Discover how to more accurately assess situations, tackle complex problems, empathize, and self-regulate.
Self-Care Series: The Power to Laser Focus
Self-Care for School-Based Mental Health Providers: Session 3
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 – “Rest”
This series will focus on implementation of Brain Breaks for learners grades 6-12 and their teachers. This 30-minute session focuses on Rest.
Heart, Mind & Body Series: Teaching with a Social, Emotional, & Cultural Lens
Building on the work of CASEL, Teaching with a Social, Emotional, and Cultural Lens (Markowitz and Bouffard, 2020) provides a roadmap for K-12 classroom teachers and university teacher educators to address issues of equity by integrating social-emotional learning and culturally responsive teaching in support of academic achievement and the well-being of students and educators.
Power of Mindfulness Series: Implementation Grades 6-12 – “Standing”
This series will focus on implementation of Brain Breaks for learners grades 6-12 and their teachers. This 30-minute session focuses on Standing.
Heart, Mind & Body Series: Providing Equitable Access for Student Support via Tele-Services
(ASL Interpreter / Side by Side screen available for all participants) * Join a panel of Student Support Services experts: Chandrai Jackson-Saunders, NASP School Psychologist of the Year 2020; Joseph Batiano, RI School Counselor of the Year 2018; & Rachel Webb, School Social Worker Sacramento City USD; facilitated by Chi Kim. These incredible educators will engage in an important discussion regarding student support services and providing equitable access via tele-service. Learn some of their thoughtful techniques used to provide student support services during this time of physical distancing. They will also share some of the roses and thorns that virtual school has posed as well as share what they foresee as critical needs as schools plan to re-open in the fall.
DE DOE Educator Self-Care Series: Learn, Live, and Share
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.
Meet Alice Nathoo & Evelyn (Eve) Lewis, the incredible women of Headspace! Alice leads Headspace Brand Experiences and Social Impact, which through the Headspace for Education program offers free access to all K-12 teachers across the US, UK, Australia and Canada. Eve is the Content Director within Headspace for Work, creating new content, inspiring strategy and teaching members about the benefits of meditation and mindfulness. In 2019, Eve became the female voice behind the guided meditations. She is also a Brand Ambassador for Headspace and is a trained mindfulness meditation teacher.
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.
Family Brain Breaks Series: Play Time & Down Time
In this series, experience Brain Breaks as a family. Thirty minutes of interactive Breathe, Move, Rest strategies will be provided for your family.
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.
Stress Management for High School Students
In this 30-minute interactive session, we will share the neuroscience of stress and its impact on the body. You will learn simple strategies to alleviate stress through breath, movement & rest.
Family Brain Breaks Series: Connecting Time
In this series, experience Brain Breaks as a family. Thirty minutes of interactive Breathe, Move, Rest strategies will be provided for your family.
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!
Family Brain Breaks Series: Focus Time
In this series, experience Brain Breaks as a family. Thirty minutes of interactive Breathe, Move, Rest strategies will be provided for your family.
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.
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.
Family Brain Breaks Series: Physical Time
In this series, experience Brain Breaks as a family. Thirty minutes of interactive Breathe, Move, Rest strategies will be provided for your family.