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This webinar presentation provides practical information on how to successfully include students with visual impairments in various adventure education activities. View at your convenience and learn to identify the social benefits of adventure education, differentiate ways to assist in student learning, and more! VIEW WEBINAR
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Choose an accredited online M.A.Ed. in Physical Education Master Teacher. This program offers well-rounded expertise from faculty focused on enhancing your curriculum, professional connections that build your network, and advocacy opportunities that encourage active engagement of all students.
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SHAPE America’s inaugural Professional Learning Institute on social and emotional learning in HPE is shaping up to be the must-attend conference of the summer! This is your chance to learn from leaders in the profession — including the 2019 National Teachers of the Year! Join your HPE colleagues in Sioux Falls, SD, July 31-August 1. REGISTER NOW
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In 2020, the SHAPE America National Convention & Expo will be held in Salt Lake City, April 21-25. We are now accepting high-quality proposals that address a full range of issues facing health and physical educators, administrators and other key stakeholders as they seek to put all children on the path to health and physical literacy. The deadline for proposal submissions is July 12 at 11:59 p.m. ET. All proposals are peer-reviewed. LEARN MORE
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Inspire Your Student Athletes to Perform Their Best With the Powerful Potato
Check out these fun facts, perfect for sharing with your young athletes:
1) A mid-sized (5.3 ounce) skin-on potato contains 30% of your daily Vitamin C – a vitamin involved in many body functions.
2) A medium sized potato has more potassium than a banana.
Potassium is an important electrolyte that aids in muscle, cardiovascular and nervous system function.
3) Potatoes are a nutrient-dense complex carbohydrate.
Did you know you need 1 gram of carbohydrate per minute of endurance exercise? That’s right, and a medium-sized potato can provide 26 grams! 4) Potatoes contain no fat, no sodium or cholesterol and are naturally gluten-free. Plus, they’re versatile and convenient to prep! 5) Potatoes are a good source of Vitamin B6, a nutrient that plays an important role in energy metabolism.
6) Potatoes provide high-quality protein when compared to other plant-based foods. One medium-size potato (148 g) provides 3 g of protein and 6% of the daily value for protein.1
To learn more about how potatoes fuel performance for athletes of any age click here.
1. Gorissen SHM, Crombag JJR, Senden JMG, Waterval WAH, Bierau J, Verdijk LB, van Loon LJC.
Protein content and amino acid composition of commercially available plant-based protein isolates.
Amino Acids. 2018 Dec;50(12):1685-1695.
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The SHAPE America Savings Guide includes more than 500,000 discounts throughout North America, from shopping, dining and attractions to hotels, car rentals and auto repair! SHAPE America Select and Premier professional members receive access to this mobile-friendly guide as a membership benefit — and the savings can easily pay for the cost of membership! LEARN MORE
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Video Game Helps Curb Youth Smoking
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Study: Recreational Marijuana Legalization Tied to Decline in Teens Using Pot
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Marijuana use among young people in the United States overall has climbed in recent years, but a new paper suggests that in states where recreational marijuana has been legalized, marijuana use among youth may actually be falling. Laws that legalized recreational marijuana were associated with an 8% drop in the number of high schoolers who said they used marijuana in the last 30 days, and a 9% drop in the number who said they'd used at least 10 times in the last 30 days, according to the paper published recently in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics. READ MORE
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3 Ways to Combine Trauma-Informed Teaching With SEL
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When trauma goes unacknowledged by caring adults, students can feel suffocated by the burden of their experience. Research shows that traumatic experiences can drastically hinder students’ academic development, and that "children who have three or more Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are three times more likely to experience academic failure, five times more likely to have attendance problems, and six times more likely to have behavioral problems than those with no ACEs." READ MORE
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Franklin Dancers Take Lead in Dropping Gendered Titles From Fred Astaire Ballroom Competitions
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Kathy Brophy has always been a leader, not a follower. In the world of ballroom dancing, those titles are traditionally gendered – male dancers lead while female dancers follow. That’s starting to change, with Brophy and a few others leading the way. Michelle Fox, Brophy’s dance instructor and Franklin Studio director, along with some New England Fred Astaire Dance Studios franchisees, now allow men and women to compete at regional competitions simply as leaders and followers, no longer restricting the roles based on gender. The switch will spread nationally across the studio chain. READ MORE
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Team Sports May Help Children Deal With Trauma
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Keeping the body healthy and active has psychological benefits, and a new study suggests that organized sports participation may be helpful for kids who are dealing with childhood trauma. In a study published in JAMA Pediatrics, people who had experienced traumatic events as children had better mental health outcomes as adults if they had participated in team sports during adolescence. Dr. Molly C. Easterlin, the lead author of the study, which looked at a national sample of 9,668 people, said, “Among children affected by adverse childhood experiences, team sports in adolescence was associated with less depression and anxiety in young adulthood.” READ MORE
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New Law Asks California Schools to Ban Smartphones In Classrooms
CBS Sacramento
California public and charter schools can now ban students from using smartphones in class and at school, except under certain circumstances. The bill’s author, assembly member Al Muratsuchi, said, “There is growing evidence that unrestricted use of smartphones by students in schools interferes with the educational mission of the school, lowers pupil performance, particularly among low-achieving pupils, promotes cyberbullying, and contributes to teenage anxiety, depression, and suicide.” READ MORE
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6 Tips on Talking to Young Kids About Mental Health
The Philadelphia Inquirer
With rates of depression rising among youth of all ages and some children as young as age 9 attempting suicide, experts are recommending that parents, doctors, and teachers talk to kids about mental health from an early age. But many adults are unsure of how to approach those conversations and also worry that the topic is too serious for kids. Those fears are natural, says Tami Benton, psychiatrist-in-chief at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. But there are many ways to have a productive and nonintimidating conversation about mental health with kids. READ MORE
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