Mindfulness Training for Elementary and Middle School Educators

Mindfulness Training for Elementary and Middle School Educators: A Two Day Intensive For Teachers

Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society
University of Massachusetts Medical School
April 7-8, 2008
Crowne Plaza Hotel and Resort
Worcester, Massachusetts

During this interactive training, participants will:

review current research regarding teaching mindfulness to children,
observe and discuss an 8-session curriculum for 4th to 7th graders from beginning to end, with variations in curriculum for slightly younger and older children, learn and discuss skillful adaptations for teaching mindfulness to young children, analyze and explore the specific use of language and mindfulness practices that are inviting and accessible to children, explore and understand specific strategies and methods that appear to facilitate children’s firsthand experience of mindfulness, and reflect upon and address the qualities and qualifications for teachers intent on teaching mindfulness to children.

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