This 4-week series designed for the Delaware Department of Education will involve 45 minutes of online instruction and a 15-minute weekly homework assignment using the Headspace app. The sessions are designed to move your personal practice to the next level. Participants will apply focused awareness to building safe and supportive relationships, strengthening co-regulation with others, and building interaction skills that support social competence and academic success.
Self-Care Series: The Power to Tame Your Temper
This session will explore how the brain forms habits, along with constructive ways to deal with anger.
Self-Care for School-Based Mental Health Providers: Session 2
This special Mental Health Awareness Month self-care series for mental health providers will offer experiential sessions designed to support the well-being of school-based MHPs as they continue to provide essential services to our community each day.
Power of Mindfulness Series: Implementation Grades 6-12 – “Seated”
This series will focus on implementation of Brain Breaks for learners grades 6-12 and their teachers. This 30-minute session focuses on Seated.
Heart, Mind & Body Series: Learners & Leaders
In this special session highlighting Mental Health Awareness Month, meet an incredible group of CA & NJ high school student leaders who are focused on supporting mental health through service to others. Our panelists are students from Kearny High School in San Diego, CA, & NuYu Club leaders from West Windsor-Plainsboro High School, NJ. These leaders are focusing on mindfulness & wellness strategies to promote the importance of mental health.
Power of Mindfulness Series: Implementation Grades 6-12 – “Breathe”
This series will focus on implementation of Brain Breaks for learners grades 6-12 and their teachers. This 30-minute session focuses on Breathe.
Heart, Mind & Body: Conversation and Live Meditation with the Women of Headspace
Chi Kim welcomes Alice Nathoo & Evelyn Lewis for a conversation & live meditation.
Self-Care Series: The Power to Be Calm
This session will illustrate how developing mindfulness can influence decision-making.
Self-Care for School-Based Mental Health Providers: Session 1
This special Mental Health Awareness Month self-care series for mental health providers will offer experiential sessions designed to support the well-being of school-based MHPs as they continue to provide essential services to our community each day.
Power of Mindfulness Series: Mindful Speech & Action
This experiential session Mindful Speech and Action will focus on the difference between mindful and non-mindful speech and action. This will be primarily for youth, grades: 6th-12th.
Heart, Mind & Body: Saving Superman – Focusing on Educator Self-Care
Panelists Dr. Victor Carrion, Teri Lawler, Kennard Branch moderated by Chi Kim
Saving Superman – The Importance of Educator Self Care, Now More Than Ever. This session was selected by SXSW EDU on the SEL Track. Since the conference was canceled, we wanted to the bring this panel to you. Join panelists: Dr. Victor Carrion, Stanford Medicine, Teri Lawler, Delaware Department of Education, and Kennard Branch Principal of Garfield Prep Academy in DC Public Schools as they discuss how developing an evidence based integrated model of educator self care is critical for the care of our nation’s 55+ million learners. Hear from state and district leaders who are making this a priority.
Self-Care Series: Strategies to Increase Energy and Vitality Part 2
This session will look at how stress depletes our energy levels. Participants will experience simple strategies to re-energize.
Power of Mindfulness Series: STOP
This session will articulate the difference between “responding” and “reacting” to a situation through the four steps of STOP. The target audience is educators and youth grades 6-12.
Heart, Mind & Body: Principal Perspective – Leading in a Time of Physical Distancing
Dawn began her service of teaching 25 years ago and has worked as a teacher for the NYC DOE teaching in Harlem, NYC for 16 years and has served as Principal of Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School (TMALS) for the past 9 years. Dawn Brooks-DeCosta, EdD will share how to incorporate culturally responsive pedagogy to maintain positive school culture during remote learning with an emphasis on the well-being of her staff, scholars and families through Ruler, Brain Breaks and Self-Care programs.
Calming Strategies for Young Children, Part 2
Kids and adults process stress differently. This session will introduce a variety of ways to help young children stay calm and happy. Children are welcome to join!
Heart, Mind & Body: Understanding Grief and Adaptation to COVID Loss
The current pandemic is taking a large toll in human lives. Dr. Shear will provide a model for understanding grief and adaptation to loss, discuss the unique challenges to adaption posed by a Covid-19 loss, and suggest ways to promote adaptation.
Power of Mindfulness Series: Body, Breath & Mind, Part 2
This experiential session Body, Breath and Mind, Part 2: Taking in the Good will increase understanding that, Taking in the Good, can be used to commit positive experiences to long-term memory. This will be primarily for Youth, grades: 6th-12th.
Heart, Mind & Body: The Impact of Stress & Ways to Build Resilience
Join us for a live webinar with Goldie Hawn. She is an Academy Award winning actress, producer, director, best-selling author and true children’s advocate. She is also the Founder of The Goldie Hawn Foundation. Working with leading neuroscientists, educators, psychologists and researchers, the Foundation developed MindUP ™ an evidence-based curriculum and teaching model for grades K-12 that provide tools to help children self-regulate and understand their own emotions, moods and behaviors; reduce stress and anxiety; sharpen concentration; increase empathy; and improve academic performance.
Estrategias Eficaces para Calmar a los Niños
Esta sesión, dirigida a enseñar estrategias de relajación a los niños, se presentará en Español.
Educator Self-Care Series: Strategies to Increase Energy & Vitality
This session will look at how stress depletes our energy levels. Participants will experience simple strategies to re-energize.
Sesión 3: Neurociencia del Estrés y Estrategias para Manejarlo
Esta sesión analizará cómo el estrés afecta nuestros cuerpos y le daremos estrategias para reducir sus efectos.
Power of Mindfulness Series: Body, Breath & Mind, Part 1
This experiential session will allow participants to develop an understanding of mindfulness practice and its application to habitual thoughts. The target audience is educators and youth, grades 6-12.
Sesión 1: Autocuidado del Educador
Utilizando los Descansos Cerebrales para restablecer y mantener / modelar la propia autorregulación en momentos de estrés.
Heart, Mind & Body: Maintaining Mental & Physical Balance
Join Justin Tuck, husband, father, 2x NFL Super Bowl champion, philanthropist, entrepreneur, children’s book author, VP Private Equity at Goldman Sachs & Pure Edge, Inc. board director for a live uplifting session, followed by a Q&A.
Preocupación, Estrés y Ansiedad: Cómo Gestionarlos
Esta sesión, dirigida a como gestionar la preocupación, estrés y ansiedad, se presentará en Español.
Educator Self-Care Series: Mindful Movement
Participants will be guided through a series of movement designed to benefit the whole body.
Adapting Brain Breaks for Young Learners with Special Needs
By special request from attendees: During this 45-minute webinar, Erin will share a few strategies to modify Brain Breaks for young learners with special needs.
Power of Mindfulness Series: Body, Breath, Online
This experiential session allows participants to have a working understanding of the breath-body connection and its relationship to technology. The target audience is educators and youth, grades 6-12.
Heart, Mind & Body: Mindfulness for Teachers
Dr. Tish Jennings will share research, as well as practical strategies that educators can apply to their daily teaching lives.
Caring for Your Immune System
This session will highlight how stress affects the body and provide simple strategies for reducing its effects.