![]() ![]() “We have a full-blown national emergency on our hands, and unless we make mental fitness a priority, our children will continue to suffer. “Whether it’s social media, peer pressure or the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, children of this generation are facing the toughest mental health challenges in human history,” stated MindUP Founder and CEO Goldie Hawn. The MindUP program is now accessible online to parents, teachers and kids across the globe. It was developed with the help of the field’s top educators and neuroscientists to equip children with the knowledge and tools to manage stress, regulate emotions and to face the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and 21st century with optimism, resilience, and compassion. MindUP for Life, the signature program of the Goldie Hawn Foundation, announced today the launch of MindUP for Life Digital – an interactive online learning platform bringing MindUP’s evidence-based mental fitness program to children, families, educators, senior-leaders, and adults nationwide. Relevant, diverse concepts are designed to sequentially build a personal foundation of self-awareness.After 20 years pioneering a neuroscience-based mental health curriculum used by 7 million students, Goldie Hawn's MindUP scales digital platform to address widespread anxiety, stress, aggression, depression, and suicide among children and young adults. Each capsule in the program is intended to present children with new and varied learning experiences, which will engage their minds and also their emotions. The range of Capsules represent various life-skills to be applied in the classroom, at home, on the sports field and in the playground. The ten meditation sessions outlined in this book are aimed at children in upper primary schools. Meditation Capsules: a Mindfulness Program for Children by Janet Etty Leal The research results on these programs, and associated research is excellent The MindUP program is currently being implemented in hundreds of schools across the US, Canada, the UK and Latin America. Suggested follow-up activities link each lesson to content-area learning. THe MindUP lessons themselves can be worked smoothly into a daily routine and require minimal teacher preparation. The MindUP core practices can become a staple routine for the opening and closing of each school day as well as at the moments of transition: settling down after recess, waiting for lunch, moving from one subject to the next. The concepts and vocabulary associated with MindUP will expand the scope of students’ thinking in all academic disciplines. ![]() The MindUP program was developed not only to expand students’ social and emotional awareness but also to improve their academic performance. Published by Scholastic Press – it comprises three age- appropriate books: Pre-school – Primary Grade 2 Primary Grades 3 – 5 Primary Grade 6 – High School Year 8 The MindUP Curriculum: Brain-Focused Strategies for Learning – and Living was developed by the Hawn Foundation: It is a comprehensive, classroom-tested, evidence-based curriculum framed around 15 easily implemented lessons that foster social and emotional awareness, enhance psychological wellbeing and promote academic success.
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