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The Relentless School Nurse: This is NOT SCHOOL SAFETY

Relentless School Nurse

School safety is not just a physical challenge, but a psychological one too. The most effective approach to creating safe and supportive school environments requires a comprehensive, coordinated effort including schoolwide, districtwide, and communitywide strategies. What if we made gun locks available in school health offices?

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Power-Up Rhythm and Timing in Physical Education Activities

Gopher PE

As knowledge of the impact of motor coordination on children’s cognition and academic achievement evolves, physical educators are increasingly integrating rhythmic coordinative movement into their daily classroom activities to prime the brain for learning. 2019 ; Kolovelonis & Goudas, 2023 ). Use your knowledge. Change things up.

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5 Strategies for Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth in School

SHAPE America

Data shows that when LGBTQ+ youth hadmore than 11 supportive adults in the school, they reported better psychological well-being and were less likely to feel unsafe, less likely to miss school, and less likely to report a suicide attempt ( GLSEN, 2021 ; Trevor Project, 2019). Be a supportive adult. You can be a supportive adult, an ally.

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Power-Up Rhythm and Timing in Physical Education Activities

Gopher PE

As knowledge of the impact of motor coordination on children’s cognition and academic achievement evolves, physical educators are increasingly integrating rhythmic coordinative movement into their daily classroom activities to prime the brain for learning. 2019 ; Kolovelonis & Goudas, 2023 ). Use your knowledge. Change things up.

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Connection Between Magnesium and Vitamin B6 to Support a Normal Stress Response

Designs for Health

Nutritional status and other lifestyle factors may influence the body’s response to psychological stress. Population studies have associated the dietary intake of vitamin B6 with lower incidences of depressed moods and psychological stress. Vitamin B6 transforms in the body into an active coenzyme pyridoxal 5-phosphate (P5P).

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A School Without Limits: Young Patients Travel Far to Learn Without Leaving Their Bedside

Stanford Childrens

As the Stanford Medicine Children’s Health CHARIOT program educational technology coordinator, she spends time with each patient to tailor an education plan, which could be about ancient civilizations or animal adaptations, for example. All of a sudden, you see a spark in their eye and the curiosity to learn more begins,” she says.

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Reasons Movement Teaches Kids to Think and Learn Differently

Skillastics

Physical Benefits If exercise can improve the brain’s ability to reorganize functions and connections, that leads to even more intellectual benefits, like increased ability to stay attentive, improved motor skills, improved hand-eye coordination, problem solving, and better decision making. It works quietly, in the background.