Mindfulness Skills for Kids & Teens by Debra Burdick Lcsw

Mindfulness Skills for Kids & Teens by Debra Burdick Lcsw

Finally -- a comprehensive, practical and user-friendly mindfulness resource written specifically for children and adolescents. Best-selling mindfulness author Debra Burdick has blended the latest research and best practices to create this straight-forward guide for improving self-awareness, self-regulation skills, mental health, and social connectedness in kids and teens. This expertly crafted resource features a collection of more than 150 proven tools and techniques, presented in a simple, step-by-step skill building format. Perfect for mental health practitioners, teachers and all in the helping professions. - Tools for explaining mindfulness and neurobiology in kids' language - Activities, games, and meditations that build basic through advanced mindfulness skills - Step-by-step instruction on teaching and practicing mindfulness, meditation and reflection - Guidance on choosing age appropriate skills - How to apply mindfulness skills to specific childhood mental health disorders - Journal prompts to help integrate learning - Goal-setting charts for tracking progress - Downloadable worksheets, exercises and reflections

Debra Burdick, LCSW, often known as The Brain Lady, is a mindfulness and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) expert. She is the author of ADHD Non-Medication Therapy and Skills for Children and Teenagers, Mindfulness Skills for Kids and Teens, Mindfulness for Teens with ADHD, Mindfulness for Teens with ADHD, Mindfulness Skills Workbook for Clinicians and Clients, the Mindfulness Skills for Kids card deck and games, and various mindfulness CDs/MP3s. She delivers all-day seminars such as 100 Brain-Changing Mindfulness Techniques for Clinical Practice, Childhood ADHD, and Mindfulness Toolkit for Kids and Teenagers, among others. Burdick, a board-certified clinical social worker and licensed clinical social worker, recently retired from private practice to devote more time to writing, speaking, and her grandchildren. She practices mindfulness in all aspects of her life and profession, and she has a lot of experience working with children and people with ADHD, including her own daughter.

Burdick's work has been featured on radio (Attention Talk Radio, ADHD Support Talk Radio, and Doctors of the USA), in print (The Wall Street Journal, The Day in Connecticut, and Self Improvement), and on television (Parenting Powers and Healing Health Holistically). For additional information, go to www.thebrainlady.com.

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ISBN 13	9781937661571
ISBN 10	1937661571
Title	Mindfulness Skills for Kids & Teens
Author	Debra Burdick Lcsw
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	PESIOD Publications
Year published	2014-09-01
Number of pages	307
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