School Student Mindfulness & Stress Management
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Supporting Student and Teacher Well-Being Through Mindfulness
Mindfulness programs in schools help students and staff manage rising stress, build emotional awareness, and develop healthy coping skills. Integrated into social and emotional learning goals, mindfulness supports attention, emotional regulation, and resilience—skills that benefit students throughout their education and into their future careers.
Getting Started
Students benefit most when mindfulness is introduced early in their education in an age-appropriate way. The final years of high school are a particularly important time to provide mindfulness support, as students are more vulnerable to stress and the onset of mental health challenges. Inner Wisdom Wellness offers the school-based mindfulness programs listed below, aligned with Project Aware Ohio, to support students’ well-being and resilience.
Building Everyday Resilience at the Elementary Level
Mindup Curriculum for Middle Schools
Learning to BREATHE at the high school level to cultivate emotion regulation, attention and performance.
Building Everyday Resilience
This program originated in Canada and is based on research that mindfulness based education may be useful for helping children adapt more effectively in changing and increasingly stressful environments. The fun, play-based activities include four main categories: sensory, breathing and visualization, compassion and perspective-taking activities. Using the principles of mindfulness, the activities are designed to help children develop helpful habits to manage, cope with and overcome everyday challenges.
Mindup
Mindup is research based featuring the latest research about the brain to improve behavior and learning in students. Each lesson offers easy strategies for helping students focus their attention, improve their self-regulation skills, build resilience to stress and develop a positive mind-set in both school and life.
Learning to BREATHE
Learning to BREATHE was developed by clinical psychologist, Patricia C. Broderick, mindfulness expert and tailors mindfulness education to the developmental needs of adolescents to help them understand their thoughts and feelings and manage distressing emotions.
Students will be empowered by learning important mindfulness skills to improve emotion regulation, reduce stress, improve overall performance and develop attention. This program also incorporates some of the themes of mindfulness-based stress reduction developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn. The acronym BREATHE and each theme has a core message: Body, Reflection, Emotions, Attention, Tenderness and Healthy Mind Habits and Empowerment.
Additional Information:
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School staff also benefit from mindfulness and can more effectively support mindfulness programs when they also use mindfulness practices. We recommend school staff receive our mindfulness education module (found in Inner Wisdom at Work tab) prior to students receiving education for a more comprehensive schoolwide mindfulness program.
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First of all, mindfulness is not a spiritual or religious practice. It is not about social support or simply about peace, or relaxation. And it isn’t about not thinking at all. It isn’t about emotional suppression or suppressing one’s thoughts.
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Mindfulness is the technique of directing one’s attention to the current experience with an attitude of non-judgmental acceptance. Emotions and thoughts are part of that experience and so are neither suppressed nor cleared, and viewed as neither negative nor positive.
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To ensure effectiveness, mindfulness programs should begin with the school staff education, ensure programs and strategies have high fidelity in implementation, are monitored for effectiveness and be considered in alignment with the district-wide plan for behavioral support. Mindfulness programming can be incorporated into the classroom and threaded into a schoolwide approach. Additionally, individual students could receive additional support as needed.
We can assist your district with implementation and classroom program along with a districtwide mindfulness approach to bring mindfulness activities for all students while some grade levels have additional education..
Plan Your School Training
Fill out the form to tell us about your team, school, and vision for your training. Be sure to include information on your school and the modules you’re interested in so we can create a fun, personalized experience for everyone.
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