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School Reintegration Effort Helps Valley Children’s Rehab Patients Return to Class

August 19, 2026

MADERA, Calif. – For children recovering from life-altering injuries, returning to school can be as challenging as the medical rehabilitation that came before it. At Valley Children’s, a unique school reintegration program helps patients during that transition, turning the classroom…

Brent Poppen works with a patient in the rehabilitation unit at Valley Children's Hospital.

Paralyzed as a Teen, Brent Poppen Now Helps Kids Find Their Strength

May 25, 2026

MADERA, Calif. – Brent Poppen knows firsthand what it feels like to be a teenager facing a life-altering injury in a hospital bed. Decades later, that experience shapes his work as a peer counselor in the rehabilitation unit at Valley…