For Practitioners

We offer resources that support your work with children and youth, and that you can share directly with families. There is also an array of practices and skills for enhancing your well-being and resilience.

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Stress Check: Tune Into Yourself (5 minutes)

This practice helps you tune into yourself, as well as strengthen the mind’s ability for sustained focus by shifting awareness throughout the body, led by Blair Carleton.

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+2 Breathing (5 minutes)

This practice focuses on slowing down your exhalation, which can promote a sense of calm and relaxation, led by Diane Hetrick.

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Tuning into the Senses (7 minutes)

This practice promotes awareness of your sensory experiences, which can be helpful for tuning into the moment, led by Robyn Long.

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Wise Mind Breathing (5 minutes)

This practice helps you connect with Wise Mind, where Emotional Mind and Rational Mind are held in balance, led by Diane Hetrick.

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Culture, Context, and Positive Adaptation of U.S. Latinx Youth

Dr. Gonzales examines how contextual and cultural experiences of Latinx youth provide unique challenges and opportunities for positive development.

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Zero to Three “Getting Started with Mindfulness: A Toolkit for Early Childhood Organizations”

Our partners at Zero to Three developed a mindfulness toolkit to support professionals working with children and families.

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Making Mindfulness Stick with Kids and Teens

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.

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Be in the Pause Practice (7 minutes)

This guided breathing practice invites you to pause and connect with your internal wisdom, led by Robyn Long.

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Creating Authentic Relationships with Youth and Sharing Trauma-Informed Mindfulness

Dr. Sam Himelstein offers perspectives on defining and sharing mindfulness in an innovative and relevant way for providers working with youth, including teaching formal meditation.

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Raising Resilient Children

Dr. Liliana Lengua discusses the critical role parents play in raising resilient children, particularly in families facing limited income and poverty.

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