Bridging the Hearts and Minds of Youth Conference 2012

Over the last decade, an increasing number of parents, educators, and clinicians have studied and experienced the benefits of bringing mindfulness practice to youth. To help develop best practices within this growing movement, the University of California San Diego's School of Medicine and Center for Mindfulness, along with Stressed Teens, developed the Bridging Hearts and Minds of Youth conference, which took place in February 2012. This first-of-its-kind conference was designed to engage professionals in the ongoing discussion of the field as well as to assist their professional growth.

This DVD box set features over 20 hours of footage, including:

• Susan Kaiser-Greenland - The Mindful Child: Teaching the New ABCs of Attention, Balance and Compassion
• Rick Hanson - Managing the Caveman Brain in the 21st Century
• Amishi Jha - From Dazed and Distracted to Attentive and Calm: What the Neuroscience of Mindfulness Reveals
• Gina Biegel - Mindfulness for Professionals Working with Adolescents: A Training in the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program for Teens (MBSR-T)
• Randye Semple - Introduction to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Children (MBCT-C)
• Megan Cowan - Integrating Mindfulness into the K5 Classroom: Lessons Learned From Teaching Over 13,000 Students
• M. Lee Freedman - Mindful Parents: Resilient Children: Teaching Mindful Parenting Practice through Group and Individual Psychotherapy
• Joe Klein - Sex, Drugs, Facebook and Ice Cream
• Chris McKenna & Sam Himelstein - Teaching Mindfulness to Urban & At-Risk Adolescents
• Pamela Seigle and Chip Wood - Courage in Schools: Connecting Hearts and Minds in the Adult Community
• Amy Saltzman - Still Quiet Place: Proven Practices for Teaching Children and Teens the Skills for Peace and Happiness
• Amy Garrett - Brain Abnormalities Associated with Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Adolescents