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Brain-Building in Afterschool

April 25, 2016

Is brain-building just for early childhood? In recent years, we have learned enormous amounts about how brain development is impacted by interactions with people and their environment. Among other things, we’ve learned that the lack of opportunity for exposure to a wider array of learning opportunities increases the achievement gap between low and high income […]

National Stress Awareness Month

April 8, 2016

April is stress awareness month. Did you know that adults are not the only ones who can suffer from stress? Many, many parents don’t even know their children are stressed. [metaslider id=3734] Thanks to www.gozen.com for the infographic

Lights On, Bullying, and Hip Hop

October 22, 2015

Hello, friends of After School! Today is Lights On Afterschool, a day focused on nationwide advocacy and celebration of the after school field. We here at the CT After School Network were talking about how powerful the impact of our field can be, and our Executive Director, Michelle, told me this incredible story that really […]

Defiant Children: How to Respond and De-Escalate Overwhelming Situations

October 13, 2015

DEEP DIVE SATURDAY TRAINING: De-escalation: How to Respond to Defiant Children and Overwhelming Situations Saturday, October 17, 9 am – 12 noon, Hartford Register by end of the day Thursday 10/15 Positive behavior management strategies are intended to help children make good choices. But what about children who continuously struggle? How do you handle situations […]

More Connecticut Support Needed for Afterschool in the Every Child Achieves Act

September 23, 2015

Local voice matters…I recently looked over the signatories of a letter that is going to Congress about after school. As I looked down the list, after Arkansas and California’s large showing, I got to Connecticut. Only two organizations had signed on. According to the Afterschool Alliance blog, this letter was signed by more than 100 national and 560 […]

Soft Skills Tip #1: Delayed Gratification

June 25, 2015

Soft Skills. You’ve heard the phrase, but turning it into something meaningful and straightforward, something that impacts your day-to-day interactions with children, is another matter. Soft skills, sometimes called emotional intelligence or social-emotional learning, is a catch-all phrase for the kinds of non-academic skills that are linked to success in school and in life. It […]