For over 65 years, mental health organizations and advocates have led the observance of May is Mental Health Month by reaching millions of people through the media, local events and screenings to prom...
Earlier this year I posted some tweets about how I work regular exercise into my daily routine: Biking to work and pushing my three year old around in the stroller. January gets pretty challenging for...
April 10th marks the annual observance of National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD). The theme this year is “Engaging Youth Voices in the HIV & AIDS Response.” Youth in the United S...
Summer has come and gone as have all the Back-to-School ads on TV and essentially everywhere you look. It’s back. We’re back. The time is now, and the new school year is in full-gear with no signs of ...
By Carrie Marriot The Finish Line is Just the Beginning Our son Henry, pictured here, was just 10 months old and learning how to pull himself up to standing. I was in the kitchen making dinner like an...
On Friday, March 21, the third grade science class of Washington DC’s Ludlow-Taylor Elementary, led by their teacher, Ms. Amanda Oberski, set out to walk six blocks from their Capitol Hill school to t...
It’s spring cleaning time: time to open the windows again and spruce everything up a bit. In addition to cleaning up our homes and workspaces, let’s clean up our meetings too. It can be difficult to e...
Beginning this fall, school snacks and meals will become even more nutritious thanks to new Smart Snacks guidelines being implemented in schools nationwide. But what makes these foods so smart? And ho...
March is one of my favorite months of the year for a number of reasons. First, it’s usually the ushering in of spring, warmer weather and longer days. Second, for many school districts March mea...
Addressing the mental health needs of children and their families is an essential component to improving academic outcomes in school, yet it is too often among the last of students’ needs considered. ...