This course has been postponed. Please contact ccfwb@uw.edu for information. Through practices and exercises developed just for teens, students have the opportunity to learn how to navigate the emotional ups and downs of life with greater ease. This is an eight-week course.
This course has been impacted by COVID-19. If you are registered for this course, you have been sent an email with updated information. Please contact ccfwb@uw.edu for additional information. Mindful self-compassion is a first step in emotional healing. In this 8-week program, develop habits of being kinder to yourself and others, and of living with more ease and well-being in your daily life.
Liliana Lengua, Ph.D. is UW’s Maritz Family Foundation Professor of Psychology and has directed CCFW since its founding in 2011. A child clinical psychologist, she studies the effects of adversity on children and examines risk and protective factors that contribute to children’s resilience or vulnerability. Her research has focused on the contributions of children’s temperament,
In this study, CCFW staff member Becca Calhoun and Academic Partner Dr. India Ornelas analyzed several aspects of participant engagement in a Web-based workplace MBI designed to reduce stress and increase mindfulness in 9-1-1 telecommunicators.
Our partners at Zero to Three developed a mindfulness toolkit to support professionals working with children and families.
Dr. Christopher Willard provides an overview of mindfulness concepts and multiple examples of practices and strategies for parents and professionals to share with children and teens.