Teaching Mindfulness Skills to Kids and Teens
Christopher Willard
438 pages | ~12 hrs
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By Christopher Willard
Bringing the transformative power of mindfulness to young people requires specialized knowledge and practical tools that meet children and teenagers where they are. This comprehensive guide equips educators, therapists, and community leaders with creative approaches to introduce present-moment awareness to diverse age groups, from preschoolers through adolescents.
The book addresses the unique developmental needs of different age ranges while providing concrete strategies for engaging young minds in mindfulness practice. Readers will discover how to adapt these ancient wisdom practices for modern classrooms and therapeutic settings, with particular attention to reaching at-risk youth and children with special learning requirements.
Rather than offering abstract concepts, this resource delivers immediately applicable techniques through detailed lesson frameworks, real-world examples, and practical scripts. The authors demonstrate how mindfulness naturally integrates with activities children already enjoy, including creative arts, physical movement, musical expression, and interactive games.
Recognizing that young people learn differently, the book explores various teaching approaches and addresses common challenges that arise when introducing contemplative practices to energetic, developing minds. Each strategy is grounded in current research while remaining accessible to practitioners seeking to cultivate greater awareness, emotional regulation, and inner calm in the young people they serve.
This practical manual serves anyone committed to nurturing the contemplative capacities of the next generation through skillful, age-appropriate guidance.
What You'll Discover
- ✓ Discover service as spiritual practice
- ✓ Explore MEDICAL / Psychiatry / Child & Adolescent
- ✓ Learn practical meditation techniques
- ✓ Understand psychological principles
- ✓ Explore EDUCATION / Educational Psychology
- ✓ Explore Child
- ✓ Explore Education
- ✓ Explore Child psychology
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Details
- Published
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Guilford Press
- ISBN-13
- 9781462522385
- ISBN-10
- 1462522386
- Pages
- 438
- Language
- EN
