiratory capacity, and coordination. As children grow older, this conditional approval can encourage a cycle of anxiety and fear of failure. Must perform, must impress.

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5 Ways to Celebrate PE & Sport Week in Your School … All Year Long!

SHAPE America

Help ALL Kids Develop Fundamental and Foundational Motor Skills To expand “Motor Skills Monday” beyond National PE & Sport week, think of ways to include activities, games and creative opportunities to increase motor skill ability throughout the year. Be creative and include them in games and movement challenges.

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A Father’s Love Provides a Gift for His Son and a Stranger

Stanford Childrens

Full of personality, he tackles everything with his playful sense of creativity—whether that’s building sandcastles on the beach or finding new ways to play with empty toy boxes. He wondered whether there was a way to coordinate so that timing wouldn’t be an issue. Alex Zwakman, 8, looks at life with joy and curiosity.

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Baby With Challenging Tetralogy of Fallot Grows Into Healthy Toddler

Stanford Childrens

I knew he pioneered a surgery for this condition,” Kelli says. A supportive prenatal-care journey and birth Kelli received prenatal counseling and continued care from Fetal Cardiology , which included echocardiograms (ultrasounds of the heart) and genetic testing to learn everything they could about Hayden’s condition.

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Young Man Receives the Rare Gift of Three Transplants   

Stanford Childrens

The transplant coordinators were there every step of the way, always on call and available to the family, even calling in the middle of the night or on weekends when needed, or to give the good news that a donated organ had been found. Fong is his kidney transplant coordinator today. “I Joseph is an inspiration.