Paper Tigers Screening

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Come to a screening of Paper Tigers
Paper Tigers follows six troubled teens over the course of a year at Lincoln Alternative High School in rural Walla Walla, Washington. Considered a last chance before dropping out, many students come to Lincoln with a history of behavioral problems, truancy, and substance abuse. Then, in 2010, Principal Jim Sporleder learned about the science of what a rough childhood does to a developing brain. “Stressed brains can’t learn” was what he took away from an educational conference. He returned to his school convinced that traditional punishments like suspension were only exacerbating the problems of the students there. Sporleder says: “I was hunting every - where for the curriculum. It’s not a curriculum. So it was trying to figure out, how do you take this theory and put it into practice?” Sporleder invited the staff, as well as the students, to learn about the landmark Adverse Child - hood Experiences (ACE) Study, which shows that stressful events during childhood—like divorce, domestic violence, or living with someone with a mental illness—massively incr eases the risk of problems in adulthood.
This screening will be held at the Bloomsbury Studio and will feature a post-screening panel including: 
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<LI>Dr Keith Magee, Researcher of Culture &amp; Justice, UCL, Culture</LI>
<LI><A HREF="www.ucl.ac.uk/icls/people/staff/amanda-sacker" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Professor Amanda Sacker,</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.coedfoundation.org.uk/pages/associates.html" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mr. Maurice Coles</A></LI>
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