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  • Meet Sofia: a 67-year-old widow who uses Pokémon Go to reconnect with her city

    July 01, 2019 |

    The Conversation |

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    Response Location: Spain, Badalona

    Pokemon Go may have faded from mainstream popularity after it peaked in 2016, but the game is finding new life in Spain, where older generations are using the game to be more socially engaged in their communities. Social workers in Badalona, Spain are suggesting the game to clients lacking exercise and social inclusion.

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  • Teens In Transition Program shows promise at reducing crime

    June 28, 2019 |

    KSHB-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    Collaborative efforts targeting adult-peer mentoring in Kansas City, Missouri have resulted in less crime and increased trust among participants. Focusing on high-risk teens and young adults, the program known as Teens in Transition connects law enforcement with youth members to work together on an art project over a 9-week span.

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  • Young Bosnians use art, activism to address past, try to change the country's future

    June 05, 2019 |

    Civic Ideas |

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    Response Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Banja Luka

    Bringing people of different ethnic backgrounds together to create art and express themselves helps war-torn societies cope and grow. In Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Most Mira program helps people touched by the horrors of the Bosnian war grapple with issues of memory and identity by engaging in theater. The theater troupe consists of Bosnian and Serbian high school students who participate in a multi-year program.

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  • A mock funeral aims to help students bury their pain

    May 15, 2019 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    To combat emotional distress that many students are facing, schools across the nation are implementing mock funerals, allowing students to figuratively "bury their pain." Although issues at focus range from drunk driving, to poor test scores to peer violence, the overarching goal is to make sure that students feel that they're being heard by the adults that surround them.

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  • Laughter an Unlikely Medicine for America's Veterans

    April 30, 2019 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Honolulu, Hawaii

    “Yes, and,” encourages resilience. The Air Force Wounded Warrior Program offers injured service members and their caretakers the option of attending improv workshops as part of rehabilitation. Improv helps build social skills and help adopt to life after an injury.

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  • Virtual Reality as Therapy for Pain

    April 29, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Virtual reality isn't just for gaming anymore. Known as Virtual Reality Therapy, this new use for the technology is bringing relief to those suffering from intense pain by immersing "the patient in an entertaining, relaxing, interactive environment that so occupies the brain, it has no room to process pain sensations at the same time."

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  • How Nature Therapy Can Help People of Color in Traumatic Jobs

    April 15, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

    People who work in caring professions often experience vicarious trauma, and don't always take the time to seek care for themselves. Rino Consulting Solutions aims to help solve this issue, especially as it impacts people of color, through "a unique mashup of professional guidance and outdoor-based therapy."

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  • Arts center in city's poorest neighborhood teaches culture and salvation

    March 31, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Art encourages resilience by helping kids in difficult neighborhoods cope with trauma. In the neighborhood of Fairhill, in Philadelphia, Taller Tuertorriqueño, a community arts center, offers art workshops and programs that emphasize the community’s connection to Puerto Rican culture. By supporting and bringing resources to the community, Taller Tuertorriqueño helps youth express themselves and manage the stress of their environment.

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  • How pinwheels and Play-Doh could address post-tornado trauma in Lee County

    March 14, 2019 |

    The Montgomery Advertiser |

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    Response Location: United States, Alabama

    Comfort kits provide children with a therapeutic outlet during times of disaster recovery. With disaster relief often centered on adult needs, the kits of Play-Doh, books and various toys distributed in the aftermath of tornado damage in Lee County, Alabama, specifically address stressors borne by the youngest members of families.

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  • Surfing the Divide

    March 06, 2019 |

    Sea Maven |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Muizenberg

    Surfing lessons are bridging racial divides and providing a therapeutic outlet for disadvantaged children in South Africa. In a society largely segregated by race, children in Cape Town’s black communities disproportionately suffer the traumatic effects of violence and poverty. Waves for Change, a nonprofit based in Muizenberg, uses surf therapy as a way to mentor and empower kids in Cape Town, helping to desegregate South Africa’s beach and surf culture in the process.

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