Children with ADHD often have seemingly boundless energy. Activities for children with ADHD that focus on movement, skill building, and sensory input can help direct their energy into beneficial ...

See Senior Director of TV Programming Meredith Speight’s recommendations from this month’s KQED 9, PLUS and Passport schedules. Videos from KQED Live Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events. Donor ...

Kids with active parents are up to 6X more likely to stay active for life. Discover how your daily habits build resilience, ...

Movement is a crucial aspect of a child's overall wellbeing and development, of particular benefit to mental health because it can support their emotional state, cognitive function, social development ...

CROMWELL >> After working as a physical therapist for children, Alicia Berger Harriman felt the need to combine her passion for dance with helping special needs children. Harriman founded Stretch, a ...

Outpatient Mental Health Therapist Taylor Vicente recently appeared on Bloom to share powerful insights on the deep connection between physical and mental health—and how both ...

Once upon a time, the idea of kids on the Autism Spectrum training in martial arts seemed a contradictory idea. I remember vividly a parent bringing her kids to one of my martial arts classes years ...

With a new school year beginning, many students are expected to rapidly transition from months full of activity and movement to a classroom that relies—primarily—on stasis. This can be a problem, ...

One of my children is spinning in a circle, creating a narrative about a princess as she twirls. The other is building a rocket ship out of a discarded box, attaching propellers made of cardboard and ...

Five-year-olds sing songs with more complex and varied lyrics, rhythms, tempos and musical styles, and are able to use music and musical instruments to imitate and improvise songs and melodies. They ...