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At our school we have developed a school-wide mindfulness-based program. We teach self calming strategies to every student and practice “Mindful Mondays,” setting the tone with a theme for each week. Each classroom has a calming center that students know how to access and use as needed. Teachers have embraced and embedded these mindfulness and self-calming strategies into their own practices and classroom structures. We are very proud of these aspects of our school and have seen great success in lessened disciplinary referrals, increased student well-being, and student-reported strengths in regard to self-regulation. With the onset of COVID-19 and virtual learning from home, we continued teaching our mindfulness-based activities with weekly video teaching and art-related extension activities. When our brains are hijacked by emotion or upset, we cannot learn; nothing in our collective experience is more upsetting than the global pandemic we are living through. As we move into the start of a new school year with students still learning from home, we recognize the need for students to continue our school-based practices of self-regulation and mindfulness. In order to effectively create this opportunity for all students, they need to have calming centers available for daily use in their own homes.

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At our school we have developed a school-wide mindfulness-based program. We teach self calming strategies to every student and practice “Mindful Mondays,” setting the tone with a theme for each week. Each classroom has a calming center that students know how to access and use as needed. Teachers have embraced and embedded these mindfulness and self-calming strategies into their own practices and classroom structures. We are very proud of these aspects of our school and have seen great success in lessened disciplinary referrals, increased student well-being, and student-reported strengths in regard to self-regulation. With the onset of COVID-19 and virtual learning from home, we continued teaching our mindfulness-based activities with weekly video teaching and art-related extension activities. When our brains are hijacked by emotion or upset, we cannot learn; nothing in our collective experience is more upsetting than the global pandemic we are living through. As we move into the start of a new school year with students still learning from home, we recognize the need for students to continue our school-based practices of self-regulation and mindfulness. In order to effectively create this opportunity for all students, they need to have calming centers available for daily use in their own homes.

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