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Supporting Positive and Possible Futures

Protecting Brains, Stimulating Minds: The Early Life Roots of Success in School (Video)

Jack Shonkoff | April 2, 2018 | Length: 1:33:53 mins
From HarvardEducation: Understanding both the biology of adversity and the science of early learning is essential for building a strong foundation for reducing disparities in educational achievement. The benefits of evidence-based curricula in the early childhood years cannot be fully achieved without effective strategies for preventing the consequences of toxic stress.

The Sensory Room: Helping Students With Autism Focus and Learn (Video)

May 3, 2017 | Length: 5:20 mins
Imagine a safe space where students with autism can go to calm their bodies and then get back to the business of learning.

What is Autism to You? (Video)

May 28, 2018 | Length: 14:24 mins
The beginning clips are to show the Fearmongering surrounding Autism. The video then goes on to dispel this fear by explaining what Autism is to an Autistic person. My autistic son who is 6 and pre-verbal is the reason I made this video. I want the world to be a better place for him, one where he is not viewed as abnormal or weird because he is autistic.

Kindergarten Class Shakes Hands Every Morning (Video)

May 27, 2018 | Lenght: 1:02 mins
“This is something we do every morning to start our day off on the right foot! Every child in my class does this,” wrote Asher’s teacher, Ashley Coston Taylor. “It’s amazing to see my Littles can do something now that they will use the rest of their life. And hopefully make them better people for it!!”

The Daily Mile: A Simple Way to Get School Children Fit (Video)

May 2, 2018 | 2:47 mins
An idea to help fight childhood obesity, that started in Scotland, has now spread to 32 countries and over 3,000 schools around the world. It’s called ‘the daily mile’ and encourages children to run a mile a day, during school time. Film by Amelia Martyn-Hemphill

Self-Regulation: ADHD and Dance (Video)

March 24, 2018 | Length: 2:16 mins
The story of a boy with ADHD whose life was transformed when he discovered dance.

Brothers and Best Friends Support Each Other (Video)

May 10, 2018 | Length: 3:22 mins
Andy is Deaf and diagnosed with Goldenhar syndrome. His brother, who is diagnosed with Treacher Collins, is his best friend and interpreter. After years of avoiding the spotlight Andy has learned that his unique qualities are part of his identity. He now wants the world to give him a chance.

I Am a Man with Down Syndrome and My Life is Worth Living (Video)

J. Frank Stephens Speech at the UN | March 18, 2018 | 9:32 mins
See me as a human being, not a birth defect, not a syndrome. I don’t need to be eradicated. I don’t need to be cured. I need to be loved, valued, educated and, sometimes, helped. A life with Down syndrome can be as full and exciting as any other. Let us decide from this day forward to include, not exclude: educate, not isolate; and, celebrate, not terminate.

National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations

The goals of the National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (NCPMI) are to assist states and programs in their implementation of sustainable systems for the implementation of the Pyramid Model for Supporting Social Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children (Pyramid Model) within early intervention and early education programs with a focus on promoting the social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes of young children birth to five, reducing the use of inappropriate discipline practices, promoting family engagement, using data for decision-making, integrating early childhood and infant mental health consultation and fostering inclusion.