1. WELCOME

2. Mindfulness in Schools
Improving Well Being and Reducing Stress for Students and Teachers
By Sheila Lamb, LCSW

3. Agenda Stress and Its Impact on Students and Teachers.
What is Mindfulness?
Research on Mindfulness.
Research on Mindfulness in Schools.
Teaching Mindfulness in LAUSD Schools.
Mindful Schools Training Program.
Mindful Practices.
Audience Questions.

4. Mindfulness Exercise

5. Stress

6. Stress
Definition –”Internal or external conditions that push the state of an individual away from equilibrium or balance.” Dr. Daniel Siegel

7. Stress Impacts Stress Markers Teachers Students
Physical
Emotional
Mental
Teachers
Students
Popular Stress Reduction Strategies

8. Well Being

9. Mindfulness
Definition: Paying attention to the present moment, on purpose, without judgement.
Jon Kabat-Zinn 1994

10. Mindfulness History Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
Chronic Pain
Medicine/Mental Health
Community Programs
Corporations
Schools

11. How Does Mindfulness Impact Stress and Well Being?
What Does the Research Tell Us?

12. Research on Mindfulness
Stress Reduction
Attentional Stability
Emotion Regulation
Empathy Development

13. Mindfulness Exercise

14. Research – Programs in Schools
Improved Classroom Behavior
Enhanced Ability to Pay Attention
Effective in Reducing Depressive Symptoms/Enhanced Emotional Coping
Improved School Climate
Improved School Functioning

15. Teaching Mindfulness at Avalon Continuation High School
Student-Community Demographics
Starting the Program
What We Teach
Becoming a Mindful School
What Students and Teachers Say About Mindfulness

16. Mindful Schools Training Program
Modeled after Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
Courses: Mindfulness Fundamentals and Curriculum Training
Online or In Person Workshops

17. Highlights
Mindful Schools has Taught Over 14,000 Students and 2,500 Adults
Research on the Mindful Schools Program Suggests Improvement in Executive Attention and Emotional Regulation

18. References Davidson, R. investigatinghealthyminds.org
Greater Good Science Center, greatergood.berkeley.edu
Kabat-Zinn, J. (1990). Full Catastrophe Living. New York:Dell
Siegel, Dan J. (2007). The Mindful Brain. New York: W.W. Norton and Company

19. Thank You