School Health and Recess Consultant Dr. Cathy Ramstetter works with schools in the areas of school wellness and recess design, policy and delivery. Recess is a crucial part of schooling, necessary for nurturing holistic well-being and supporting schools’ mission to provide a well-rounded education. This unstructured break fosters imagination and builds collaboration, ingenuity, resilience and critical thinking, promoting emotional regulation. But the quality of recess matters. https://successfulhealthychildren.org/
In her forthcoming book, Why Recess Matters: The Importance of Unstructured Play and How to Fight for It, Cathy writes to and for parents, providing the information and the tools to make an impact in the way recess is designed, delivered and experienced, empowering parents to work with educators to “do recess better.” Dr. Ramstetter conducts workshops for schools on how to improve the timing, and the quality, of recess to make the most of these crucial breaks for learning. https://tinyurl.com/PreorderWhyRecessMatters
Dr. Ramstetter is coauthor of the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy on Recess, and a founding member of the Global Recess Alliance. She has published and presented at local, state, national and international conferences. She has been interviewed by USA Today, Time magazine, and ABCNews.