Product Detail

Yoga & Mindfulness Tools for Children and Adolescents: Improve Emotional Regulation and Increase Attention
Online Course
$319.99 USD
$199.99
Product Details
Format:
Online Course
Author:
JENNIFER COHEN HARPER, MA, E-RYT, RCYT
Publisher:
PESI Inc.
Copyright:
8/30/2016
CE Available:
Yes, See CE credit tab for complete continuing education details
Product Code:
VPC001135
Objectives
[+] [-] 049630 - Yoga & Mindfulness Based Tools for Children & Adolescents to Manage Anxiety & Navigate Stressful Situations
  1. Discover how increased embodiment and present moment awareness can support anxiety reduction and change children’s relationship to stress
  2. Implement simple practices that build children’s sense of personal power

[+] [-] 049635 - Yoga & Mindfulness Based Practices to Support Children & Adolescents
  1. Articulate how the body and nervous system effect ADHD symptomology in children.
  2. Consider clinical implications of utilizing yoga and mindfulness practices to reduce ADHD symptoms in clients.

[+] [-] 049640 - Breathwork Practices to Regulate Energy Level and Arousal in Children & Adolescents
  1. Describe the physiology of arousal and self-regulation.
  2. Demonstrate breath-based practices that can be used for self-regulation and to impact arousal levels.

[+] [-] 061905 - Yoga & Mindfulness Tools for Children and Adolescents
  1. Define the relationship between emotions and attention.
  2. Recognize when yoga and mindfulness practices will be helpful.
  3. Implement simple but powerful activities in an engaging way.
  4. Maximize clients’ capacity for focusing attention in a manner that honors their strengths and supports their individual needs.
  5. Show your clients how to manage their emotions, separate reaction from input, and make meaningful and positive choices.
  6. Identify how to increase your own resilience and effectiveness with mindfulness based self-care strategies.

Outline
[+] [-] 049630 - Yoga & Mindfulness Based Tools for Children & Adolescents to Manage Anxiety & Navigate Stressful Situations
  • What anxiety is telling us: Listening to the messages of the body
  • Our Stress Response and harnessing its power
  • Agency and Personal Power: Practices to teach our minds how strong we are
    • Connect activity to gain perspective and orient to the present moment: Five Senses Practice
    • Breathe Activity to Soothe the Nervous System: Resistance Breathing
    • Movement Practices to Enhance Sense of Agency and Strength: Mountain Pose Exploration; Feeling My Strength
    • Focus Activity to Practice Grounding and Stabilizing: Body Connection Focus Practice
    • Relaxation Practice to Rest and Repair: Restorative Yoga Poses
  • Repairing the Mind-Body Communication System: Embodiment and its relationship to anxiety reduction

[+] [-] 049635 - Yoga & Mindfulness Based Practices to Support Children & Adolescents
  • Understanding ADHD through the Body and Nervous System
  • How Can Yoga & Mindfulness Help Children with ADHD?
  • The Five Elements of Yoga and Mindfulness
  • Practices
    • Connect Activity to Orient and Sooth the Protective Brain: Layers of Sound
    • Breathe Activity to Regulate Nervous System: Breath of Joy
    • Move Activity to Calm and Ground: Chair Yoga Sequence
    • Focus Activity to Improve Attention: I Am In Charge
    • Relax Activity to Increase Embodiment and Support Rest: Tense and Let Go

[+] [-] 049640 - Breathwork Practices to Regulate Energy Level and Arousal in Children & Adolescents
  • The Breath-Nervous System Relationship
  • Practices to Calm and Ground
    • Heart and Belly Breathing
    • Langhana Breath
    • Alternate Nostril Breathing
  • Energizing Practices:
    • Balloon Breath
    • Ha Kriya
    • Breath of Joy
  • Considerations for Different Ages (2-4, 5-8, 8-12 years old)
  • Asthma, Allergies and Other Concerns

[+] [-] 061905 - Yoga & Mindfulness Tools for Children and Adolescents
The Brain-Body Relationship
  • Regulate emotions
  • Impact attention
  • 8 principles for teaching yoga and mindfulness to kids

Activities for Your Kids: Practical Tools to Use in Every Session
  • Connect:
  • Skills to help children connect to their emotional experience, and to others
    • Mindful listening
    • Checking in worksheets
    • Caring feelings meditation
    • I Am In Charge Mantra
  • Breathe:
  • Practices to stabilize energy and emotions
    • Heart and belly breath
    • Langhana breath
    • Alternate nostril breathing
  • Move:
  • Yoga based movement tools for self-regulation
    • Grounding poses
    • Strengthening poses
    • Balancing poses
  • Focus:
  • Activities to build focus and attention capacity
    • Thought River Meditation
    • Expand energy meditation
    • Single pointed focus
  • Relax:
  • Learn to calm the nervous system so that your clients can access their best selves
    • Restorative postures
    • Yoga Nidra (deep relaxation) for children

Challenges and Opportunities
  • Address resistance in children
    • Create an invitation to participate
    • Make practices relevant
    • Modeling
    • Support children with ADHD
    • The physical environment
    • Reduce self judgement - increase acceptance
    • Create a safe emotional space
  • Use mindfulness and yoga in challenging moments
  • Incorporate mindfulness into children’s daily schedule


Author

JENNIFER COHEN HARPER, MA, E-RYT, RCYT

Jennifer Cohen Harper, MA, E-RYT, RCYT, is an author and educator who works to support all children and teens in the development of strong inner resources through the tools of yoga and mindfulness. Her goal is to help kids, and those who care for them, thrive in the world regardless of circumstances, and navigate the many challenges they face with a sense of personal power and self-awareness.

As the founder and CEO of Little Flower Yoga, Jennifer brings embodied mindfulness programming and education to schools and community organizations nationwide, serving students, families, educators, and mental health providers. She is an active member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, and the board president of the non-profit Yoga Service Council, which works to maximize the effectiveness and sustainability of those committed to sharing practices supporting healing, resilience, self-development, community building and positive social change.

Jennifer is the author and co-author of numerous titles and card decks, including Yoga and Mindfulness Practices for Children Card Deck (PESI, 2016), Little Flower Yoga (New Harbinger, 2013) and children’s books, Thank You Body, Thank You Heart (PESI, 2019) and Thank You Mind (PESI, 2020).

Jennifer’s work has been featured in prominent publications including NY Times, The International Journal of Yoga Therapy, Publishers Weekly, and Yoga Journal and endorsed by thought leaders including Dan Siegel, Sharon Salzberg, Rick Hanson and Congressman Tim Ryan. Jennifer is an engaging presenter committed to collective growth and learning. She offers powerful information in a practical, easy-to-implement format with warmth, humor and joy.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Jennifer Cohen Harper is the owner and CEO of Little Flower Yoga. She is a published author and receives royalties. Jennifer Cohen Harper receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Jennifer Cohen Harper is an advisor to the Center for Resilience. She is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapy and the International Association for School Yoga and Mindfulness.
Continuing Education Credits Awarded for Completion of Entire Package
[+] [-] Combined Continuing Education Credit From All Components
Breakdown of Continuing Education Credits by Components
[+] [-] 049630 - Yoga & Mindfulness Based Tools for Children & Adolescents to Manage Anxiety & Navigate Stressful Situations
[+] [-] 049635 - Yoga & Mindfulness Based Practices to Support Children & Adolescents
[+] [-] 049640 - Breathwork Practices to Regulate Energy Level and Arousal in Children & Adolescents
[+] [-] 061905 - Yoga & Mindfulness Tools for Children and Adolescents
Audience
Addiction Counselors, Teachers/Educators, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants, Psychologists, Social Workers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and other Mental Health Professionals, Case Managers