But Allisyn Swift sees something different: a response to trauma. Swift is the executive ... that happens at the beginning of class to help kids center and refocus for the day.

"The more traditional approach was, for some kids, really dysregulating and even (caused) some psychological trauma for them," she said. "If they're so stress-activated they can't integrate ...

These play and movement-based sessions – developed by Save the Children, UNICEF the Netherlands and War Child – are scientifically proven to help kids deal with trauma. “You can run some structured ...