ON-THE-SPOT MINDFULNESS BASED PRACTICES FOR ADDRESSING BEHAVIOR CHALLENGES AMONG 3rd GRADERS

<p><strong>Purpose</strong>: The purpose of this project was to introduce and implement a mindfulness based tool that will empower students to manage their stress which contributes to their classroom behavior and allow teachers to minimize the amount of classroom time spent addressing behavior challenges.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> Observations of third grade classrooms, key informant interviews with third grade teachers and community observations were conducted at the Achieve Academy School while throughout the school day.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Findings showed that students would benefit from the implementation of On-The-Spot Mindfulness Based Techniques and Practices by minimizing stress, increasing academic success and improving the overall behavior, social, emotion and attention regulation skills of each student.</p> <p><strong>Recommendations</strong>: Implementing mindfulness practices that are immediate and brief, taking anywhere from 3-5 minutes, would be most beneficial to the students as well as increase the likelihood of implementation by the teachers and Seneca staff. There are 5 activities that teachers will be able to choose from that consist of breathing exercises, mindful emotion, mindful role play, mindfulness yoga, and meditation. When implemented correctly, each activity will allow for the students to enhance their behavior, social, emotion and attention skills.</p> <p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The future implementation of On-The-Spot Mindfulness Techniques would allow for teachers to maximize their time teaching their students and for students to manage their behavior when in a crisis situation using a proactive approach instead of a reactive approach.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Behavioral Health (MSBH)

Level thesis:degree_level

Project/Capstone - Global access

Year dc:date.available

2017

Author dc:creator

• Francis, Christina

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Kelly L'Engle
• Dr. Kathleen Raffel

• Behavior and Mental Health
• Elementary Students
• Academic Success
• Psychological Health
• Mindfulness Based Practices
• Mindfulness Based Activities
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Community-Based Research
• Community Health
• Other Mental and Social Health
• Other Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Psychiatric and Mental Health
• Public Health Education and Promotion

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/609

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1633