101: Mindfulness Foundations

Educator Voices from This Course 101 Course Calendar APRIL 101R SESSION. ENROLL NOW .Cost: $195Registration Deadline: Apr 2 MAY 101 SESSION. ENROLL NOW .Cost: $195Registration Deadline: Apr 30 5 Course Starts: Apr 4 1-Hour Live Call: Apr 171pm PT/4pm ET or 4pm PT/7pm ET Saturday Retreat: Apr 208am-1pm PT / 11am-4pm ET Course Ends: May 1 Course Starts: May 2 1-Hour Live Call: May 151pm PT/4pm ET or 4pm PT/7pm ET Course Ends: May 29 * Three times a year, in July, January, and April, we offer 101R: Mindfulness Foundations + Retreat. In 101R, join a 5-hour Saturday retreat as…

Laurie Kaufman

Laurie Kaufman, PhD, has over twenty years experience working with children and families. A cognitive-behaviorally trained clinical psychologist and secondary educator, her passion is for practicing mindfulness…

Deidre Hughes

Deidre Hughes co-leads the Fullerton College Mindful Growth Initiative, a campus-wide initiative that combines mindfulness and growth mindset pedagogies and practice for students, staff, faculty, and administrators….

Anne Uecker

Anne Uecker is a Child Neuropsychologist who works in a hospital setting.  Anne began to practice meditation as an outgrowth of being an athlete (various sports) and…

What Is Secondary Attachment? How Teachers Can Create Learning Environments That Foster Secure Relationships

Attachment theory is heralded as the gold standard in the psychological field for understanding the process by which a child develops a sense of relationship to self and other. Most of the attachment research focuses on the parent child relationship as it is in the first three years of life that these attachment dynamics solidify. Research has shown (Schore 2001) that secure attachments in childhood create the foundation for mental processes such as metacognition and reflective functioning, emotional regulation, and attunement. But the field of interpersonal neurobiology has taught us that the brain is plastic across the lifespan (Siegel, 2012)…

A Long Road Mindset

This month marks the winter Olympic games, where athletes from across the globe compete, each at the top of their field. Regardless of one’s personal preferences and views about sports, the physical mastery these individual have accomplished through dedication, patience, and effort is truly inspiring. A number of years ago, Malcolm Gladwell claimed in his book The Outliers that 10,000 hours of practice would place one at the top of their field. Citing one study and a few pop culture examples, the “10,000 hour rule” took off in the public discourse. Those who published the study have since critiqued his…

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