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TDSB Excellence Award To Norman Bethune Collegiate Institute’s Mindfulness Project
The “Mindfulness Project” at Norman Bethune Collegiate Institute was the recipient of one of the TDSB Excellence Awards for their work in bringing mindfulness to students. A progressive and proactive approach to supporting the mental health and...
Learning To BREATHE in Toronto
Norman Bethune Collegiate Institute in Toronto is introducing a new mental health initiative. Click on the link below for a short video clip about how this initiative fits with Learning to BREATHE. This story was aired on CTV News...
L2B on National Public Radio
Listen to a segment from NPR’s ‘The Pulse” here. It was produced by Stephanie Maruda who interviewed students and teachers in the Philadelphia schools, Richie Davidson of the CIHM, and Tish Jennings from UVA. This short segment illustrates the benefits of...
L2B In Three Pennsylvania Friends Schools
Dr Irene McHenry, Former Director of Friends Education reports: The Friends School component of the Friends Mindfulness Collaborative initiative was implemented in three Friends schools in Pennsylvania during this 2013-14 academic...
L2B In Tasmania
Sandra Wiggins, School Psychologist at the Friends School in Hobart, Tasmania, reports: We started using Learning to Breathe in 2013 with our Year 8s as part of their Health program. In 2014 we moved the program to the Year 7s in their...
Student Teachers Participating in L2B
Dr. Lisa Lucas and Dr. Sandra Kerr of West Chester University of PA report: A cohort of ten Early and Middle Grades student teachers at West Chester University have been participating in Learning to Breathe during their weekly...
College-Adapted Version of Learning to Breathe Being Studied
Dr. Mark Greenberg and researchers at Penn State University’s Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center have received a CTSI (Clinical and Translational Science Institute) Novel Methodologies in Health Research Award for a pilot...
Penn State Prevention Center Grant
Penn State’s Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center has recently been awarded $1.4 million for a 3-year project through the US Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES). This project, entitled “Promoting...
Averre Reviews L2B
A review of L2B was published in the December, 2014 edition of the NASP Communique. This is the official publication of the National Organization of School Psychologists. Read the review by Kathleen Averre here: L2B Book...