Tag: underage drinking
How yoga helps students relax, focus, deal with stress. See state education news here
Third in a series on teachers and what they do during the summer: The day before Sun Valley High School summer school students’ research papers were due, Moonstone Yoga’s Jennifer Shifler led them and their teacher through breathing and yoga exercises to help them reduce stress and relax.
For the past three years, Shifler has led sessions each Friday morning before tutoring begins at the Title I charter school in Mesa, and educators and administrators there say it has helped increase students’ concentration, their ability to monitor their emotions and develop positive responses to stressful situations.
Funding Opportunity To Respond to Underage Drinking in Tribal Communities
OJJDP has announced the fiscal year 2014 Tribal Healing to Wellness Court Responses to Underage Drinking Initiative funding opportunity. This program’s goal is to reduce and respond to underage drinking in selected tribal communities through the use of juvenile, juvenile and family, or family tribal drug courts. Applications are due by August 1, 2014. Resources: View FAQs about this funding […]
Underage Drinking Prevention Resource – Start the Talk!
Practice talking to your kids about the dangers of alcohol. About Start the Talk Start the Talk is like a video game that helps you learn the do’s and don’ts of talking to kids about underage drinking. Using avatars, you will: Practice bringing up the topic of alcohol Learn the questions to ask Get ideas for […]
