Here is a series of Blog Posts about the Mind Up Curriculum, which I use and love...
More evidence suggesting that are brains are pre-wired for language
Great advice on how to start a loving kindness meditation with your children... loving kindness meditations have shown to increase people's ability to experience positive emotions and we all know the benefits of Positive Psychology
Here is an interesting research study involving implicit and explicit theory of mind... it purports that implicit theory of mind is observed in children as young as 7 months old but is partly impacted by executive processing...
Brain scans appear to suggest separable parts of the brain are impacted by puberty (hormones) and age with regards to activity within the social network of the brain.
In honor of Yoga awareness month this post helps to nicely summarize some of the recent research that exhibit positive effects of Yoga with children who have Autism Spectrum Disorders. I for one enjoy the Occupational Therapist taking the lead with this as Yoga delivered through Individualized Education Plan (IEP) goals may be a very practical manner of service delivery in schools.
Great Op-ED in the New York times discussing how advancements in epigenetics have started to link father's health to the development of their unborn children. It appears that a child's development is not solely linked to mother's prenatal health care.
The second annual Mindfulness Day is this Wednesday September 12th. I would suggest taking the advice Iyanla Vanzant: "Pause Boo... Take a Breath"
Not sure how I feel about this one. It looks like companies are starting to use Mindfulness practices in order to decrease multi-tasking and increase productivity/revenue. This seems a bit counter intuitive to the movement. What would Buddha say??
Hooray !!! Scientists have used Artificial Intelligence to shorten the Autism Diagnostic Interview- Revised (ADI-R)... maybe I will start giving it now.
Hispanic children twice as likely to have Developmental Delays.... Yikes, however looking at the study they may need to do a little more research regarding the effects of Second Language Acquisition
However it appears that becoming bi-cultural increases creativity
This school in suburban Philadelphia is teaching kids with Asperger's Disorder how to use effective communication through broadcast journalism. They are watching themselves back and working on their communication skills.... Love it
Love this idea for character development in the classroom.... Have your student write their end of the year legacy today... Imagine yourself at the end of the year assembly... What would your principal say about you??? Plant those seeds of intention.
Apparently meditation decreases the duration of the common cold
Meditation (mantra-centered) as an intervention for the sensory processing deficits seen in Autism seems to be growing.
Good news you don't have to drag the family to go see Grandma in the old peoples home anymore, as Carnegie Mellon found that an 8 week MBSR course reduces loneliness
Recent research has shown that heart and lung health has been linked to better reading and math scores in middle school students. This is great because it just so happens that meditation and yoga may also help fight acute respiratory infections and asthma
