After Years of Helping Kids Manage Trauma, One School’s Unique Program Faces Budget Uncertainties [KQED]
Room 30 at Oak Ridge Elementary School in Sacramento is decked out with inspirational posters. Board games and art supplies fill the shelves. An exercise treadmill is tucked in one corner. Students use this piece of equipment on a daily basis to manage stress and refocus their energy. Across the room sits school social worker Danielle Martin. She has a stack of student files on her desk this morning, and gets ready to make some phone calls to families. But first, she turns on a small device...