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Trauma Informed Classrooms For Secondary Students, Ryan Szymanski
Trauma Informed Classrooms For Secondary Students, Ryan Szymanski
Culminating Projects in Special Education
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The Benefits Of Teaching Professionals Using Mindful Practices For Stress And Emotional Regulation, Becky Aish
The Benefits Of Teaching Professionals Using Mindful Practices For Stress And Emotional Regulation, Becky Aish
Culminating Projects in Special Education
Teaching requires a lot of caring, determination, creativity, flexibility, knowledge, and understanding. To have these traits shine through, teachers must have compassion for the students they educate. When compassion turns into mental health stressors, teachers can no longer concentrate effectively in the classroom environment. Giving a teacher tools of mindfulness practices can help the teacher to equip themselves to help counter compassion stress. This paper is a literature review intended to explain what mindfulness is, the history behind it, the need for mindfulness in an educational setting, and research evaluating the effectiveness of mindfulness for teachers in general education and …
Mindfulness Strategies And Childhood Trauma, Jennifer Peterson
Mindfulness Strategies And Childhood Trauma, Jennifer Peterson
Culminating Projects in Special Education
Although many interventions and treatment options are available to aid youth who display patterns of emotional or behavioral dysfunction as a result of trauma, researchers are discovering the effectiveness of “mindfulness” techniques to help young people cope with these symptoms. Mindfulness is the ability to experience the present moment without judgement and the techniques involve training in attending to present-moment experiences such as breath, sounds, and movements (Berceli & Napoli, 2007). Mindfulness is a useful tool for regulating emotions by increasing awareness and developing flexibility and adaptability in responding to one’s emotional experiences (Berceli & Napoli, 2007). The purpose of …