Thanks to restrictions on restaurants and bars and guidelines about in-person gatherings, there have been lower rates of driving under the influence (DUI) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The question is,
Steve Mundinger
Local child and family therapist Kathy Hegberg, M.A., knows that preparing children for kindergarten takes more than learning the alphabet, days of the week and numbers. It also includes paying attention to healthy brain development.
One of the most important developmental jobs in early childhood, according to Kathy, is to learn self-regulation: the ability to manage emotions, thoughts and behaviors effectively. Today we’re speaking with Kathy about FocusedKids, the organization she launched that provides a simple program for schools and families to support a healthy foundation for early brain development and executive function.
Aspen Community Foundation: Please introduce us to FocusedKids.
While taking time off two years ago, Half Moon Bay High School teacher Sarah Bunkin began to feel different. She was more relaxed and clear-headed because of her regular practice
Sylvia Poggioli is senior European correspondent for NPR's International Desk covering political, economic, and cultural news in Italy, the Vatican, Western Europe, and the Balkans. Poggioli's on-air reporting and analysis have encompassed the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, the turbulent civil war in the former Yugoslavia, and how immigration has transformed European societies.