Senior Advisor Molly Lawlor provides insights on MindUP as an approach to helping students develop response flexibility and avoid violent behaviors. Read more at @apoliticalco!
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As the 2019-2020 school year begins, try to think of one thing each day you are grateful for! We wish you a safe and positive start to the school year. ✨
An incredible story of a MindUP school that, after a devastating fire, used mindfulness to rise up from the ashes. "What evolved [through MindUP] is a school-wide ecosystem of care." https://t.co/DozdXVHi7Z
Today begins our year-long teacher training partnership at @KCKschools! Stay tuned as we begin our #mindful journey accross seven schools in Kansas City.
Instead of pushing difficult emotions aside or forcing positivity, identity the emotion and notice it with compassion. Try to notice the emotional story for what it is. #present#awareness
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A technique from the book 10% Happier by Dan Harris:
✨Recognize ➡️ acknowledge the thought.
✨Allow ➡️ let the feelings be, or let them go.
✨Investigate ➡️ pulse check on how the feelings affect your body.
✨Non-identification ➡️ see the thought as something that will pass.
Last week, the US House Appropriations Committee voted and passed $260 million in support of a Social-Emotional Learning Initiative as part of the 2020 education funding bill! 👏 #SocialEmotionalLearning#WholeChild#CASEL#NAESP
"Our children are definitely becoming more self-aware and aware of others. They are taught self-regulation so that when they have emotions, they know how to deal with them."
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#WorldBookDay KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. That’s why we support clients like @OfficialMindUP who provide literacy and educational advancement programs and services to children. Which inspiring org are you following that’s bringing more knowledge to our future leaders?
We are thrilled the share the story of Parkland School Board's introduction to MindUP! "You feel the kindness in the classroom." https://t.co/xwdskb2VUs