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• Archive: Faculty:Susan Kaiser GreenlandDuration:11 Hours 36 MinutesFormat:Audio and VideoCopyright:Dec 12, 2019 Description Working in a classroom or a clinic can be overwhelming and exhausting.
• As the level of children’s distress and needs increase so do competing demands from parents and administrators.This vicious cycle wears down teachers and clinicians while fueling stress, frustration, conflict, and disappointment for children and caregivers alike.Watch mindfulness expert, Susan Kaiser Greenland, who will show you how activity-based mindfulness beats this depleting cycle by developing six crucial life skills that lead to:Stronger attentionGreater emotional intelligenceEnhanced self-regulationStrengthened compassion for self and othersEffective, brief, yet authentic, mindful activities build lasting psychological strengths while offering moments of calm in the classroom and clinic, even when stress and strong emotions run high.You’ll learn to foster six essential life skills - Quieting, Focusing, Seeing, Reframing, Caring & Connecting - using mindful games that have been empirically tested for over 15 years with thousands of children.Using mindful activities will strengthen and support how you communicate and teach while helping kids and caregivers alike develop mind-body awareness, compassionate life skills, and manage stress.
• Handouts Manual - 2-Day Experiential Workshop: Activity-Based Mindfulness for Kids (62.58 MB) 54 Pages Available after Purchase Outline INTRODUCTION: An Exploration of the Inner Kids Model and Activity-Based MindfulnessA fun, pragmatic approach to mindfulness and meditation using games to develop six essential life skills:QuietingFocusingSeeingReframingCaring & ConnectingExperience mindful games: lecture, demonstrations and dyadsDEMONSTRATIONS AND ROLE PLAY IN SMALL GROUPSQuieting: Calming and Self-RegulationExplore mindful strategies to:Develop restraintRelease nervous energyCalm and self-sootheExperience a mindful activity: A Cooling Out-Breath, Shake It Up, and Gratitude WalkFocusing: Attention and ConcentrationExplore mindful strategies to develop:ConcentrationHelp kids ignore distractionsBuild steady, flexible attentionExperience mindful games/activities: Mindful Breathing, Counting Breaths, Tic-Toc, Slow and Silent Walking, and VisualizationsSeeing & Reframing: A Wise and Compassionate WorldviewExplore mindful strategies to explore:Cause and effectDevelop perspective takingOpen-mindednessAppreciationExperience mindful games: Duck!
• Rabbit!, Pinky Pointing or Thumbs Game, Life is Good, and Three Good ThingsCaring & Connecting: Speaking and Acting with Wisdom and CompassionExplore mindful strategies to develop:Age-appropriate discernmentSelf-careCapacity to let go of old hurts and disappointmentsOffer a roadmap for speaking and acting in a way that’s helpful to self and othersExperience mindful games: Is it Helpful?, The Three Gates, What Did I Hear?, Resting and Noticing, Stargazing, Pink Bubble Faculty Susan Kaiser Greenland Related seminars and products: 4 Susan Kaiser Greenland is an internationally recognized leader in teaching mindfulness and meditation to children, teens, and families.
• She played a foundational role in making mindfulness practices developmentally appropriate for young people and helped to pioneer activity-based mindfulness with her first book The Mindful Child.