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Re: Teaching Mindfulness to School-Age Children Who Stutter?

From: Ellen-Marie Silverman
Date: 09 Oct 2011
Time: 12:23:50 -0500
Remote Name: 76.199.174.140

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[[For a research class, I am designing a study on the effect of mindfulness training on relapse rates in school-age children between the ages of 9 and 13. Do you have experience teaching mindfulness techniques to children or teenagers who stutter? If so, it would be wonderful to know how you went about doing it and what the particular challenges were. If you haven't used those techniques with school-age children, I would still be interested in knowing how you apply mindfulness in stuttering therapy. Thank you, Melissa]] >>> Melissa, good to hear from you! I think you may be on to something with your research project that may usefully occupy you for some time as you help provide direction to us all. As far as recommendation go for presenting mindfulness to children, I would suggest that you take a look at the response I made to "Amanda." I mentioned two references that may be helpful to her and you. Unfortunately, I do not have direct personal experience to share with you. But I think, if you have not already encountered those two books, you might find them helpful guides. There are other written resources available as well. But, I think these two make a good start to becoming acquainted with introducing mindfulness to children. >>> I am not a teacher of mindfulness nor a facillitator of mindfulness, so I would not instructe anyone in mindfuness. But, if I knew a client was practicing mindfulness and which particular form he or she was practicing, I might, from time-to-time, make references to breathing mindfully, attending to the body, feeling emotions, and responding to thoughts and the stories we tell ourselves that draw us away from the present moment. And, if a client was not practicing mindfulness but might be responsive to the suggestion to do so, I might make a referral. As you may be discovering, practicing mindfulness and becoming ever more present with clients and in life in general may be the most important service we may render. Best wishes, Ellen-Marie Silverman


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