Description
Finally — a comprehensive, practical and user-friendly mindfulness resource written specifically for children and adolescents. Best-selling mindfulness author Debra Burdick has blended the latest research and best practices to create this straight-forward guide for improving self-awareness, self-regulation skills, mental health, and social connectedness in kids and teens. This expertly crafted resource features a collection of more than 150 proven tools and techniques, presented in a simple, step-by-step skill building format. Perfect for mental health practitioners, teachers and all in the helping professions. *Tools for explaining mindfulness and neurobiology in kids language *Activities, games, and meditations that build basic through
vicky lindsay (verified owner) –
its a very well written book with excellent exercises , guidance and narrative . could have done with a book like this for teaching adults years ago!
david nisky (verified owner) –
good for new teachers who seek guidlines to atart working with kids on every aspect of mindfulness training
CrimsonandBlue (verified owner) –
I’m implementing a mindfulness program at a middle school and needed some additional curriculum to be used. There are tons of activities in this book and can easily be pulled for a classroom setting.
Akaijen (verified owner) –
I teach mindfulness mediation to adults and have recently started sharing these practices with teens. My favorite reference is “The Mindful Teen” by Dung X Vo, but as that book is written for teens, I find it is not as easy to use a reference for building a curriculum. That said, the language in that book is so sweet and genuine, if you are working with teens you should really have that one.
I picked up the “Mindfulness Skills for Kids & Teens” b/c it is presented as more of a reference. It’s filled with lots of tips, advice, and very practical tools and techniques. The whole second half of the book is a compendium of activities and exercises.
The downside is that the book is very much geared towards psychologists with a clinical practice and many of the activities are not suitable for a group setting. I have some background in psychology, but she does reference some terms that the average person may not know. It’s not inhibiting to the usefulness of the book, I just find that I skim through a lot of things. This isn’t the kind of book that you read cover to cover anyway.
I was also a bit disappointed that the “handouts” are not really that – not something you could photocopy and hand to someone. They are more like concise call-outs on how to do something. It’s useful as a way of navigating the book, but I was hoping for something a bit different.
Lastly, some of the internal references in the book are incorrect. I don’t know if this is a problem throughout the whole book, but as an example in the chapter on working with Stress, the references to the breathing exercises and mindfulness of the body were not even close to right. Thankfully the table of contents is comprehensive and correct (so far).
All in all this is an excellent resource.
gary lindahl (verified owner) –
Lots of great information and exercises.
cubanartdiva (verified owner) –
Great book
Martina (verified owner) –
Practical, informatative and well laid out
Amanda (verified owner) –
I am currently sitting in a training with Dr. Burdick as she is reviewing the application of this book. As a school psychologist who has had experience at all levels, I find this book to be a hugely valuable resource to use for a wide variety of students. I have been sitting her developing my counseling trajectory for my groups starting asap! I would recommend this to anyone looking for ideas to use to help students cope and develop self-awareness.
JudKap (verified owner) –
great easy to follow
Judith B (verified owner) –
Awesome book – like the “hands on” practical activities that are easy to follow to incorporate mindfulness in children’s life skills
Blanca (verified owner) –
Activities could be change to fit a group setting. Detailed enough to learn about mindfulness and simple enough to follow and put into practice.
Paul Powell (verified owner) –
love it
Reading fiend (verified owner) –
I am a school psychologist at junior high. I am utilizing this book as a part of my mindfulness curriculum for students with ADHD and executive functioning deficits. Because mindfulness is “popular” right now, there is an overflowing amount of books being written on the topic. That being said, this book is certainly worth purchasing. I am only a quarter of the way through reading it, but I have found almost every page to be helpful and jammed packed with useful and realistic journal prompts, activities, and rationalizations of what the activities do and how they help. It has been a fantastic resource thus far, and I believe that as I read the remainder of the book, I will continue to find valuable information and activity ideas.
Elizabeth Abendroth (verified owner) –
So many great resources here for teachers, parents and kids yoga teachers.
C. Houck (verified owner) –
Great resource!
Carmel Boots (verified owner) –
Packed with tons of useful information!
If you are not a “scholar” and are looking to flip the pages and find an immediate tool for application, you will be disappointed. You must read and process the content before any attempts of application in practice.
J. R. (verified owner) –
This is well organized and goes nicely with a solution focused and CBT counseling orientation for kids and adolescents. The book makes mindfulness practical and approachable for older and younger kids.
R.O. (verified owner) –
Great resource for all kids. Especially helpful for those with social/emotional issues.