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Equine therapy is covered under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and is increasingly being used by parents in WA's Goldfields to help children with a range of mental health and behavioural conditions.

Representatives from a dozen colleges met at Georgetown University last week to discuss three-year bachelor’s degree pilot programs. Their ambitions are grand, but the future is uncertain. Huddled around a table in the Georgetown University Alumni House, roughly two dozen academics convened last week to address two of the most persistent challenges in higher education: improving student outcomes and lowering the cost of a bachelor’s degree. Their proposed solution is an unconventional one—...

BUSINESS NEWSThose who have struggled with severe and persistent mental illness may be able to seek a new care-and-treatment option at The C

Experts agree hospitals like Eastern State aren’t the place for dementia patients. The problem is, Virginia has few other options.

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East Tennessee State Universitys annual Spring Literary Festival returns this month, promising engaging presentations from keynote speakers and audience question-and-answer sessions.

Story updated at 8:49 p.m. Wednesday, April 5: By this time next week, the long wait for the doors to Douglas County’s behavioral health crisis cent

Tips for how to find resources and a place where your againg loved one can live, when to visit and how to pay for it all.

Harford County will hold the Empowered Expo on April 22 for teens and young adults with individualized education plans and 504 plans who are transitioning from high school to adulthood, higher education and the workforce.

The Office of Disability Services (ODS) will host an event called “Understanding Students on the Autism Spectrum” to discuss ways in which students and faculty can create a system of