Heart Centered Pilot in Philadelphia Suburb
By Christine Mason, CEI Executive Director Upper Providence Elementary (UPE) in Royersford, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia. The school has an enrollment of about 500 students and is unique in several ways. First, it serves a high percentage of special needs students using an inclusion model. As a hub centrally located in the school district, many of the emotional support students are transported to UPE from other home schools in the area. The school has three emotional support