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  • Music therapists, once marginalized, come into the mainstream at children's hospitals

    June 27, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Hospitals can be stressful places for children and their families, but music therapy can help ease some of that stress. At Boston Children's Hospital, music therapists help children complete tasks such as using the restroom or having their blood drawn, and sometimes they even help families say goodbye to their children. Music therapy has been shown to help premature babies develop, normalize blood pressure and heart rate, and improve motor control.

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  • To improve lifelong health, Memphis tries rooting out childhood trauma

    April 20, 2016 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    Childhood trauma such as abuse, neighborhood violence or the death of a parent has been found to lead to dire health and social problems later in life. How can communities intervene to spare future generations the same pain and illness? Special correspondent Sarah Varney reports in collaboration with Kaiser Health News on how the city of Memphis, Tennessee, is tackling the problem.

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  • Actor's Gang: How Tim Robbins has cut reoffending rates

    March 14, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    For many offenders, prison can be a tense, divisive, and anger-inducing environment, fueling the negative influences that landed them there in the first place and leading to high recidivism rates. Actor Tim Robbins - who once famously portrayed a prisoner himself - started a program called The Actors Gang to bring theater to inmates as an outlet for emotion and expression, breaking down barriers between former gang members and helping individuals to process their troubles.

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  • How to Teach Kids Empathy Through Dance

    January 22, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Dancing promotes strong social-emotional development. In areas of Los Angeles where arts education has disappeared due to cuts in school funding, a New York-based non-profit organization has stepped in to teach kids to dance. The program, launched in Los Angeles County, brings dance to socio-economically disadvantaged students, growing to include hundreds of middle school and high school students. Cognitive benefits for students go beyond improved respect, teamwork, and cooperative skills observed in the classroom; dancing provides a therapeutic outlet for children in difficult circumstances.

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  • A Training Ground for Untrained Artists

    December 16, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    An Oakland nonprofit that uses art for therapy has a startling track record for helping developmentally disabled adults become prolific—and profitable—artists.

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  • A Daily Dose of Ecotherapy Eases Stress in Kids

    November 25, 2015 |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Ecotherapy is a term used to describe the positive impacts of using nature as a form of therapy for those experiencing psychological stressors. While this form of treatment is already being used to help veterans deal with PTSD, studies are also showing it may have similar benefits for children who are facing pressures.

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  • How Creative Expression Can Help Kids With Autism

    October 27, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Reading, Pennsylvania

    The therapists at the Autism Society of Berks County use art and creativity as a way to help kids with autism. Students participate in a class where their illustrations are animated. “The way to unlock any child's brain, autism or no autism, is through using creative expression of some form," says the therapist Maude Leroux.”

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  • Can Surfing Reprogram the Veteran's Brain?

    September 15, 2015 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    Many veterans return to civilian life with experiences that lead to post-traumatic stress disorder, but a surf program at Camp Pendelton is showing promise as a means of treatment. Although there is no one-size fits all solution for PTSD treatment, those that have participated in Ocean Therapy are showing decreased signs of depression as well as other promising benefits.

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  • What if we prescribed video games, and not Ritalin, to treat ADHD?

    May 11, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Game inventors have created a new game to help students who suffer from ADHD and other mental problems develop and stimulate their brains in a safer, more targeted way than normal medicines.

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  • Syria's next generation

    March 12, 2015 |

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    Response Location: Syria, Damascus

    The refugee crisis in Syria is one of modern society's greatest diasporas. Syria's refugee children are not a lost generation, but the country's next generation, according to volunteers who want to prepare them for the future.

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