Mindfulness-based interventions with children and adolescents : research and practice / edited by Nirbhay Singh, Subhashni Devi Singh Joy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Singh, Nirbhay, editor.

Singh Joy, Subhashni Devi, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adolescence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2020]

Summary:

This book comprehensively reviews mindfulness-based interventions for specific areas of functioning in children and adolescents, with refreshing insights and perspectives. Based on a solid foundation of research and practice, it presents the nature of mindfulness, examines the psychological processes that may underlie mindfulness, and explores how to assess it. Mindfulness is about how we can be attentive to and present for everything that happens in our daily lives. This book draws upon current research in the field in order to explore topics such as the fundamentals of teaching mindfulness to children and adolescents; assessment of mindfulness in this population; use of mindfulness in educational settings; and clinical applications in mental health, including substance abuse, hyperactivity, and intellectual and developmental disabilities. With contributions from internationally-renowned clinicians and scholars, this book provides a balanced account of the strengths and weaknesses of current research, and how mindfulness-based programs can be used to enhance wellbeing and reduce suffering. This book will be of great interest for academics, scholars and post graduate students involved in the study of the mental health of children and adolescents. It will also appeal to psychologists, psychiatrist, nurses, social workers, rehabilitation therapists and others, such as school counsellors, who provide clinical care to children and adolescents.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of figures

List of tables

List of contributors

Foreword or series editor introduction

Preface

Part I Foundations

1 Mindfulness-based interventions with children and adolescents

2 Mindfulness: definitions, attributes, and mechanisms

3 Assessment of mindfulness in children and adolescents

Part II Research

4 Mindfulness in education

5 Mindfulness in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

6 Mindfulness in intellectual and developmental disabilities

7 Mindfulness in mental health

Part III Practice

8 Teaching mindfulness to children

9 Teaching mindfulness to adolescents

10 Teaching mindfulness to parents, caregivers, and teachers

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-56386-X

1-317-19077-7

9781315563862

OCLC:

1220828081