Massachusetts Charter School Sets and Meets High Standards In the 18th and 19th centuries, New Bedford, Massachusetts was an important whaling center, its fleet known throughout the world. When the industrial revolution came to America, New Bedford was one of the places it took root with thousands of immigrants flocking there for the plentiful…
DetailsManhattan Private School Celebrates Diversity The IDEAL School of Manhattan may, indeed, be “the ideal school.” A private kindergarten through eighth grade academy located on the city’s Upper West Side, the IDEAL School serves 130 students in an atmosphere defined by inclusion and diversity. It is a place where special needs children areintegrated into every…
DetailsAlertSeats™ Make An Impact In Variety of Educational Settings “AlertSeats in a Learning Support classroom at the Shippensburg, Pa Intermediate School.” At Archbishop Damiano School AlertSeats™ are considered therapeutic tools by the professional staff who utilize them in classrooms, therapy sessions and the gym to help students with severe physical and cognitive disabilities. Harrisburg Academy, an academically…
DetailsLike any school that serves people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, money is tight at the John Paul II Center. So when the staff at the Shillington, Pennsylvania, school wanted AlertSeats™ for their students, they turned to family and friends for help. During a live auction at the Center’s annual dinner last year, AlertSeats™ were…
DetailsAlertSeat™ has been getting notice in educational and therapy circles. Now the entire world will get to see it on YouTube. [pl_video type=”youtube” id=”FYcUCGO4dRw”] The brief, yet comprehensive, production went up on the video-sharing website in December. It shows the innovative AlertSeat™ in classrooms and therapy settings and offers close-up views of the seat’s features.…
DetailsGlobal Focus Energizes Harrisburg Academy Children are children, wherever they go to school, subject to the same impulses and energies that can disrupt a classroom. That’s why the Harrisburg Academy, a private school in Pennsylvania’s state capital that aims to prepare its students “for the globally connected world of the future,” is experimenting with AlertSeats™.…
DetailsMinnesota Study Supports Effectiveness More evidence that special education students benefit from stability ball seating comes from Minnesota where a graduate student studied the impact of the seats on students in a classroom setting. Victoria Bill earned a master’s degree in Special Education from Southwest Minnesota State University after submitting a research paper entitled “Effects…
DetailsAlertSeat™ Passes the Ultimate Test Kids not only benefit from using AlertSeats in classroom settings, they like them, too. “When you have ants in your pants, you can bounce on the ball,” reported one second-grader. “When you bounce on it, it helps you do your work,” she added. “You can get your wiggles out,” said…
DetailsAlertSeat™ Pilot Conducted In Regular Classrooms An intermediate school in south central Pennsylvania is among the first in the nation to replace conventional chair with AlertSeat in regular classrooms. According to David Rice, principal of the Shippensburg Area Intermediate School, two fourth grade classrooms in his building have been equipped with the seats in a pilot…
DetailsEvidence Based Research Study Supports Value of Stability Balls as Academic Seating Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder pay more attention and are better at remaining on task when their classroom chairs are replaced by stability balls, according to research conducted by a team from the University of Kentucky. “Stability Balls and Students With Attention…
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