Welcome to the July 2014 Mindful Schools eNewsletter! We hope you are enjoying your summer, staying cool, and finding a bit of down time! We've picked these fresh summer treats for you.
- Getting Started with Mindful Schools
- Upcoming Courses: Mindfulness Fundamentals starts August 1
- FY2014 Wrap Report: Let's do the numbers ...
- Learning Resources: Podcast, website updates, and articles, oh my!
- Community, Articles & Events
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Getting Started
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"I have to tell you HOW MUCH I am getting out of Mindfulness Fundamentals. I am ashamed that I thought I didn't need it! It doesn't matter how long one has practiced meditation. This course is so valuable and offers so much knowledge and practices for dealing with so many things. Your staff was very, very wise to insist that everyone take this course before doing the Year-Long Certification. I have learned so much and I'm still in week 4 of 6. Thank your staff for insisting that I take it!"
- Ellen T., School Counselor, Maryland
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Educators like Ellen often come to us wondering how to get started. We currently offer three courses that build the foundation for integrating mindfulness into education. The first course is Mindfulness Fundamentals, the second is our Curriculum Training, and the third is our Year-Long Certification. Mindfulness Fundamentals [MF] is a 6-week online introduction to mindfulness. The other two courses build on that foundation by teaching you how to integrate mindfulness practice with youth. [Read more]
Upcoming Courses
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Build your practice
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Bring mindfulness to youth
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CEUs, scholarships, and group discounts available for all courses. Email us
In FY2014 alone, we trained thousands of graduates from 60 countries, bringing our total reach since 2007 to more than 250,000 children & adolescents globally. Thank you teachers, parents, educators, mental-health professionals for your amazing work!
Learning Resources
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'We're screaming at each other to pay attention but it's not really working ... If attention/self-regulation is a lynchpin life skill, why isn't it being taught?'
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Ways to help:
We're looking for a pro-bono law firm to help us as we bring mindfulness to more educators. If you have referrals or represent a firm, please send an intro to our Business Manager Martha Brown with subject line "Pro Bono Law Firm".
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Spotlight:
In case you missed it!
Year-Long course graduate JG Larochette was featured on the Katie Couric show this month! [Watch clip]
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Research in support of mindfulness in education
The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds was recently awarded a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to continue building mindfulness research in education. [Read]
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Women & Power Conference - September 19-21
Senior Trainer Vinny Ferraro will be speaking at the upcoming Omega conference in Rhinebeck, NY. We hope you will attend! [Learn]
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Thank you!
We are deeply grateful for your support, whether following us on social media, sharing our work with colleagues, friends, and educators, volunteering, or donating to scholarships.
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