Baltimore School for the Arts Celebrates AAPI Heritage Month
This May, students at the Baltimore School for the Arts (BSA) put together a cultural celebration with performances, food and traditional dress in honor...
Baltimore City’s Oldest Youth Enrichment Center to Triple Capacity
Baltimore City’s oldest youth enrichment center is celebrating as its multimillion-dollar expansion project nears completion.
Today, St. Francis Neighborhood Center serves more than 500 people...
Appreciating Our Teachers
Teachers have one of the most important jobs. They help guide children towards adulthood and teach them things about the world. But compared to...
Dungeons & Dragons and … Autism?
When I tell people that I use the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons in my group therapy sessions with individuals with autism, the question...
Autism: Sensory Issues and Therapy Solutions
Children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can often exhibit sensory issues such as hyper- or hypo-sensitivity to various stimuli. As many as 70%...
Benefits of Early Diagnosis for Children on the Autism Spectrum
During Maya’s* first birthday celebration, her mother knew something was different.
“We were singing ‘Happy Birthday,’ and she had such a blank stare. In that...
Poetry Connections: Social Emotional Learning
If you’ve noticed colorful poetry displays popping up in bookstores and classrooms, abundant as spring daffodils, there’s a reason. April is National Poetry Month.
The...
ICYMI: Baltimore’s Child Summer Camp Tips on Fox 45 News
Baltimore's Child Editor Lindsay C. VanAsdalan shares some summer camp tidbits with Fox 45 News (WBFF) in Baltimore for families still considering signing their...
‘Raising a Little Hell’ at Camp Paul Newman
Camper Victoria Saunders loves swimming at The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in the summer. It’s not an activity she usually gets to...
5 Educational Summer Programs to Explore
Summertime is for fun, but it’s also a time when academic and social skills can stall out for kids if they aren’t careful. Continuing...
