Calming Student Stress: Mindfulness, Meditation, and Other Strategies to Reduce Anxiety and Enhance Learning in K-12 Classrooms [Hardcover]

Research shows that a highly stressed brain does not absorb or remember information, causing learning to essentially shut down. Todays students are more stressed and anxious than ever, and classrooms have become tense places. Educators require knowledge and skills to facilitate and teach students stress-management techniques and find creative ways to embed them in the classroom culture and daily routines.Calming Student Stressis a synthesis of empirical-based mind-body practices that have been shown to reduce stress and anxiety, help students remain centered and focused, and connect with the learning and each other. Various methods, techniques, and strategies that draw from mindfulness, yoga, tai chi, breathwork, and visualization are clearly defined, situated within current research, and geared towards both elementary and secondary students. Suggestions on how to introduce mind-body practices to students, as well as administrators and parents, are also provided within this helpful guide.Calming Student Stress is a synthesis of empirical-based mind-body practices that have been shown to reduce stress and anxiety, help students remain centered and focus, and connect with the learning and each other.Steve Haberlin, PhD, is an assistant professor in the College of Community Innovation and Education at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Haberlin has researched and provided workshops on mindfulness and meditation in educational settings for the past decade. He is also the author ofMeditation in the College Classroom: A Pedagogical Tool to Help Students De-Stress, Focus, and Connect(2022).

Dr. Haberlin has achieved his goal in developing a useful resource for educators and parents to address the growing problem of stress and anxiety among students and their families. Providing the neurological research basis for the recommendations,Calming Student Stress: Mindfulness, Meditation, and Other Strategies to Reduce Anxiety and Enhance Learning ilƒb