Social and Emotional Learning - School counselor · 2019-06-27 · Social Emotional Learning...
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Transcript of Social and Emotional Learning - School counselor · 2019-06-27 · Social Emotional Learning...
Goals for today
• Understand SEL and mindfulness framework• Discuss where mindfulness and SEL “overlap”• Explore how to teach these valuable skills• Experience some basic mindfulness activities
Emily [email protected]/mindfulness
More than 20 years at CRECCertified Mindfulness teacher (through Mindful Schools)Yoga 4 Classrooms licensed instructorYoga Alliance 200-RYT (registered yoga teacher)Provide PD on mindfulness to educators and othersProvide direct instruction in mindfulness to K-12
studentsCoordinate annual CREC/CCSU mindfulness conference
and Mindfulness Council
Challenges confronting students• Increased stress levels
• Behavioral problems
• Mental health diagnoses
• Issues with focus and attention
• Limited ability to self-regulate
• Physical health challenges
• Teacher burnout!
Learning readiness???
SEL research findingswww.casel.org
• Better academic performance• Improved attitudes and behaviors• Fewer negative behaviors• Reduced emotional distress
* According to Durlak, Weissberg’s meta analysis of 213 rigorous studies of SEL in schools
Key Components of SEL• Enhancing goal directed behavior• Mutual respect and commitment to group cohesion• Atmosphere of emotional safety• Emotional recognition and regulation• Tools for resolving differences• Encouraging prosocial behavior• Reducing destructor behavior (truancy, substance abuse, etc.)
Outcomes for SEL
• Healthy attitudes• Positive social behavior (prosocial behavior)• Reduced conduct problems including substance abuse• Reduced emotional distress• Improved academic performance
What is mindfulness?
“Awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally”
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Other definitions:
• Bringing awareness to our present experience• Paying attention on purpose without judgment• Understanding and being present with our inner
and outer experience• Noticing what is happening right now• Opposite of “ auto-pilot”
Key Components of Mindfulness
• Explicit attentional training• Develops positive emotional mind states• Regulating responses to impulses• Develops equanimity• Normalizes all experiences and enhances
understanding of internal life and behavior
Outcomes for mindfulness
• Create an emotionally balanced meaningful life• Stress reduction• Live with a sense of greater ease• Sprit of compassion and caring
Mindfulness SEL
Mindfulness Literacies
• Physical Literacy• Mental Literacy• Emotional Literacy• Social Literacy• Global Literacy
“The Mindful Education Workbook” by Daniel Rechtschaffen
Mindfulness of Body and breath
Physical Impact of focused Breathing• Stimulates the vagus nerve in the parasympathetic nervous
system• Slows down heart rate and lowers blood pressure• Engages the abdominal muscles and diaphragm• Reduces strain on neck and upper chest• Improves oxygen exchange in the lower lungs• Deep breathing is more efficient (higher volumes of oxygen to
cells and tissues)• Calm and slow down the emotional turbulence in the mind
“Many researchers can’t imagine how something so simple could actually
have effects on physiology”
Time Magazine Dec 2015
“I think breath is the only function through which we
can influence the involuntary nervous system”
Sanskrit English BenefitDirga 3-part breath Full breathingUjjiya Ocean breath Calming
Nadi Shodhana Alternate nostril BalancingSheetali Cooling breath Cooling
Kapalabhati Skull-shining Energizing
Bhastrika Bellows breath Clarified the mind
YOGIC BREATHING
Teach Breathing!
Teach consistently and hil l d
Use props and activities with younger kids
Use metaphors and imagery with older kids
Ask lots of questions (what did you notice?)
Create a “go to” beha
Belly breathing
Conductor Breath
3 Basic Breaths
Power Breath
5 Reasons to BringMindfulness to the Body
1. Body is always in the present2. Attending to the body has a grounding effect3. Becoming familiar with patterns makes them easier to
work with4. Place where we feel the sensational joys of living5. Human body is a staggeringly wonderful thing!
Adapted from Mindfulness: How to Live Well by Paying Attentionby Ed Halliwell
What is Yoga?
• A 5,000 year old holistic health system• Sanskrit word meaning to “yoke” or “to unite” • Involves breathing, postures, movement,
balancing and focusing activities• Encourages listening to our bodies• Mindful movement
Myths About Yoga
Benefits of Yoga for Children• Improves attention and emotional control• Management of chronic illness• Impacts pre-frontal cortex and “executive function”• Improve strength and flexibility• Increases circulation• Stabilizes autonomic nervous system enhancing resistance
to the impact of stress• It’s FUN!
Teaching Yoga to Youth• Adaptable for all ages and abilities• Can be done anywhere• Mats not required• Little (or no) cost• Non-competitive• Builds body awareness critical for self-care• Kids love it• Adults benefit too!
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga
• Teaches mind body connection• Increase connection with the breath, enabling the
brain to become less aroused• Regaining a sense of control and ownership over
one’s own body and experience• Opportunity to be physically in sync with others
can re-establish interpersonal rhythms
Time for a stretch!
Yoga 4 Classrooms®
67 yoga and mindfulness based activities organized into 6 color-coded categories. Each includes sub-
activities, discussion points and educational tie-ins for a total of more than 200 beneficial classroom practices
focused on improving the health and wellness of the whole child.
Imagination vacation
Anxiety: Pre-Testing Sequence
Balancing High Energy
Yoga 4 Classrooms® program• Customized specifically for classroom environments• No mats or yoga experience required• Low-cost and simple to use• Can be easily adapted for all ages and populations
including those with special needs• Aligns with many current school standards and
initiatives• Benefits teachers and students alike!
SEL and Mindfulness
• Similar goals – somewhat different approaches• Similar benefits – according to most research• Can support each other• Mindfulness of body and breath is a good foundation for
any SEL or mindfulness program• Role model what you want your students to learn
CREC Yoga and Mindfulness EventsEvent Date Location
Yoga and Mindfulness in the Classroom
August 19, 2019 CREC CentralHartford
Mindfulness Council October 2, Feb 12,April 1
CREC Central Hartford
For more information go to www.crec.org/mindfulnessor contact Emily Rosen at [email protected]
