EO Center - Coursework Connections Webinar - Supporting Students’ Mental Health and Reflection Skills: Using Mindfulness as a Pedagogy

Date:

August 06, 2019

Time:

Training is from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Cost:

No Fee

Details:

Supporting Students’ Mental Health and Reflection Skills: Using Mindfulness as a Pedagogy

 Kalli Decker, PhD, Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education & Child Services, Montana State University

 

Many of the preservice students in our courses will go on to do amazing work with children and families. But at the same time, they will be at risk for experiencing high levels of stress which can (and too often does) lead to burnout. This session will focus on one way to support preservice students’ mental health and deepen their ability to practice reflection – through the use of mindfulness. In this interactive session we will discuss how mindfulness can be embedded into higher education early childhood courses or individual class sessions, especially those focused on social-emotional development. Resources and ideas will be shared for in-class activities and brief assignments so that participants can identify aspects of mindfulness they want to try out with their students or incorporate into their coursework. 

This webinar is being recorded and will be posted on the EO Center website at a later date.

Webinar Connection:

Once you have registered, the connection information will appear here or you will be emailed a link to the webinar at a later date.

Trainers:

Kalli Decker, Associate Professor, Health and Human Development, Montana State University