Intervention and/or Curriculum
Learning to Breathe: A Mindfulness Curriculum for Adolescents to Cultivate Emotion Regulation, Attention, and Performance
Curriculum is a fully revised and updated second edition, including new research and skills in the areas of trauma and compassion. Written by mindfulness expert and licensed clinical psychologist Patricia C. Broderick. Learning to Breathe is a secular program that tailors the teaching of mindfulness to the developmental needs of adolescents to help them understand their thoughts and feelings and manage distressing emotions. Students will be empowered by learning important mindfulness meditation skills that help them improve emotion regulation, reduce stress, improve overall performance, and, perhaps most importantly, develop their attention. Adolescents can display disruptive behavior in the classroom, poor academic performance, and out-of-control emotions. Working with adolescents these are some of the challenges this age group presents, as well as how much time can be lost on lessons while dealing with this behavior. What if there was a way to calm these students down and arm them with the mindfulness skills needed to really excel in school and life?
Locations :
- Eagle Pass Park & Recreation Program – June 2024-July 2024 – Sessions will be once a week for 8-weeks for 1-hour.
- Babe Ruth Baseball Team- June 2024- Sessions are bi-weekly for 6-weeks for 1-hour.
- Maverick MH Children’s Program – June 2024-July 2024 -Sessions will be held weekly for one hour for 8-weeks.
- Chicanos Por la causa – Eagle Pass-Migrant HeadStart Program for Families ages of 5 years old and parents. Classes will start in May 2024 and there is no end to curriculum, as they operate year-round. The session will last 30-60min depending on group participation. This curriculum will be implemented at the monthly mandatory parents meetings.
Nurturing Parenting Program
The Nurturing Parenting Program is a curriculum-based program that works with the entire family. It focuses on family life skills including healthy communication, discipline, how to have family meetings, developing empathy, preventing child sexual abuse, substance abuse, dealing with anger, etc. Parenting classes will be held weekly in English and Spanish language.
Location:
- DFPS Office in Jourdanton Texas 2:00 pm – 4: 00 pm. Classes will be held every Tuesday starting May 7 – June 25. All the parents that have a case open with CPS for Jourdanton (maybe Wilson County) will be attending the classes.
Mindfulness-Releasing Anxiety & Allowing Peace Curriculum
This version of Releasing Anxiety & Allowing Peace contains no background music. This meditation uses Mindfulness techniques, breath meditation and visualization to bring some immediate relief from anxiety and significant long-term reduction in anxiety with practice. The antidote to anxiety is to loosen its grip on your mind through observation and detachment, and to be fully in the present moment. Non-judging observation is a powerful tool to bring some immediate relief from anxiety. The body is one perfect instrument to help bring you here into the now. Curriculum is for 1-hour for 4-weeks, each session will vary from 1-2 hours. Releasing Anxiety & Allowing Peace (no music) | Gordon Burnham (insighttimer.com)
Location:
- Southwest Texas Junior College in a conference room.
Ages
- 6 to 17, 18 to 25
Population Served
Proposed
- Youth and young adults experiencing challenges because of limitations in public health and barriers to accessing care, insufficient availability and utilization of a variety of health services (e.g., physical, mental, rehabilitative, preventative), and minimum health education
FY24 Q1
- Pregnant women and women with dependent children
- Rural populations
FY24 Q2
- Pregnant women and women with dependent children
- Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Question (LGBTQ+)
- Rural populations
FY24 Q3
- Pregnant women and women with dependent children
- Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Question (LGBTQ+)
- Persons involved in child welfare system
- Rural populations
City or Counties Served: Maverick, Zavala, Dimmit, Atascosa, McCullen, La Salle, Frio, Wilson, & Karnes Region: Region 8
