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When you don't have anyone to play with, you go to the buddy bench at Willowgrove School. Follow the link to view a 1 minute video on this trauma sensitive approach to playground inclusion: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/buddy-bench-willowgrove-school-1.3505066

Thank you for the post about the Buddy Bench! It's such a simple intervention that has a powerful impact! And it's just the type of thing that a PTA would be delighted to fund. I am going to do my best to promote the idea in the Anchorage School District and beyond. Deborah Bock Anchorage, Alaska

When I Googled “Buddy Bench” I found a lot of information --- Second-Grader's Cure For Playground Loneliness: A Buddy Bench http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...bench_n_4378248.html Buddy Bench Creates a Safe Spot for Shy Classmates to Find Friends http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...e132e4b079b28189dcd2 WANTED: Playground Buddy http://www.tolerance.org/magaz...ted-playground-buddy Buddy Benches can be made by placing a sign on an existing bench. They are also available commercially from School...

Ben David, co-chair of the North Carolina Chief Justice's Task Force on ACEs-Informed Courts, shares plans to sustain the work done during the two-year term of the Task Force, to "care for our own" speaking of North Carolina's children, youth, families, communities, victims of crimes, members of law enforcement, the judiciary and court officers and staffers. He also shared Chief Justice Paul Newby's hopes of "getting ACEs-informed courts" into the culture, and said a national conference for...