The Power of Choice with Michael Pritchard is a 12-part youth guidance video series aimed at empowering teenagers to make good choices in their lives. It teaches young people that they have the power of choice, that they are responsible for the choices they make, and that they owe it to ...
Mode Deactivation Therapy (MDT)– This is a mix of different therapies and mindfulness techniques that help teenagers deal with issues like behavior problems and trauma by teaching awareness and acceptance of thoughts and feelings. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ...
Many times, “closure” in my classroom consisted of yelling homework reminders at teenagers as they walked out of the room. Probably not what Ms. Hunter had in mind. Recently, a middle-school teacher at a school I’m working with shared how she has incorporated mindfulness into her lesson ...
Mindfulness activities that are designed for adults can also be practiced by teenagers—they just need to be taught and have the necessary motivation to learn and practice. 1. Make mindfulness relevant to the daily lives of teens. You have to let them know what is in it for them to incenti...
As children grow up and become teenagers, life grows even more complicated. At every developmental stage, mindfulness can help kids cope with their feelings. While mindfulness may seem boring to children, there are some games that incorporate this practice that are fun. ...
This year has been difficult for all of us, but children and teenagers will have found this upheaval of society particularly tough. Young children don’t understand why they have to follow so many new rules, and teenagers have had to give up their social lives and have missed out on ...