Counselor's Corner for Staff
August Edition
Just a quick overview of what is happening in Room 407 this month!
Self-Affirming Skills
Mindfulness Lessons Begin
By teaching children mindfulness skills we help them increase their well-being and enable them to meet the stresses of the world with presence, self-compassion, and openness.
Ways to Become More Aware of our Surroundings
Mindfulness can add to the quality of our lives in numerous ways, from nurturing a sense of inner peace to improving the quality of a workout, from enhancing self-confidence to facilitating deeper and more meaningful relationships with others.
Research-based Approach
In children specifically, mindfulness has been found to:
- mitigate the effects of bullying (Zhou, Liu, Niu, Sun, & Fan, 2016)
- enhance focus in children with ADHD (Zhang et al., 2016)
- reduce attention problems (Crescentini, Capurso, Furlan, & Fabbro, 2016).
- improving mental health and wellbeing
- improve social skills when well taught and practiced in children and adolescents.
It’s important for caregivers and educators to provide age-appropriate mindfulness practices for children.