Bridging the Hearts & Minds of Youth

Mindfulness and Compassion in Clinical Practice, Education, and Research

February 2 - 4, 2018

San Diego, CA

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Feb. 2 – 4, 2018

Bridging the Hearts and Minds of Youth Conference: Insights, Innovations, and Obstacles in Child and Adolescent Mindfulness

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We are constantly reminded that we live in a different world these days, and the challenges facing our children are daunting: bullying, obesity, technology, in addition to more longstanding problems like poverty and racial/ethnic discrimination. Fortunately, we also live in an age of unprecedented research and clinical support for the potential of mindfulness and compassion to support all of us in meeting the challenges we face in the 21st century. The Bridging Conference has a history of bringing together leaders in the field and this year those experts will focus on sharing what is being done already and where there is promise and possibility for the future. We invite you to join us and learn together as we build this community of dedicated and talented professionals, parents and kids.

Target Audience:

Educators, healthcare providers, psychotherapists, researchers and administrators of programs providing care and education to youth. Participants will:

  • LEARN MINDFULNESS SKILLS, practices and programs that you share with youth in nearly any setting
  • HEAR FROM EXPERTS already bringing mindfulness to youth in schools, clinics, neighborhoods and hospitals
  • CONNECT WITH LIKE-MINDED EDUCATORS, clinicians and researchers to build resources and networks of support
  • GET UP TO SPEED ON THE LATEST RESEARCH FINDINGS and projects, and find out how you can contribute
  • EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS around how you might bring mindfulness to bear on the challenges of your community or population
  • ENJOY ALL THE BENEFITS That San Diego has to offer in mid-winter!

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Engage in a variety of mindfulness-based programs for children and adolescents through experiential techniques and dissemination of information for participants to use in their work with youth.
  • Develop skills to utilize a variety of adapted mindfulness-based interventions for youth.
  • Discuss current information regarding mindfulness and brain science through research and practice.
  • Review current research as it is related to societal trends regarding the state of our youth today and explore how mindfulness can play a crucial role in positively impacting these trends.
  • Obtain direct, personal experience of mindfulness practice and learn how it applies to both professional and personal practice.

Bridging Blog

Self-Regulation and Sensory Integration – The Hidden Factors Behind Mood, Behavior and Children’s Ability to Cope with the World Around Them.

Self-Regulation and Sensory Integration – The Hidden Factors Behind Mood, Behavior and Children’s Ability to Cope with the World Around Them.

By Shawnee Thornton Hardy Founder Asanas for Autism and Special Needs Self-regulation has been a topic of discussion at the forefront of education and is being attributed to a child’s overall … [Read More...]

Trauma Informed Mindfulness – Five teaching guidelines to help stressed students engage in mindfulness programs and fully reap the benefits 

Trauma Informed Mindfulness – Five teaching guidelines to help stressed students engage in mindfulness programs and fully reap the benefits 

By Trish Magyari, MS, CGC, MS, LCPC, NCC, RYT-200 Do your mindfulness students fall asleep? Daydream? Use the time to plan their evening? Giggle? Try to distract other group members? These … [Read More...]

How to Help Teens Become More Self-Compassionate

How to Help Teens Become More Self-Compassionate

Self-compassion may be key to supporting teen mental health. Dr. Karen Bluth shares lessons from her mindful self-compassion program. BY KAREN BLUTH Leslie came to the first class of my course on … [Read More...]

“EL REGALO DEL ELEFANTE”  COMPASSIONATE MINDFULNESS FOR CHILDREN

“EL REGALO DEL ELEFANTE” COMPASSIONATE MINDFULNESS FOR CHILDREN

By Amira Valle Research is showing that mindfulness and compassion training practices can yield a number of benefits in the areas of physical and psychological health, contributing to … [Read More...]

Mindful Vocabulary

Mindful Vocabulary

By Adenia Linker, Erikson Institute Building a strong social and emotional vocabulary is an important part of our universal mindfulness-based social and emotional curriculum. The lessons on emotions … [Read More...]

Inquiry Question: Can We Teach Mindfulness Without Teaching Meditation?

Inquiry Question: Can We Teach Mindfulness Without Teaching Meditation?

By Natalia Fister, High School Teacher, Yoga and Mindfulness Teacher, Toronto A few weeks ago, I bumped into a teacher in my school who had taken the SMART program 2 years ago (a mindfulness course … [Read More...]

Growing Your Mindfulness Program: Finding the Open Door

Growing Your Mindfulness Program: Finding the Open Door

By Alan Brown On my way out of school a few weeks ago, a 12th grader stopped me in the hall, eager to talk to me. I’d taught him mindfulness in 9th grade, but at the time he had been a very reluctant … [Read More...]

Failure Can Be Fun!

Failure Can Be Fun!

By Erik R Conklin, M.A., Ed.D. In my favorite joke of all time, Steve Martin delivers a very detailed buildup of sprinkler terms to what he believes is a group in the audience from a “plumber’s … [Read More...]

More from the Bridging Blog

Mindfulness Titles from New Harbinger

Helping Your Angry Teen

Helping Your Angry Teen

Mitch R. Abblett PhD Are you at your wits’ end dealing with an angry teen? This important guide … [Read More...]

Self-Compassion Workbook for Teens

Self-Compassion Workbook for Teens

Karen Bluth, PhD Your teen years are a time of change, growth, and—all too often—psychological … [Read More...]

A Still Quiet Place for Athletes

A Still Quiet Place for Athletes

Amy Saltzman MD Find flow and reach peak performance—in sports and in life. Based on the … [Read More...]

Master of Mindfulness

Master of Mindfulness

By Laurie Grossman; Mr. Musumeci’s 5th grade class; Angelina Alvarez Faster than a speeding … [Read More...]

Mindful Parenting for ADHD

Mindful Parenting for ADHD

Mark Bertin, MD Written by a pediatrician and based in proven-effective mindfulness techniques, … [Read More...]

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Anxious Children

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Anxious Children

Randye J. Semple, PhD;  Jennifer Lee, PhD Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Anxious … [Read More...]

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2018 keynote speakers:

Dr. Lisa Flook

Lisa Flook holds a PhD in (Clinical) Psychology from UCLA. She is a senior researcher at the Learning Policy Institute, involved in translating research on children's learning and development to inform practice and policy. She has conducted research in educational settings for over 15 years. Her earlier research focused on the negative consequences of academic and interpersonal stress on children and adolescents. A strong interest in prevention and intervention led her to investigate approaches to mitigate the negative effects of stress and to promote health and well-being starting in childhood. She has studied the effects of mindfulness in school settings at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center and at the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Drs. Elisha and Stefanie Goldstein


Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. is co-founder of The Center for Mindful Living in West Los Angeles and creator of the 6-month mentorship program, A Course in Mindful Living. He is a psychologist, speaker and author who has published numerous articles, chapters, and blogs, including Uncovering Happiness: Overcoming Depression with Mindfulness and Self-Compassion, The Now Effect: How This Moment Can Change the Rest of Your Life and co-author of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn and MBSR Every Day. He synthesizes the pearls of traditional psychotherapy with a progressive integration of mindfulness to achieve mental and emotional healing. He has his private practice in West Los Angeles, California.  Elisha's website

Stefanie Goldstein, Ph.D. is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the co-founder of The Center for Mindful Living in West Los Angeles. She is the co-creator of the Good Morning America featured popular teen program – CALM: Connecting Adolescents to Learning Mindfulness which is an 8-week program that teaches mindfulness and social/emotional learning to teens. Stefanie has also helped public and private schools through Los Angeles to implement Mindfulness into their curriculum and communities. She has dedicated much of her career to training and supervising therapists and her lifelong passion is working with adolescents, adults, couples, and families struggling with daily life, helping to support them on their path towards healing and growth. Stefanie's website

Angela Grice, PhD, CCC-SLP

Using Mindfulness-Based Practices in Schools to Cope with Trauma

Angela Grice, Ph.D.Angela Grice teaches mindfulness and yoga to middle and high school students in Washington, D.C. Public Charter Schools and New Beginnings Youth Detention Center. Her work was recently awarded an Essentials Fellowship from 4.0 Schools, an organization that looks for individuals/companies that have pioneering ideas to improve education. Helping students from “hard places,” Dr. Grice incorporates mindfulness and yoga practices to minimize and cope with the impact of trauma. She is a native Washingtonian, who attended both George Washington University and Howard University, and has worked in the Neurocognition of Language Lab as a post-doctoral fellow at Teachers’ College, Columbia University.

Daniel Rechtschaffen

Daniel Rechtschaffen, Marriage and Family Therapist, is the author of The Way of Mindful Education and The Mindful Education Workbook. He organizes the annual Mindfulness in Education Conference and Teacher Training at the Omega Institute. Daniel offers keynote speeches and mindfulness trainings at conferences, schools, communities, and businesses, such as University of Wisconsin Madison, Google, Esalen Institute, and schools around the globe. Daniel teaches mindfulness through music, sports, storytelling, games and other creative and engaging ways. He is inspired to utilize mindfulness to help us become more conscious, compassionate, and committed to taking care of this miraculous world we live in. He is the founding director of Mindful Education, a mindfulness and social emotional learning platform for educators. Daniel's website

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