Mindfulness is an effective, low-cost way for educators to help students improve their social and emotional wellness as they learn and grow. The authors share practical tools that align to the five key categories of mindfulness benefits—stress reduction, attention, emotional control, positive self-concept, and positive interactions—and offer a step-by-step process for establishing a formal school or classroom mindfulness program.
Benefits:
- Recognize what mindfulness is and is not
- Consider research that presents the benefits of mindfulness practices
- Get student-friendly definitions of mindfulness terms
- Survey the preparation, essential learnings, and directions they must have to apply mindfulness practices in schools
- Answer chapter-ending comprehension questions and compare their answers to those provided in an appendix so they can examine their understanding of mindfulness