Sparks for Success recently teamed up with UT Austin’s Hogg Foundation for Mental Health to discuss the traumas experienced by children of inmates and how Sparks For Success is helping them build their resilience. Check out the podcast episode here. Sparks’ introduction begins at 3:20.
Mental Health Day with Austin Achieve Schools!
Sparks for Success recently partnered with Austin Achieve schools during their Mental Health Day to help kids with pre-STAAR test anxiety by providing therapeutic, music-based activities. Four classes of children were assigned to participate in Sparks’ “music room” and enjoyed activities from waving scarves, to following the beat of a song using djembes (hand drums), to using their imagination while …
