Thursday, November 19, 2015

In Class Lab

 Sue McGreevey. Eight Weeks to a Better Brain. Harvard Gazette.  January 2011. http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/01/eight-weeks-to-a-better-brain/
In an article written by Sue McGreevey for the Harvard Gazette Sue wrote that those who participated in the study that had reported reductions in stress also had correlating effect of less grey matter an area of the brain associated with functions relating to anxiety and stress.

David L. Kirp. Meditation transforms roughest San Francisco schools. SF Gate. January 12, 2014

In an Article by David L. Kirp. “On the California Achievement Test, twice as many students in Quiet Time schools have become proficient in English, compared with students in similar schools where the program doesn't exist, and the gap is even bigger in math. Teachers report they're less emotionally exhausted and more resilient.
Works Cited
Gina M. Biegel, Kirk Warren Brown, Shauna L. Shapiro, & Christine M. Schubert. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for the Treatment of Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatients: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 2009 Print.

According to  A Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology by  Gina M. Biegel, Kirk Warren Brown, Shauna L. Shapiro, & Christine M. Schubert   “There has been very little research testing the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions with adolescents; however, preliminary evidence is suggestive. Bootzin and Stevens (2005) examined the effects of an integrative mindfulness-based intervention with adolescent substance abusers ages 13–19 years” (856)

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