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Mindfulness in Education
Michigan School Social Work ConferenceOctober 2015
LISA COBB, LMSW – [email protected]
STEPHANIE LATHROP, LMSW – [email protected]
o Introductions and Ice Breaker
o Perception
o Mindfulness Principles
o Mindfulness Practice
o Mindfulness Power
o Closing Activities
o Wrap-up and Debriefing
Today’s Mindful Agenda
Stress…everyone has it…o Emotional stressors
o Family stressors
o Social stressors
o Change stressors
o Chemical stressors
o Work stressors
o Decision stressors
o Phobic stressors
o Physical stressors
o Disease stressors
o Pain stressors
o Environmental stressors
Research Supports Mindfulness Practices
o Decreased ADHD behaviors—specifically hyperactivity and impulsivity
o Fewer conduct and anger management problems
o Decreased negative affect, or emotions
o Decreased anxiety in general and text anxiety in particular
o Decreased depression
o Increased emotional regulation
o Increased self-calming
o Increased social skills and social compliance
o Increased care for others
o Increased sense of calmness, relaxation, and self-acceptance
o Increased self-esteem
o Increased quality of sleep
o Increased attention
o Increased executive function (working memory, planning, organization, and impulse control)
Choice-makingTools for Success
o Change the Situation
o Change our Perception
o Accept the Situation
The ability to claim and make choices is directly related to personal ownership, respect and self-worth
Options for Change
Mindfulness
Paying attention in a particular way
o On purpose
o In the present moment
o Without judgment
Jon Kabat-Zinn - Founder: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Respond Versus React
Mindfulness
o Our thoughts and perceptions, if negative, reinforce emotions that can cause suffering
o Thoughts are most often about the past or future
o The one moment we actually can experience “the present moment” is the one we seem most to avoid
Educational “Standards”
o For students to successfully meet “Standards”, they must possess social-emotional skills
oUnless students come to school with all these skills in place, deliberate teaching of these skills is necessary
Mindfulness Practice:
Tier 1, 2 and 3 Intervention
Mindfulness can help us negotiate the complexity of life
…at any age!!!!
With Mindfulness
o WE can LAUGH at ourselves more
o WE can be LESS CRITICAL of ourselves and others
o WE are KINDER
o WE are more SINCERE