CUSTOMIZEd PROGRAMs
support well-being at your school or organzation
All customized programs are mindfulness-based, trauma-informed, grounded in the work of racial, social, and climate justice, and curated to meet the unique needs of your school or organization.
Faculty First: Support school-based clinicians, support staff, and teachers with mindfulness training, psycho-education, restorative practices, anti-racism training, stress-reduction, and self-care. Programs range from a single professional development workshop, to a yearlong, in-depth program.
Parent Support and Education: Help parents learn effective tools for bringing nurturance and mindfulness into the home environment. Parent education could include a single evening workshop or ongoing support.
Whole-School Implementation: This wrap-around program may be the most effective way to bring a nurturance culture to your school community, integrate mindfulness-based practices in culturally relevant ways, and to become a trauma-informed school. Develop school structures and polices that support well-being. Train faculty, staff, students, and parents with ongoing support.
High School Elective: Bring a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Teens (MBSR-T) course to your school. This course could be offered to mixed grades by the quarter or the semester. We recommend offering mindfulness as an optional course. We’ve also had success allowing teachers to participate in the mindfulness elective alongside students.
Program CONTENT May Include:
Mitigating Trauma and the ACES
Mindfulness, Anti-Racism, and Intersectionality
Trauma-Informed Teaching and School Policies
The Socio-Cultural Implications of Mindfulness Practice
Exploring Systems of Privilege and Oppression
Uprooting Unconscious Biases
Defining Stress
Basic Neuroscience of Mindfulness
Increasing Focused Attention
Exteroceptive & Interoceptive Body Awareness
Mindfulness of Emotions
Compassionate Action and Self-Compassion
The Negativity Bias
Fostering Empathy
Judgment and the Inner-Critic
Why Gratitude Matters
Outcomes:
Mindfulness-based education supports the social-emotional goals of many schools in the current educational environment. Both qualitative and quantitative measures will be used to measure the success of the program at your school. A growing body of research and neuroscience has shown the benefits of mindfulness to include:
Decreased stress & anxiety
Better focus and concentration
Enhanced health
Improved impulse control
Increased self-awareness
Skillful responses to difficult emotions
Increased empathy and understanding of others
Increased self-compassion
Development of natural conflict resolution skills
Improved school climate
Improved instructional effectiveness
COST:
All school programs are offered on a sliding scale. Schools with a high number of students on assisted lunch qualify for the low end of the scale. No one is turned away for lack of funds.
For more information about cost, please inquire.
TESTIMONIALS:
““I am learning how to be less stressed! Everything about this class was great!””
““I want to let you know how wonderful the class was... Chelsea is a superb teacher — always patient, compassionate, knowledgeable, and calm. The class was my first exposure to mindfulness, and she did an excellent job introducing all of the concepts. I will definitely be taking many of the practices she taught in class with me as I enter college.” ”
“The mindfulness project has and continues to be one of my student’s favorite calming tools that they are learning to acquire. Many of my students come from homes where trauma seeps into their young souls. Ms. True gives my students and I an opportunity to turn trauma into loving quiet moments that ripple throughout their lives. When Ms. True drifts into our classroom, she spreads her magic in addition to her love.”