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Elementary school student support leads to lower high school dropout

Elementary school student support leads to lower high school dropout

Elementary-school students who participated in a comprehensive support intervention in the Boston public school district had about half the odds of dropping out of high school as students not in the intervention.
Posted in Education, Engagement, Health & Wellness, Motivation, School Readiness, Social Development

Connection of children to nature brings less distress, hyperactivity and behavioral problems

Connection of children to nature brings less distress, hyperactivity and behavioral problems

University of Hong Kong study found that parents who saw their child had a closer connection with nature had less distress, less hyperactivity, fewer behavioral and emotional difficulties, and improved pro-social behavior. 
Posted in Attention, Health & Wellness, Motivation, Movement & Exercise, Social Skills

Adults play a key role in children’s participation in school recess

Adults play a key role in children’s participation in school recess

When adults are participants in school recess – leading games, monitoring play and ensuring conflicts are mediated quickly – children are more likely to be engaged in recess activities, a new study has found. 
Posted in Education, Health & Wellness, Movement & Exercise

NeuroNet Success Stories: KidSense Therapy

NeuroNet Success Stories: KidSense Therapy

Marcia Washington, OTR/L, has been practicing pediatric occupational therapy for more than 10 years. She is the owner of KidSense Therapy, a sensory clinic providing occupational therapy for children birth to age 18 years in Pontotoc, Mississippi. We recently had the chance to catch up with Marcia and ask her about her experience using NeuroNet programs in her therapy practice:
Posted in Attention, Education, Engagement, Health & Wellness, Language, Mathematics, Memory, Motivation, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience, Reading Skills, School Readiness, Social Development, Social Skills, Speech & Language

NeuroNet Goes to China!

NeuroNet Goes to China!

We recently travelled to China to see how schools in Beijing are using NeuroNet, as well as to share the science behind NeuroNet with parents and teachers in Shanghai.
Posted in Attention, Education, Engagement, Health & Wellness, Language, Memory, Motivation, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience, Speech & Language, Technology

Researchers Identify Factors Promoting Physical Activity in Childhood

Researchers Identify Factors Promoting Physical Activity in Childhood

Physical activity plays a major role in children's and young people's health. International studies, however show that physical activity is currently decreasing rather than increasing.
Posted in Education, Health & Wellness, Movement & Exercise

Eating together as a family helps children feel better

Eating together as a family helps children feel better

Children who routinely eat their meals together with their family are more likely to experience long-term physical and mental health benefits, a new study shows
Posted in Health & Wellness, Social Skills

Before-school physical activity program helps improve body weight and overall wellness

Before-school physical activity program helps improve body weight and overall wellness

Children participating in a 12-week, before-school physical activity program experienced improvement in body weight and social/emotional wellness, compared with their classmates who did not participate. 
Posted in Education, Engagement, Health & Wellness, Motivation, Movement & Exercise

Getting emotional after failure helps you improve next time, study finds

Getting emotional after failure helps you improve next time, study finds

New research led by a University of Kansas marketing professor has found emotional responses to failure rather than cognitive ones are more effective at improving people's results for the next time they tackle the next related task.
Posted in Health & Wellness, Motivation, Neuroscience, Social Skills

School, health and behavior suffer when children have TV, video games in bedroom

School, health and behavior suffer when children have TV, video games in bedroom

A new Iowa State University study is one of the first to demonstrate the consequences of allowing children to have a TV or video game system in their bedroom.
Posted in Health & Wellness, Motivation, Reading Skills, School Readiness, Technology

How Your Child's Weight Affects School Readiness

How Your Child's Weight Affects School Readiness

A recent study in Early Childhood Research Quarterly ventures into largely unchartered research territory. While previous research has examined how extra weight may inhibit children’s ability to perform optimally, most studies haven't differentiated between weight classes, such as overweight and obese. Further, there are few studies which examine the performance of underweight students in wealthy countries.
Posted in Education, Health & Wellness, Language, School Readiness, Social Development, Social Skills

Playing to Raise Happy, Healthy Children

Playing to Raise Happy, Healthy Children

Long gone are the days of playing dress-up, tag, and action figures. Becoming a parent often means losing the ability to play! Yet whimsical free play is crucial to children’s development, according to Nancy O’Conner, the director of the Family Center at Kansas State University. O'Conner, a licensed clinical marriage and family therapist, suggests that in order to raise happy, healthy children, parents may want to relearn how to be a kid again.
Posted in Education, Health & Wellness