click here with Christine Galib As individuals, parents, friends, mentors, coaches, educational leaders, healthcare providers, psychotherapists, researchers, and administrators of programs providing care and education to youth, we practice and promote the interplay of mindfulness, creativity, innovation, and wellbeing as we prepare students for success in the 21st century, global economy. What is this interplay, how does it […]
Teaching mindfulness skills in a trauma-informed manner
trusted tablets with Trish Magyari, MS, LCPC, NCC, RYT-200 Youth with elevated ACES scores, traumatic stress symptoms, or even full PTSD are likely to be present in every mindfulness group. They experience a number of challenges to developing mindfulness skills stemming from the primary effect of traumatic stress on the brain, namely chronic and easily triggered fight/flight/freeze […]
Building Social and Ecological Intelligence with Mindfulness
with Daniel Rechtschaffen Mindfulness can support attention, emotional regulation, and compassion in our students and in our selves. What teacher wouldn’t want to feel more relaxed and happy and to have their students being more balanced and present? But the true power of mindfulness goes far beyond these first benefits. In the beginning, we may […]
Yoga and Mindfulness: Innovative Strategies and Practices for the Classroom
with Sünje O’Clancy and Hannah Lei Prunty, BA, RYT In this interactive workshop, we explore how to integrate yoga and mindfulness into the classroom with practices and strategies that have been effectively used by both trained yoga instructors and educators in actual school classroom environments. Although primarily focused on elementary school ages, most of these practices may […]
Growing Your Mindfulness Program: Finding the Open Door
Mindfulness means many different things to many different people, and people come to the practice for very different reasons. For those who are looking to start or expand a mindfulness program, this means there are many entry points that can be used. This workshop will help participants explore those “open doors” in their own school […]
A Qualitative Analysis of Young Adult Cancer Survivors’ Experiences With A Mindful Self-Compassion Video-Chat Intervention
with Christine Lathren, MD, MSPH In this presentation, we describe the unique psychosocial needs of young adults who have been treated for cancer. We then describe the study design and methods of a pilot study examining an 8-week mindful self-compassion (MSC) video chat intervention for a group of 20 nationally recruited young adult female cancer […]
How ‘Mindfully Compassionate Policing’ Builds Trust, Legitimacy, and Villages to Support our Kids
with Michelle L. Palaladini In this highly engaging three-hour presentation, participants will explore a brief history of citizen and police interactions. This presentation will discuss the serious community conflicts that occur as a result of poor relationships between law enforcement and youth (who eventually carry these conflicts into adulthood), and ways to strengthen the connection […]
Using Mindfulness-Based Practices in Schools to Cope with Trauma
Students in urban education experience various types of trauma, e.g., abuse, neglect, divorce, community violence, etc. This experience of trauma leaves many unable to access the learning environment. Frequently, they have decreased attention; increased triggered responses, reduced awareness; and minimal coping strategies. The community of people surrounding the youth (parents/caregivers and teachers) are not trauma-informed; […]