Why Mindfulness is Needed in Education

Services 

All training provided by trained Mindful Schools Educator​​

• Full or partial year year programs based on the Mindful Schools and Learning to Breathe curriculum. 
• Customized classroom mindfulness practices. Limited time requirement and can integrate easily into school day or in a after-school program.
• Train-the Trainer Teacher Program
• Individual Coaching

Evidence of The Benefits of Mindfulness In Education

Schools pursuing mindfulness education - All elementary schools in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) will be practicing mindfulness in the classroom next school year. 
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Mindfulness with Teachers
When teachers learn mindfulness, they not only reap personal benefits such as reduced stress and burnout but their schools do as well. In randomized controlled trials, teachers who learned mindfulness reported greater efficacy in doing their jobs and had more emotionally supportive classrooms and better classroom organization based on independent observations.

Mindfulness with Students
Studies find that youth benefit from learning mindfulness in terms of improved cognitive outcomes, social-emotional skills, and well-being. In turn, such benefits may lead to long-term improvements in life. For example, social skills in kindergarten predict improved education, employment, crime, substance abuse and mental health outcomes in adulthood.
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Cognitive Outcomes

•  Attention and Focus 
•  Grades

Social-emotional Skills

• Emotion regulation 
• Behavior in school 
• Empathy and perspective-taking 
• Social-skills

Well Being

• Test anxiety
• Stress
• Posttraumatic symptoms
• Depression​

Evidence for the Impact of Mindfulness on Children and Young people

Research on Mindfulness