To illustrate the impact of what’s known as Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACE, and the power of overcoming their impact, Peter Buckley tells the story of a young boy at Orchard Hill Elementary in Medford.
The child could not sit still for more than a few minutes at a time, nor could he remain silent for long stretches like most of his peers. Consequently, the classroom interruptions were constant. Then, the teacher tried something called the “good behavior game,” which teaches students to “flip on their internal focus switch” in order to “self-regulate during both learning and fun,” according to goodbehaviorgame.org.
By the end of the school year, says Buckley, the boy was able to sit through class all day.
“A remarkable change,” says Buckley, a longtime Ashland resident whose term as Oregon state representative ends in early January when Pam Marsh takes office. “And how did they do it? They had to meet him where he was.”
[For more of this story, written by Joe Zavala, go to http://www.dailytidings.com/ne...mmunity-partnerships]
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