Posltive Pax: Yakima Valley schools embrace program that teaches kids to be good people — and good students
"According to Embry, a developmental and child psychologist, the true success of PAX comes in showing that school is safe and predictable, especially for children who come from unstable or violent homes.
Educators nationwide and locally have been increasingly looking at “ACES,” Adverse Childhood Experiences of abuse, neglect and household dysfunction, and how they affect students’ learning.
Growing up in an unsafe environment changes brain chemistry and can even affect gene expression, Embry said."
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