Yvette Jackson – författare

With foreword by Paul Liabenow

Build compassionate classroom environments and mindful schools that prioritize high levels of achievement and high levels of well-being. Based on the latest neuroscience research, Mindfulness Practices details how mindfulness in schools can lead to new, improved ways of educating, learning, and living. The book''s mindful education exercises are easily adaptable across grade levels -- from prekindergarten through high school -- as well as across urban, suburban, and rural school settings.

Mindfulness exercises and trauma-informed practices for a positive learning environment:

Explore the theory behind mindful education, including the interrelated nature of physiology, cognition, emotions, and mindfulness for students.Learn how mindfulness in schools contributes to a positive mindset, alleviates the impact of toxic stress, and takes advantage of neuroplasticity.Understand the effects of trauma and ACEs (adverse childhood experiences) on student behavior and the ability to learn, and discover trauma-informed practices that support healing.Acquire research-based mindfulness practices, including breathing exercises, yoga for the classroom, meditation for students, and cognitive reflection and awareness.Reignite the passion that first drew you to education and prioritize self-care for yourself and your students.Discover how to build a heart-centered learning community in classrooms and create mindful schools.

Contents:Foreword by Paul LiabenowIntroduction

Part I: The Urgency of NowChapter 1: The Need to CareChapter 2: The Journey--Healing Along the WayChapter 3: Our Brain and the Mind-Body Connection

Part II: Mindfulness Practices--Getting PracticalChapter 4: A Deep BreathChapter 5: Move and Stretch--Yoga and Meditation BasicsChapter 6: Mindful Sensation, Presence, and Emotion

Part III: Mindful and Compassionate Classrooms and School CommunitiesChapter 7: Mindful Instruction--Paying Attention to Your StudentsChapter 8: Executive FunctioningChapter 9: Mindful Leadership From Within--A New Mindset

EpilogueReferences and ResourcesIndex

Build a thriving school community that creates healthy, resilient, and successful students. A companion to Mindfulness Practices, this research-backed guide outlines how to teach self-regulation by fostering the five Cs of social-emotional learning and mindfulness: consciousness, compassion, confidence, courage, and community. The authors provide a wealth of practical exercises, strategies, and tools to bring this scientifically proven approach to life across grade levels and subject areas.

Use this resource to foster the well-being of every learner:

Benefit from exercises that infuse social-emotional concepts and 21st century skills into academic curriculum across subjects and grade levels.Discover ideas for incorporating historical examples of consciousness, compassion, confidence, courage, and community into classwork.Learn ways to assess the five Cs elements, including the research-based S-CCATE tool, to provide evidence for what might seem unquantifiable.Become familiar with different ways educators have implemented Heart Centered Learning™ in the real world.Work with numerous activities and mindsets that foster a mixture of vulnerability and strength and ameliorate trauma.

Contents:IntroductionChapter 1: Heart Centered LearningChapter 2: Heart Physiology and Heart-Mind ConnectionsChapter 3: ConsciousnessChapter 4: CompassionChapter 5: ConfidenceChapter 6: CourageChapter 7: CommunityChapter 8: Conscious LeadershipEpilogue: Taking Heart, Having Heart—Looking to Our FutureAppendix: S-CCATE—A Visioning and Assessment Tool to Create Heart Centered CommunitiesReferences and ResourcesIndex