DUNMORE — Situated in the middle of a busy hallway at Dunmore Elementary Center is a classroom designed to bring calm to those who step inside. School officials opened the calm down classroom at the ...

Westood Elementary School counselors and psychologists recently presented a new tool to address the basic wellness of students at school called “calming corners” at the March 11 school board meeting.

As a child, Ann Ott sought solace in Tippy, her family's dog, after she was sexually abused. As she worked through the trauma, Ott would hug Tippy and cry almost every night. "She slept with me and ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A Charleston County teacher is using animals to remind her students they can find peace inside and outside of the classroom. Jordan Adams is an elementary school counselor ...

The glass doors swing wide, and the Aspen Community School’s second-grade class surges into the gymnasium. These antsy 7-year-olds have just one class before the end of the school day, and they’re ...

AURORA Mo. (KY3) - A social media post about the use and design of a calming space in the Aurora School District has raised some concerns about its use. “People go from zero to 100 fast, and if you ...

(KRON) — Oakland’s public elementary schools are trying new ways to help students’ unique social and emotional challenges. The Oakland Unified School District recently placed “Calming Corners” in 21 ...

About 7:45 a.m. the 4-year-olds in Lourdes Serrano’s transitional kindergarten class realized they would be braving their first day of school alone. “I don’t want to go to school,” one student said ...