Why Mindfulness?
Mental Health Statistics Among Young People
Mental Illness in Canada: An Overview
Challenges Teachers Face
"When the mind quiets down, the body quiets down.
When the body quiets down it goes into homeostasis or self repair."
Potential Benefits of Mindfulness in Education
Scientific studies confirm the benefits but the best proof is one's own experience!
Benefits for Students
⌾ Attention and Learning Skills
- Attention, Focus
- Cognitive Development
❥ Social & Emotional Skills
- Behavior in School
- Empathy & Perspective Taking
- Social-Skills
- Improved Self-Regulation
⌇Resilience
- Emotional Regulation
- Reduced Anxiety & Stress
- Post-Traumatic Symptoms
- Depression
- Impulsivity
- Reduce Depression and Improve Mental Health
Benefits for Teachers
⌾ Well-Being:
Greater mental flexibility, reduce stress and burn-out, emotional regulation, relationship management skills, sense of time urgency, and fewer symptoms of mild depression
⌇Effectiveness:
Professional improvement, increased job satisfaction, heightened sense of efficacy, emotional awareness and resilience, classroom management including trauma-sensitive pedagogy
When Life Gets Hard, What Helps Young People Cope?
Scientific Research Results
Mindfulness Journal Articles Published by Year
Peer-reviewed scientific studies of meditation have grown exponentially since the 1980s,
with more than 1000 studies published on mindfulness each year.
Research Studies Reading
Mindfulness for Children and Teachers
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for the Treatment of Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatients: A Randomized Clinical Trial - Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
How does mindfulness modulate self-regulation in pre-adolescent children? An integrative neurocognitive review - Elsevier (NEUROSCI BIOBEHAV R)
Implementing Mindfulness Practices With Parents of Young Children in a Low-Socioeconomic Status Neighborhood. - Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association
Youth-focused group mindfulness-based intervention in individuals with early psychosis. - Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Putting your mind at ease: findings from the Mindfulness Ambassador Council programme in Toronto area schools - Journal of Children Services
Integrating mindfulness training into K-12 education: Fostering the resilience of teachers and students. - APA PsycInfo
Effectiveness of Mindfulness Interventions for Mental Health in Schools - Mindfulness (Springer)
A Systematic Review of Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Youth in School Settings - Mindfulness (Springer)
A Systematic Review of Mindfulness-Based School Interventions with Early Adolescents - Mindfulness (Springer)
The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Cognition and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents- Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Attention and Executive Function in Children and Adolescents - Mindfulness ((Springer)
Mindfulness Interventions with Youth: A Meta-Analysis - Mindfulness (Springer)
Mindfulness - General Research
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Psychosocial Outcomes of a Mindfulness-Based Interactive e-Book for Young People with Cancer. Journal of Adolescents and Young Adult Oncology
Cardiovascular and nervous system changes during meditation - Front. Hum. Neurosci.,
Systems biology research study reveals benefits of vacation and meditation - Mount Sinai School Of Medicine
Intensive Lifestyle Changes for Reversal of Coronary Heart Disease American Medical Association
Mindfulness meditation helps fight insomnia, improves sleep - JAMA
Meditation Can Lower Blood Pressure, Study Shows - Int J Hypertens.
Strengthened Hippocampal Circuits Underlie Enhanced Retrieval of Extinguished Fear Memories Following Mindfulness Training - Biological Psychiatry
Effectiveness of a meditation-based stress reduction program in the treatment of anxiety disorders - American Journal of Psychiatry
A randomized controlled trial of compassion cultivation training: Effects on mindfulness, affect, and emotion regulation. - Motivation and Emotion
Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density - Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging