Schools are considered one of the primary settings in which prevention and intervention
initiatives can be implemented successfully, reaching a large number of young people …

In this chapter, we describe the MindUP program: A universal, mindfulness-based social and
emotional learning (SEL) program designed to be implemented in schools by regular …

Mindfulness-based practices (MBP) are being applied in school settings with growing
interest and increasing frequency. Social and emotional learning (SEL) is a paradigm in …

Adolescence is a period of enormous physical, psychological, and social change leading to
great opportunity along with some risk. This chapter begins with a brief overview of …

Schools are an attractive setting for implementation of mindfulness-based programs
because mindfulness practices, by their very nature, align with a wide range of core …

Interest in the use of mindfulness-based activities with children and youth is growing. The
article evaluates empirical evidence related to the use of mindfulness-based activities to …

Mindfulness-based interventions have increased in popularity over the past decade and
interest continues to increase in the potential to use mindfulness-based interventions in …

With any intervention program, involving all stakeholders in a joint effort toward
implementation is most likely to lead to success. Whole-school approaches that involve …

A growing interest in mindfulness-based programs delivered in preschool and/or
kindergarten through grade 12 (PreK-12) school settings has resulted in an expanding body …

One such domain that has begun to receive increasing attention from the scholarly
community is the application of mindfulness with youth in educational settings. Indeed, of all …