Teaching mindfulness skills to kids and teens

Introduction: Toward a model of teaching and learning mindfulness / Christopher Willard

Part 1. Bringing mindfulness to youth. Mindfulness with elementary-school-age children: translating foundational practices from the clinic to the classroom / Lindsey M. Knowles, Matthew S. Goodman, and Randye J. Semple

Teaching mindfulness to captive teens in the classroom / Richard Burnett

Mindfulness with special-needs populations / Wynne Kinder and Christen Coscia

Teaching mindfulness across differences: a spectrum of perspectives / Betsy Hanger

Child development: attunement, attachment, and emerging qualities / Lesley Grant

"Right now, we're not meditating": working with youth who challenge us / JoAnna Harper

Mindfulness-based substance abuse treatment with probation-involved youth / Sam Himelstein

Cultivating rootedness and connectedness in a digital age / Ozum Ucok-Sayrak and Gregory Kramer

Mindful parenting: a mindfulness course for parents in mental health treatment / Susan Bögels

Part II. Bringing mindfulness to life. Yoga: reaching heart and mind through the body / Jennifer Cohen Harper

Movement and dance: creativity and embodied mindfulness / Suzi Tortora

Mindfulness in sports / Amy Saltzman

The young and the hungry / Marcella Cox and Char Wilkins

Mindfulness in nature / Iman L. Khan

Mindfulness with a beat: embodied practice in the key of song / Betsy Rose

Mindfulness and art / Vanessa CL Weiner

Mindfulness games / Deborah M. Plummer

The contemplation music writing project: "Get into it, and get it out" / Jeffrey Pflaum

Part III. The science of mindfulness. Mindfulness training for children and adolescents: updates on a growing science with novel applications / David S. Black, Marvin G. Belzer, Randye J. Semple, and Brian M. Galla

Mindfulness, executive function, and attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder: bringing it all together / Mark Berlin

Neurobiological models of meditation practices: implications for applications with youth / Willoughby Britton and Arielle Sydnor.