Teaching Mindfulness Skills To Kids And Teens

Author : Christopher Willard,Amy Saltzman
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781462522385

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Teaching Mindfulness Skills to Kids and Teens by Christopher Willard,Amy Saltzman Pdf

Packed with creative, effective ideas for bringing mindfulness into the classroom, child therapy office, or community, this book features sample lesson plans and scripts, case studies, vignettes, and more. Leading experts describe how to harness the unique benefits of present-focused awareness for preschoolers, school-age kids, and teens, including at-risk youth and those with special needs. Strategies for overcoming common obstacles and engaging kids with different learning styles are explored. Chapters also share ways to incorporate mindfulness into a broad range of children's activities, such as movement, sports, music, games, writing, and art. Giving clinicians and educators practices they can use immediately, the book includes clear explanations of relevant research findings.

Author : Debra Burdick, LCSWR, BCN
Publisher : PESI Publishing & Media
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781937661571

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Mindfulness Skills for Kids & Teens by Debra Burdick, LCSWR, BCN Pdf

Finally -- a comprehensive, practical and user-friendly mindfulness resource written specifically for children and adolescents. Best-selling mindfulness author Debra Burdick has blended the latest research and best practices to create this straight-forward guide for improving self-awareness, self-regulation skills, mental health, and social connectedness in kids and teens. This expertly crafted resource features a collection of more than 150 proven tools and techniques, presented in a simple, step-by-step skill building format. Perfect for mental health practitioners, teachers and all in the helping professions. Tools for explaining mindfulness and neurobiology in kids’ languageActivities, games, and meditations that build basic through advanced mindfulness skillsStep-by-step instruction on teaching and practicing mindfulness, meditation and reflectionGuidance on choosing age appropriate skillsHow to apply mindfulness skills to specific childhood mental health disordersJournal prompts to help integrate learningGoal-setting charts for tracking progressDownloadable worksheets, exercises and reflections

Author : Debra E. Burdick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Children
ISBN : 1937661598

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Mindfulness Skills for Kids & Teens by Debra E. Burdick Pdf

Author : Randye J. Semple,Christopher Willard
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781462539307

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The Mindfulness Matters Program for Children and Adolescents by Randye J. Semple,Christopher Willard Pdf

This indispensable resource provides a flexible framework and a wealth of engaging tools for teaching mindfulness to children and adolescents with varying needs in school or clinical settings. Numerous kid-friendly mindfulness practices are presented, complete with step-by-step instructions, sample scripts, suggested variations, and discussion questions. The benefits of mindfulness for enhancing children's social–emotional competencies are clearly explained. Clinicians and teachers are guided to select and sequence activities for groups struggling with specific challenges: stress and anxiety, depression, attention problems, behavioral and emotion regulation issues, and trauma. In a convenient large-size format, the book includes 14 reproducible handouts. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.

Author : Amy Saltzman
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781608827596

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A Still Quiet Place by Amy Saltzman Pdf

Teaching kids stress management skills early in life will help them to grow into happy and healthy adults. And if you work with children or adolescents, you know that kids today need these skills more than ever. The pressures they face in the classroom, on the playground, in their extracurricular activities, and at home can sometimes be overwhelming. So how can you help lay the groundwork for their success? A Still Quiet Place presents an eight-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program that therapists, teachers, and other professionals can use to help children and adolescents manage stress and anxiety in their lives, and develop their natural capacities for emotional fluency, respectful communication, and compassionate action. The program detailed in this book is based on author Amy Saltzman’s original curriculum, which has helped countless children and adolescents achieve significant improvements in attention and reduced anxiety. One of the easiest ways to find the still quiet place within is to practice mindfulness—paying attention to your life experience here and now with kindness and curiosity. The easy-to-implement mindfulness practices in this guide are designed to help increase children and adolescents’ attention, learning, resiliency, and compassion by showing them how to experience the natural quietness that can be found within. The still quiet place is a place of peace and happiness that is alive inside all of us, and you can find it just by closing your eyes and breathing. For more information, visit www.stillquietplace.com.

Author : Theo Seymour
Publisher : Gaius Quill Publishing
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-30
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Mindfulness and Meditation for Children and Teens by Theo Seymour Pdf

This comprehensive guide to mindfulness and meditation for children and teens offers practical techniques, useful tips, and inspiring insights to help parents, caregivers, and educators introduce mindfulness and meditation practices to young people of all ages. Whether you're looking to help your children develop essential life skills, such as emotional regulation, focus, and empathy, or to support their mental health and well-being, this guide has everything you need to get started. With a focus on practicality and accessibility, this guide offers a range of mindfulness techniques that are easy to incorporate into your family's daily routine. From simple breathing exercises to mindful movement practices, each technique is designed to help children and teens cultivate greater awareness, self-reflection, and compassion. The guide emphasizes the long-term benefits of mindfulness and meditation, from improved emotional regulation and resilience to enhanced focus and concentration. By introducing mindfulness and meditation practices at an early age, parents and caregivers can lay a solid foundation for their children's mental health, resilience, and personal growth. In addition, the guide provides strategies for incorporating mindfulness practices into educational settings, with a focus on supporting teachers and educators in introducing mindfulness into the classroom. This comprehensive guide is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to support the ongoing journey of mindfulness and meditation for children and teens. With practical techniques, inspiring insights, and a wealth of resources, it's the ultimate guide to nurturing mindfulness skills in young people.

Author : Lorraine Murray
Publisher : Floris Books
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780863159343

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Calm Kids by Lorraine Murray Pdf

At school, we believe education should touch the whole child. This includes the physical, emotional, spiritual, social and cognitive aspects of the child's life. We teach children quietness as a skill to reflect and recharge their inner lives. Lorraine Murray helped us on this journey.' -- Sheila Laing, Head Teacher. Stress and behavioural disorders are common in children, who are increasingly bombarded by marketing campaigns, faced with school and peer pressure, and able to sense the stress of adults around them. Mindfulness and meditation can help children recognise and cope with these pressures, releasing bad feelings gently and giving them simple tools to deal with tension and stress throughout their lives. In this practical and inspiring book, Lorraine Murray shows parents, teachers and youth workers how to lead fun and peaceful meditation sessions with children. Lorraine explains a variety of different approaches, from meditations around daily activities for busy families, to ideas for group 'quietness' sessions in schools. She provides fun, tactile rhymes for toddlers to help them calm down before bedtime, and suggests ways to help teenagers reduce anxiety. She goes on to explain how these methods can help children with ADHD and those on the autistic spectrum, giving a range of case studies. This book is suitable for complete beginners, or those with some experience of relaxation and meditation techniques. It offers all the advice needed to lead sessions with children, whilst encouraging the reader to adapt and develop their own ways of helping children to feel calmer, happier and more peaceful.

Author : Debra Burdick, LCSWR, BCN
Publisher : PESI Publishing & Media
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-28
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781936128457

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Mindfulness Skills Workbook for Clinicians and Clients by Debra Burdick, LCSWR, BCN Pdf

Most Comprehensive Mindfulness Skills Workbook Available Like no other resource, Mindfulness Skills Workbook combines the latest research and best practices -- all in a simple guide to successfully teach mindfulness to your clients. This comprehensive workbook provides the theory behind each tool, a step-by-step process to implement, and expert guidance on processing client results. Features:Experiential exercises you can integrate into practiceHighly effective collection of mindfulness toolsSpecial section to guide understanding of neurobiology behind mindfulnessDozens of reproducible activities, exercises, techniques and toolsNew meditationsSteps for increasing client use at homeBasic through advanced mindfulness skillsSkills for specific disordersJournal promptsUnique templates to monitor progress Improve Treatment Outcomes:DepressionAnxietyADHDPTSDOCDBipolarPanicPainSleepStressAngerChronic Medical and Mental Illness Reviews: "Debra Burdick has written a gem of a book on mindfulness. As a guide for clinicians, the book has everything: no-nonsense, clear style; plenty of background info; tie-ins with research; excellent illustrations; and plenty of original experiential tools for introducing mindfulness and leveraging motivation and compliance. This is the kind of resource on mindfulness that you are not just going to skim through: you are going to copy and dog-ear and share this book with your colleagues and your clients. This just might be the last guide to teaching mindfulness that you buy." -Pavel Somov, Ph.D., author of Present Perfect, Reinventing the Meal and Anger Management Jumpstart

Author : Christian Bergstrom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-24
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9529407696

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Ultimate Mindfulness Activity Book by Christian Bergstrom Pdf

Ultimate Mindfulness Activity Book empowers readers to share mindfulness with kids and youth in a playful way. Discover 150 playful mindfulness activities for kids and teens to kick-start and sustain a fun mindfulness practice. Master simple tools for calm, focus, joy, kindness, emotional intelligence and regulation.

Author : Susan Kaiser Greenland
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780834840522

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Mindful Games by Susan Kaiser Greenland Pdf

A practical and playful guide for cultivating mindfulness in kids, with 50 simple games to develop attention and focus, and identify and regulate emotions Playing games is a great way for kids to improve their focus and become more mindful. In this book, The Mindful Child author Susan Kaiser Greenland shares how parents, caregivers, and teachers can bring mindfulness into the classroom or home. She provides 50 entertaining games that develop what she calls the new "A, B, C's"—Attention, Balance, and Compassion—for your child's learning, happiness, and success, offering context and guidance throughout. She introduces: · Anchor games that develop concentration · Visualization games that encourage kindness and focus · Analytical games that cultivate clear thinking · Awareness games for sensory awareness, self-regulating emotions, and gaining insight into ourselves, others, and relationships Even though the games are designed for kids, they can be just as fun and transformative for adults. Greenland encourages parents and caregivers to develop their own Attention, Balance, and Compassion and to explore the universal concepts that she presents. Our own mindfulness has a powerful effect on everyone in our lives—especially our children.

Author : Andrew Jordan Nance
Publisher : Parallax Press
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781941529454

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Puppy Mind by Andrew Jordan Nance Pdf

In this picture book for children and adults, illustrated by Jim Durk, who is adored by thousands of children for his many Clifford the Big Red Dog and Thomas the Steam Engine books, a young boy discovers his mind is like a puppy, always wandering away, into the past or the future. He sets about learning to train his puppy mind to heel to the present moment. Through remembering to breathe, the boy becomes a stronger and more caring master of his puppy mind, keeping it in the present, if only for a moment. Includes a link to a discussion guide for parents and teachers.

Author : Jennifer Cohen Harper
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781608827947

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Little Flower Yoga for Kids by Jennifer Cohen Harper Pdf

Wouldn’t it be great if your child could exercise, have fun, and build concentration skills all at the same time? In 2006, the Little Flower Yoga program was developed by teacher and certified yoga instructor Jennifer Cohen Harper, when her successful use of yoga in her kindergarten classroom led to requests by other students, teachers, and administrators for yoga programs of their own. Harper slowly began to teach more and more yoga classes, and eventually recruited other yoga teachers with education backgrounds to continue growing what had become a flourishing program. Little Flower Yoga for Kidsoffers this fun and unique program combining yoga and mindfulness in an easy-to-read format. Written specifically for parents and kids, the book aims at teaching children to pay attention, increase focus, and balance their emotions—all while building physical strength and flexibility. Based on a growing body of evidence that yoga and mindfulness practices can help children develop focus and concentration, the simple yoga exercises in this book can easily be integrated into their child’s daily routine, ultimately improving health, behavior, and even school achievement. The book details the five main components of the program: connect, breath, move, focus, and relax. Drawing on these components, Harper shares practical activities that parents can use with their children both on a daily basis and as applied to particularly challenging issues. And while this book is targeted to parents, teachers may also find it extremely useful in helping students achieve better attention and focus. For more information about this innovative program, visit www.littlefloweryoga.com.

Author : Lorraine E Murray
Publisher : Connected Kids Limited
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0993122108

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Connected Kids by Lorraine E Murray Pdf

In this sequel to her best-selling book 'Calm Kids', author Lorraine Murray introduces a range of mindful, heart-felt activities to that will help children to teens learn to relax, de-stress and feel centered. You will discover how to develop bespoke tools that support children with special needs and those on the autistic spectrum. In this book you will: - learn how meditation can support brain development, emotional intelligence and improved learning - develop a bespoke meditation 'toolkit' to help children and teens to reduce anxiety and stress - learn how to use meditation to 'problem solve' and overcome challenges - read about worldwide research that supports the use of meditation for health and well-being - become empowered with mindful activities that help children to shine This book is ideal for educators, parents and professionals, especially those with/working with children with additional support needs. Lorraine E. Murray is the Managing Director of Connected Kids - a worldwide programme that teaches adults how to teach kids meditation. She has been researching and teaching this since 2003 and is the author of 'Calm Kids - Help Children Relax With Mindful Activities'.

Author : Wynne Kinder
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781465487384

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Calm: Mindfulness for Kids by Wynne Kinder Pdf

Teach your kids how to focus their thoughts and notice the world around them with this fun mindfulness kids activity book. Mindfulness activities are a great way to teach children about their thoughts and feelings and how to understand them--while having fun at the same time. This book is packed with activities--make a mindfulness jar, learn how to appreciate food with mindful eating, and get out into nature and explore the outside world. An illustrated journal section at the back of the book encourages children to make notes about their own thoughts and feelings Calm: Mindfulness for Kids has everything you need to know about focusing your child's mind to help them enjoy and appreciate things that they take for granted every day, while boosting their confidence and self-esteem. Children are guided through each activity, to make sure they achieve maximum enjoyment and awareness. All children will learn and react to each activity in a different way and parent's notes give advice on how to encourage children to embrace mindfulness in the modern world. Each specially designed activity is flexible for each child's needs and inspires them to seek calmness and tranquility in all situations. Calm: Mindfulness for Kids shows that supporting a child's positive mental health doesn't need to be expensive, time-consuming, or difficult. Activities help children to de-stress, focus, and get moving while having fun.

Author : Dzung X. Vo
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781626250826

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The Mindful Teen by Dzung X. Vo Pdf

In this powerful book, a pediatrician specializing in teen and adolescent medicine offers a breakthrough mindfulness program to help you deal with stress in healthy ways, improve communication, and reduce conflicts with family and friends. Being a teen is stressful! Whether it’s school, friends, or dating, the teen years are full of difficult changes—both mentally and physically. If you're like many teens, you may have difficulty dealing with stress in effective ways. You aren’t alone, and there are things you can do to stay calm, no matter how stressful life becomes. All you need to do is stop, breathe, and be mindful and aware in the present moment. The Mindful Teen offers a unique program based in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) to help you deal with stress. The simple, practical, and easy-to-remember tips in this book can be used every day to help you handle any difficult situation more effectively—whether it’s taking a test at school, having a disagreement with your parents, or a problem you are having with friends. If you’re ready to uncover your own inner strength and resilience through mindful awareness and take charge of your life, this book will show you how.