by Shineforth Admin | Apr 19, 2016 | Articles, Champions
WHEN HE WAS IN FIRST GRADE, Alex’s principal would send him to a converted storage closet called the crisis room—a lot. Alex would get 30 minutes in the crisis room for standing on a chair in class. Tearing papers in class warranted hours in the crisis room. School...
by Shineforth Admin | Apr 7, 2016 | Articles, News
When Tug the therapy dog shows up at Shineforth’ Richmond campus, the kids make a beeline towards him. “When we started out in March of 2014, we weren’t sure what his role would be and how the kids would respond to him,” says Susan Crosby, Tug’s person. Since then,...
by Shineforth Admin | Jan 7, 2016 | Articles, News
Shineforth’s CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL wants to make the transition to the workforce easier for students with autism and other neurological differences. Thanks to a gift from donors Larry Murphy and Steven Bryan, Snap-on Tools certification is now an option. A shiny...
by Shineforth Admin | Aug 6, 2015 | Champions
SOPHIA BOOKER HEARD about Project LIFE for the first time in 2010 when a friend invited her to a youth advisory council meeting where teens in foster care discuss shared challenges and ways to improve the system. “I just wanted to hang out with one of my friends...
by Shineforth Admin | Jul 29, 2015 | Champions
AS AN ADOPTION SPECIALIST with Shineforth’ Adoptive Family Preservation program, Michael Staton’s job is to help adoptive families weather crises in their lives. But Michael sees it a little differently. To him, his job is to empower families to make their own...
