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...sibling workshops. At the Kennedy Krieger Institute for children with developmental disabilities in Baltimore, social worker Mary Snyder-Vogel runs a program called Sibshops. "The workshops give these kids the opportunity to realize they're not alone," Snyder-Vogel says. "[We play] a lot of games that help them interact and problem-solve with peers. Kids don't even realize they're getting support...
...play with me?" For younger siblings of autistic children, one of their first doses of reality usually comes when their older brother or sister won't play. "The child on the [autism] spectrum may seem indifferent or have a meltdown when the sibling tries to interact," says Rutgers' Harris...
...world where Facebook is valued at something like $16 billion, it makes sense to encourage students and faculty to study together - not just to explore how these new online systems work, or to sit around reading case studies, but to interact directly and play with these systems," says Ted Byfield, associate chair of Parsons' department of communication, design and technology. "This isn't 16th-century German literature; you can't have an expert from the field come in and teach. There's no established body of knowledge...
...course, I was always working simultaneously with graduate students, with undergraduates and really thinking of it as a whole,” Brandt said. “This is one of the things I’ve been thinking about with the graduate school. How can the graduate school interact more collegially and collaboratively with the College...
...physical activity fun. In an era in which the childhood obesity epidemic has never loomed larger, recess should be expanded, not eliminated. Structured physical activities simply don’t command nearly as much energy or excitement. Furthermore, as the only unstructured time during the school day when kids interact wholly with each other without supervision (possibly excluding lunch), recess is an essential part of growing up. Only through lost games, hurt feelings and skinned knees can children build the social skills and develop the emotional maturity that they will need as adults. As one fifth-grader lamented, kids today...