Many students today struggle with stress and anxiety caused by increasing academic, social, and extracurricular demands. This book provides school psychologists, counselors, teachers, and other school faculty with guidelines for improving students' mental and physical well-being, which in turn leads to improved academic performance and happier, better-adjusted students. Chapter authors review important considerations related to the benefits, limitations, and potential risks associated implementing mind-body interventions in school settings. In addition to general guidelines, they review specific practices in depth-including yoga, mindfulness, physical activity, and hypnosis-presenting a three-tiered model for delivering services universally, with targeted groups, and with individuals. They also discuss how these and other interventions can be used to target specific issues such as eating disorders, chronic pain, sleep disorders, and trauma. Illustrative case studies demonstrate how to implement these interventions in realistic scenarios. Collaboration between mental health professionals, faculty, and parents is emphasized throughout the volume so that students' mind-body health is addressed both at school and at home.
Contributors Series Foreword, by Michelle Perfect Introduction. Mind-Body Health in the Schools, by Cheryl Maykel and Melissa A. Bray Part I. Broad Considerations for Delivering Mind-Body Health Interventions in Schools Chapter 1. Home-School Collaboration to Promote Mind-Body Health, by Waganesh A. Zeleke, Tammy L Hughes, and Natalie Drozda Chapter 2. Treatment Integrity in School-Based Interventions: Assessing and Supporting Teacher Intervention Implementation, by James J. Upright, Anna C. J. Long, and Tamika P. La Salle Chapter 3. School-Based Behavioral Health Services, by Melissa Pearrow and Janine Jones Chapter 4. Neuropsychological Impact on Mental Health and Associated Treatments for Children with Chronic Illness, by Cynthia A. Riccio and Jenna Schwartz Chapter 5. Practitioner Self-Care: Best Practices for Cultivating Mind-Body Health, by Paula Gill Lopez Chapter 6. Crossing Cultural Boundaries: Integrating Eastern Mind-Body Techniques for Diverse Western Learners, by Yuan Yuan Wang, Rik Carl D'Amato, and Saba Mahmood Chapter 7. Ethical and Legal Considerations for Using Mind-Body Interventions in Schools, by Candy Gunther Brown Part II. Mind-Body Health Interventions for School-Based Concerns Chapter 8. Positive Psychology and Multidimensional Adjustment, by Lea A. Theodore and Bruce A. Bracken Chapter 9. Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Schools, by Tyler L. Renshaw Chapter 10. Mindful Gratitude in the Schools: Building Capacity Across the Tiers, by Evelyn Bilias Lolis Chapter 11. Relaxation and Guided Imagery for Mind-Body Health, by Johanna deLeyer-Tiarks, Lauren Gammie, Adeline Bray, and Samantha Moriarty Chapter 12. Physical Activity Interventions in the School Setting, by Cheryl Maykel and Marlena Minkos Chapter 13. School-Based Yoga for Managing Stress and Anxiety, by Bradley H. Smith, Gulden Esat, and Anjali Kanojia Chapter 14. Expressive Arts in Schools: Visual and Performing Arts and Sandtray Interventions to Promote Self-Discovery, by Suzanne Degges-White Chapter 15. Music Therapy in Schools: Stimulating the Mind and Body to Create Positive Change, by Anita L. Swanson Chapter 16. Written Emotional Expression in Schools: Processing Psychological and Emotional Stress Through Narrative Writing, by Kari A. Sassu, Melissa A. Bray, Nicholas Gelbar, and Tiffany P. Kerzner Chapter 17. Video Self-Modeling for Mind-Body Health, by Melissa M. Root Chapter 18. Hypnosis and the Potential Application in the School Setting, by Michelle M. Perfect and Caroline Champagne Chapter 19. Emotional Freedom Techniques: Stress and Anxiety Management for Students and Staff in School Settings, by Amy H. Gaesser Part III. Targeting Specific Problems and Populations Chapter 20. Yoga for the Prevention of Eating Disorders, by Kellie S. Talebkhah and Catherine Cook-Cottone Chapter 21. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Children with Emotion Regulation Challenges, by Peter J. Castagna, Shelley R. Upton, and Anna C. J. Long Chapter 22. The Mind-Body Connection in Sleep Health: Conducting Assessments and Interventions in School Settings, by Michelle M. Perfect, Sara S. Frye, and Suzanne B. H. Williams Chapter 23. Treating Chronic Pain in School Settings: Targeting Biological and Psychological Factors in Pain Management, by Angela Starkweather, Xiaomei Cong, and Heather Evans Chapter 24. School-Based Mind-Body Interventions in the Treatment of Childhood Trauma, by Jacqueline A. Brown, Emily Hattouni, and Samantha Russell Chapter 25. The Effects of War and Trauma on Learning and Cognition: The Case of Palestinian Children, by Reham Mougrabi-Large and Zheng Zhou
