Youth Training courses

featured-thumb-curriculum-trainingBring mindfulness to youth to build attention,
self-regulation, and empathy.

About this course

Learn how to integrate mindfulness into your work with youth using our research-backed K-12 Mindful Schools Curriculum. Our curriculum – used by thousands of educators, mental health professionals, social workers, and parents in 50 states and over 60 countries – is adaptable for classrooms, after-school programs, clinical settings, and home. It uses developmentally appropriate language for explaining key mindfulness concepts and practices to youth [sample module].

Recommended by 96% of participants, this course includes:

Training Kit
  • K-5 Curriculum (30 modules for ages 5-12)
  • Middle & High School Curriculum (25 modules for ages 12-17)
  • Student workbooks
  • Manual on facilitation & classroom management
  • Summaries of neuroscience concepts
  • Program evaluation tools
Science
  • Accurately presenting the research on mindfulness and youth
  • The basic neuroscience of attention and emotion
Connecting with Youth
  • Working with youth at different developmental stages
  • Group facilitation and classroom management skills
Stakeholder Presentations
  • Presenting to administrators, school, and agency staff
Graduate Support
  • Join our vibrant, supportive private community of graduates
  • Unlimited future access to course content

Prerequisites

Teaching mindfulness techniques to youth is exponentially more effective when it stems from a base of personal practice. For this reason, participants must establish a personal mindfulness practice prior to this training through our Mindfulness Fundamentals course or any one of the approved trainings listed here.

Faculty

The course is taught by Megan Cowan, Chris McKenna, and Vinny Ferraro. This team has over 40 years of combined mindfulness practice and over 30 years of teaching mindfulness and/or emotional intelligence to children and adolescents, as well as experience training many thousands of adults. Their work is featured in documentary films and, and MTV’s “If You Really Knew Me”.

Megan
CowanChris
MckennaVinny
Ferraro

In addition to the Program Team, the online Curriculum Training also has a Guiding Teacher. The Guiding Teacher directs the learning process by synthesizing emerging themes, answering questions, and providing ongoing participant feedback. All of our Guiding Teachers have over a decade of mindfulness practice and broad teaching experience with different youth populations. Your Guiding Teacher is available to answer questions throughout the course.

Argos
GonzalezPeter
MontminyOren J.
SoferSarah M.
Waxman

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Financial Assistance

Mindfulness is such a valuable tool that we are committed to offering financial assistance to those who need it. If you cannot take a course due to its price, please apply for a scholarship.

We are able to offer a limited amount of Curriculum Training scholarships for participants based on their financial need, diversity, population served, and plans to implement the Mindful Schools curriculum soon after completing the training. People who pay closer to the full rate for the Curriculum Training enable others to receive larger scholarships.

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