Over the past two decades, school-based mindfulness programs have risen in popularity to help address the stress, anxiety, and dysregulation students are facing in their daily lives. What does research tell us about the efficacy of mindfulness programs in schools and best practices for program implementation?
Mindfulness: Research to Practice
ResearchILD is fortunate to host Rebecca Baelen, Ph.D., at our 37th Annual Executive Function Conference, where she will offer a pre-recorded concurrent presentation on “School-Based Mindfulness Programs: Research and Practical Implications,” drawing from her expertise as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Illinois Chicago where she studies the effects and implementation of social and emotional learning and mindfulness-based programs for teachers and students
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Dr. Baelen’s presentation will cover:
- Research on school-based mindfulness programs
- Factors that affect implementation in the school and classroom setting
- Practical tools for successfully implementing mindfulness programs into school and classroom settings
Mindfulness in Action
In addition to Dr. Baelen’s focus on the research behind school-based mindfulness programs, we are excited to have two educators share their experience fostering students’ executive function and social-emotional learning skills.
Suellen Inwood, M.S., director and co-founder of the Easton Country Day School, and her former student, Tessa Zimmerman, B.S., founder and executive director of Upstream Education(link opens in new tab/window), will speak on “Addressing Social and Emotional Learning and Enhancing Mindfulness” in their pre-recorded concurrent presentation at ResearchILD’s 37th Annual Executive Function Conference.
Participants will walk away from this session with concrete tools for helping students reduce their anxiety, build resilience, and enhance overall well-being.
Learn More
Has your school already implemented a mindfulness program to support students? What questions do you have about the research around best practices for mindfulness in schools? To learn more, we invite you to attend ResearchILD’s 37th Annual Executive Function Conference on November 3 and 4, 2022, to hear from these presenters and more.
- Caitlin Vanderberg, M.Ed., SMARTS Associate
SMARTS Executive Function Curriculum: smarts-ef.org
Research Institute for Learning and Development: researchild.org
The Institute for Learning and Development: ildlex.org
