globalnews.ca By Carmen Chai Measuring success for Stacey De Souza’s students isn’t as conventional as getting an A on a test, making the basketball team or graduating from high school. Major wins for her students include leaving the house to take public transit to school or finishing a semester — or even a week or READ MORE
www.washingtonpost.com By Valerie Strauss People with obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, suffer from unwanted and intrusive thoughts that they can’t seem to get out of their heads, called obsessions, which often compel them to perform ritualistic behaviors and routines, or compulsions, over and over to try to ease their anxiety. Children and teens may not realize they READ MORE
huffingtonpost.ca Arti Patel It’s 9 a.m. and a morning circle is about to begin at a school in Toronto’s west end. A group of 19 students, ages seven and eight, huddle around and turn their attention towards their teacher. Camesha Cox, teacher and managing director of The Reading Partnership — a non-profit that empowers parents READ MORE
