Peace Work: Mindful Lessons of Self-Regulation for a Child's Early Years [Paperback]

Peace Work: Mindful Lessons of Self Regulation for a Child's Early Yearsis the six-lesson curriculum from Wellness Works in Schools, an innovative school-based program that teaches mindfulness skills to students to help them handle life's challenges. The first book for teachers from Wellness Works, Peace Work is designed to help children from preschool through third grade learn mindful awareness skills to increase self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-care through a personal and community sense of PEACE. These objectives are achieved through active-learning sessions where children experience personal attention practices, healthy breathing, and mindful movement as well as discussion, reflection and resting.A lesson plan handbook that helps teachers and parents guide high-stress and hyperactive students to a more mindful life.Mindfulness is now mainstream: it is central to the mental health profession and is commonly used in the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, personality disorders, substance abuse, and autism.Mindfulness is now being used is a variety of stressful environments including the military and prison system.Research indicates that can help children with emotional regulation and cognitive focus: in short, it improves their ability to pay attention, to calm down when they are upset and to make better decisions.In schools, studies show mindfulness programs are effective in reducing symptoms of depression, stress, and anxiety in children on the elementary and secondary level.Amidst the surging numbers of autism diagnosis, recent research points to mindfulness training as a treatment option for children diagnosed with autism.AudienceTeachers of pre-school through grade 2 have experienced first-hand the Wellness Works or mindfulness programs and would like to incorporate it into their classroomTeachers who are aware of the benefits of mindfulness training and would like to explC3