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I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has worked in community mental health and schools.  I now integrate movement into my work with youth and have found this creative and innovative approach to be highly effective.  I had the fortunate experience of facilitating a movement workshop at LEP high school several years ago.  What I was particularly struck by was the personal connections that each student seemed to have there with the staff.  Having worked in many settings, I know that connecting with kids is critical - and the kids at LEP have come from lots of places where they had not succeeded...and at LEP they seemed to find a connection, a home.  The workshop I did was really innovative and the kids were totally open to it.  LEP seemed to have programming that was cutting edge in a lot of ways.  It is so refreshing and I would hate to see it go.

posted 3 years, 2 months ago
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