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Health and Physical Education Leaders Seek Election to SHAPE America Board

SHAPE America

She also coordinates the Physical Education Master’s Certification Program at the University of Maryland College Park. Nilo Ramos Nilo Ramos is an assistant professor and program coordinator of physical education at Coastal Carolina University. She has an Ed.D. He has a Ph.D. in kinesiology (sport pedagogy) and an M.S.

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Daily Physical Education as an Academic and Behavioral Intervention

SHAPE America

During that year, I had a well-meaning principal who told our staff, “If it’s not related to math or reading, it’s potentially on the chopping block.” You’ve got to coordinate, sense, process, integrate, inhibit, and continually make decisions.” At the same time, we had started our first after-school mountain bike club.

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The Relentless School Nurse: School Nurses and School-Based Health Centers Can Work Together!

Relentless School Nurse

The role of school nurses is critical in providing care coordination and ensuring the effective delivery of healthcare services within the school setting. A large portion of our energies include supporting students’ mental as well as physical health challenges. We also help students manage chronic health conditions.

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What I’ve Learned About Spreading Kindness in My School — on World Kindness Day and Throughout the Year

SHAPE America

such as teamwork, gratitude, kindness, wellness, and mindfulness. KYSHAPE provides daily slides with prompts, as well as activities and social media posts for each daily theme that administrators, health and physical educators, and other classroom teachers can use. She is the KYSHAPE health.

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Bass Center Caregiver Wellness Event Fosters Community and Connection

Stanford Childrens

Event helped attendees learn tools and techniques to enhance their wellness while caring for loved ones In late September, a few dozen caregivers of children with cancer or blood or immunological disorders gathered on the Stanford campus to do something critical but often overlooked: carve out time to focus on their own wellness.

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5 Ways to Celebrate PE & Sport Week in Your School … All Year Long!

SHAPE America

Be mindful that soccer is lower-body dominant for object control and tennis is upper-body dominant, so including eye-foot and eye-hand coordination helps to develop skills across sports. An example of this is to combine locomotor running skills for quickness and agility as seen in tennis and soccer.

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How to ‘Spring’ Into Physical Activity During National PE & Sport Week

SHAPE America

Being Outside Does the Body Good Staying active can lead to increased motor development, skill building, and more physically healthy bodies — and being active outside in a natural setting can improve our overall wellness.