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Learning to breathe, a mindfulness curriculum for adolescents to cultivate emotion regulation, attention, and performance, by Patricia C. Broderick

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non fiction

Learning to breathe

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842262170

by Patricia C. Broderick

a mindfulness curriculum for adolescents to cultivate emotion regulation, attention, and performance

The breakthrough book Learning to Breathe presents a research-based curriculum for teachers and clinicians who are seeking ways to help improve behavior and bolster academic performance in adolescents. Drawing on a combination of mindfulness-based therapies, the brief interventions outlined in the book have a strong theoretical basis in both education and psychology, and are proven effective when it comes to dealing with adolescent students who act out in the classroom

Foreword; Acknowledgments; Part 1; Introduction and Overview; Chapter 1; A Message for Teachersand Therapists; Chapter 2; Making a Case and a Place for Mindfulness in Education; Chapter 3; Objectives and Theoretical and Developmental Foundations of Learning to BREATHE; Chapter 4; How to Use This Manual: Teaching Learning to BREATHE; Activity: Mini-Mindful Movements to Begin Sessions or for Practice between Sessions; Part 2; Six-Session Program; Chapter 5; Theme B: Body; Activity: Mindful Listening; Activity: Eating Mindfully; Activity: Sense Doors; Activity: Mindful WalkaboutPractice: Body ScanChapter 6; Theme R: Reflections; Activity: The Big Event; Activity: My Mind Is a Cast of Characters; Practice: Mindfulness of Thoughts; Chapter 7; Theme E: Emotions; Activity: The Lineup; Activity: Emotion in Three Acts; Activity: The Great Cover-Up; Activity: Surfing the Waves; Practice: Mindfulness of Feelings; Chapter 8; Theme A: Attention; Activity: Case Study; Activity: Cross the Line (Stressors); Activity: How Much Can You Handle?; Practice: Mindful Movements; Chapter 9; Theme T: Tenderness; Activity: Practicing Mental HabitsActivity: Ways We Care for Ourselves, or NotActivity: Additional Options; Practice: Loving-Kindness; Chapter 10; Theme H: Habits; Activity: Mindful Quilt; Practice: Closing-Mindful Listening and Mindful Speaking; Part 3; Eighteen-Session Program; Chapter 11; Theme B: Body; Bell-Sound Practice; Short Breath-Awareness Practice; Activity: Mindful Eating; Short Body Scan (Feet); Practice: Body Scan; Practice: Personal Mindfulness-Mindfulness in My Life; Chapter 12; Theme R: Reflections; Acitivity: The Big Event; Activity: Fill in the Blanks; Short Mindfulness PracticeActivity: Name That ThoughtActivity: The White Polar Bear; Practice: Mindfulness of Thoughts; Activity: My Mind Is a Cast of Characters; Practice: Mindfulness of Thoughts; Chapter 13; Theme E: Emotions; Activity: Emotion in Three Acts; Activity: How Does It Feel?; Activity: The Lineup; Practice: Mindfulness of Emotions; Activity: The Great Cover-Up; Practice: Finding the Feeling; Activity: Surfing the Waves; Chapter 14; Theme A: Attention; A Stressed-Out Case (Middle School); Cross the Line (Stressors); Practice: Mindful Walking; Activity: How Much Can You Handle?Activity: What's My Limit?Activity: Mindfulness 360; Alternate Practice: Waterlines; Chapter 15; Theme T: Tenderness; Activity: Ways We Care for Ourselves, or Not.; Alternative Activity: Practicing Meanness or Kindness Card Sort; Practice: Loving-Kindness; Practice: Loving-Kindness; Optional Activity: Message in a Bottle; Short Gratitude Practice; Stream of Gratitude (Mindful Writing); Practice: "A Person Just Like Me"; Chapter 16; Theme H: Habits; Designed to "Re-Mind"; Practice: Short Body Scan; Mindful Quilt; BREATHE Beading; What I Wish for Myself; Practice: Loving-Kindness