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The students who come to River Bend Education Center often come from chaotic backgrounds. They have emotional and behavioral disorders. Which makes it all the more surprising what’s taken root there: stillness, silence and yoga. It started with a school social worker who was tired of being a paper-pusher. Instead, she got down on the floor to teach students how to find the calm within themselves.

In this week’s episode of Educate, Sasha Aslanian looks at how a school is using unique programs to improve outcomes for students with disabilities.

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How one school is using yoga to improve outcomes for kids

by APM Reports, The Hechinger Report
November 20, 2017

<h1>How one school is using yoga to improve outcomes for kids</h1> <p class="byline">by APM Reports, The Hechinger Report <br />November 20, 2017</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image wp-caption alignnone is-resized"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/hechingerreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/APM-Yoga-Podcast.jpg?ssl=1"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/hechingerreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/APM-Yoga-Podcast.jpg?resize=960%2C722&amp;ssl=1" alt="Using a stuffed animal to assist with breathing techniques, fifth-grader Vermetrice relaxes during a yoga class. " class="wp-image-36762" height="722" width="960" /></a><figcaption>Using a stuffed animal to assist with breathing techniques, fifth-grader Vermetrice relaxes during a yoga class.</figcaption></figure> <p>The students who come to River Bend Education Center often come from chaotic backgrounds. They have emotional and behavioral disorders. Which makes it all the more surprising what’s taken root there: stillness, silence and yoga. It started with a school social worker who was tired of being a paper-pusher. Instead, she got down on the floor to teach students how to find the calm within themselves.</p> <p>In this week’s episode of Educate, Sasha Aslanian looks at how a school is using unique programs to improve outcomes for students with disabilities.</p> <figure></figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://hechingerreport.org/one-school-using-yoga-improve-outcomes-kids/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://hechingerreport.org&quot;&gt;The Hechinger Report&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/hechingerreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-favicon.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://hechingerreport.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=36761&amp;amp;ga4=G-03KPHXDF3H&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://hechingerreport.org/one-school-using-yoga-improve-outcomes-kids/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/hechingerreport.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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