[PDF] Yoga For Anxiety Reduction In Children And Adolescents eBook

Author : Lindy L. Weaver
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File Size : 18,41 MB
Release : 2015
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Anxiety is the most common psychiatric issue facing children and adolescents. An estimated 10-17% of community samples and up to 45% of children in mental health clinics are affected. Due to legislation, such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, and increasing concerns for the mental health and well-being of school-age children, the development and expansion of school-based mental health services has grown. Educators, related service professionals, and communities realize that children are most accessible, and often most comfortable, in the school setting. As a result of a growing demand for school-based mental health services, there is a call for increasing the availability of evidence-based interventions. Yoga interventions are widely used with child and adolescent populations, and they are intuitively well-suited to address the psychosocial needs of children in a simple, fun, and cost-effective manner. Through increased body awareness and the provision of coping strategies, yoga interventions may address both the physiologic and psychological experiences of anxiety. However, there is a need for systematic examination and appraisal of current yoga research for children, additional well-controlled studies of yoga, and an increase in understanding the processes of change as a result of yoga.The objective of this dissertation is to 1) consolidate and systematically appraise the rigor of current yoga research for anxiety among youth, 2) determine the effectiveness of a school-based yoga program for anxious youth, and 3) elucidate important constructs, such as social validity and participant perspectives, through both quantitative and qualitative methods. Results from Chapter 2: A Systematic Review of Yoga Interventions for Anxiety Among Children and Youth, conclude that yoga interventions show positive effects in reducing anxiety across a variety of populations and meet criteria for a probably efficacious treatment. However, due to limitations (such as heterogeneity in populations, measures, and frequency/durations) there is a need for additional well-controlled, randomized trials, which include physiologic and psychological measures and long-term follow up. Results from Chapter 3: The Effectiveness of a School-Based Yoga Program for Anxious Youth, suggest improvements across measures of anxiety, self-regulation, and adaptive skills for the yoga group, as compared to the exercise group. However no statistically significant results were observed. Further study is needed to establish the effectiveness of the Move-Into-Learning for Anxiety program (MIL-A). Results from Chapter 4: Social Validity and Participant Perspectives of a School-Based Yoga Program for Anxious Youth, conclude that student and teacher perceptions of the MIL-A program are positive and support improved outcomes among anxious children. Social validity results show that teachers and students viewed MIL-A as valuable, feasible, and a moderately effective modality for improving anxiety related variables.

Author : Lynn Stoller
Publisher : Singing Dragon
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 13,18 MB
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1805011065

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This evidence-based and trauma-informed resource allows professionals working with children and teens to apply sensory yoga as a holistic and effective tool in addressing symptoms of trauma, toxic stress, anxiety, depression, and related mental health conditions. Based on the Sensory and Mindfulness-based Yoga for Learning Environments (SMYLETM) model, this training program can easily be adopted by a wide range of professionals and applied to various settings, including schools, yoga classes, community centres, and group homes. In reducing stress, emotional dysregulation, and symptoms of hypervigilance and trauma, children and teens are able to benefit from a maintained state of calm and focus, and a heightened sense of self-worth and empowerment allowing for the long-term development of consistent healthy habits and routines.

Author : Barbara Neiman
Publisher : Pesi Pub & Media
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 44,36 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781559570121

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New and unique exercises for children and adolescents in yoga, meditation, guided imagery and somatic explorations fill this comprehensive skills guide. This book is brimming with 115 practical and easy to use tools and stories supporting critical life skills for families, classrooms and therapy sessions. Holistic strategies include: •Meditation to support body-mind-spirit connection •Yoga pose adaptations for Autism, sensory processing & special needs •Trauma sensitive and grounding guided imagery •Parenting tools to tune to our somatic self and enjoy silence and nature •Designing a personal mantra and contemplation •Classroom interventions for building life skills

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Page : 30 pages
File Size : 40,26 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Alternative medicine
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Children and adolescents experience anxiety to varying degrees; levels vary from healthy and motivating to clinically elevated and debilitating. At present, anxiety disorders are most commonly treated through psychopharmacology and cognitive behavioral therapy. This thesis contains a brief literature review of these existing treatments, followed by a presentation of the emerging support for mindfulness-based yoga programs, highlighting a particular opportunity for school-based mental health providers.

Author : Shawnee Thornton Hardy
Publisher : Singing Dragon
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 39,42 MB
Release : 2023-08-21
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1787752267

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This deeply compassionate and inclusive resource explores the practice of yoga therapy, mindfulness, and somatic enquiry with children and young people who have complex needs. Suitable for working with ages 5-18, the book explores a wide range of conditions, including sensory processing disorder, autism, Down syndrome, hypermobility, scoliosis, anxiety, depression, and trauma. Chapters also include comprehensive theory on the nervous system, child development from the age of 3+, the benefits of expressive arts, and regular reflective prompts for the adults. It is supplemented with over 100 photographs to ease learning and is an invaluable resource for therapists working with children and teens with complex needs.

Author : Rochelle Terman
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Page : 49 pages
File Size : 26,78 MB
Release : 2017
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The purpose of this graduate project is to provide a time efficient intervention for children and adolescents who are experiencing anxiety in the school setting. The project will consist of a sampling of 3 videos of 15 minutes or less that provide guided yoga practices. The poses were chosen according to a ground-up technique where poses will focus on the lower half of the body and work its way up to the head. The students will learn how to decrease stress levels, build body awareness, and gain practical coping strategies to reduce negative feelings. Current anxiety interventions require at least 45 minutes for each session, resulting in a great amount of missed academic time. This project provides an evidence-based, time efficient alternative to these methods. The review of research provided strong evidence for physical exercise and yoga and its positive influence on mental health, specifically anxiety. Many studies, including meta-analyses, were discussed and reviewed regarding the anxiety, effects of physical activity, and effects of yoga. The results from these studies revealed positive influences on self-confidence, self-awareness, general wellbeing, and decreases in stress levels, anxious feelings, and physiological responses to stress. Conclusively, yoga was found to be an accepted alternative and complementary medicine and helped people of all ages make positive gains in mental health.

Author : Victor G. Carrión, M.D.
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 33,84 MB
Release : 2019-02-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1615372121

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Applied Mindfulness: Approaches in Mental Health for Children and Adolescents starts from the premise that mental health clinicians must have their own mindfulness practice before teaching the tenets and techniques of mindfulness to others, including young people. To that end, the book offers readers clear instructions on how to first practice mindfulness in their own lives and then extend their personal practice outward to others. Once this knowledge is internalized, the clinician can focus on mindfulness in terms of its application to specific clinical diagnoses, such as anxiety and depression, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and substance abuse. Because many mental health professionals work in multiple settings, such as in schools, in clinics, and online, the contributors, representing a wide range of creative and authoritative voices, explain how to skillfully tailor mindfulness interventions for effective application across diverse contexts. Drs. Carrion and Rettger, as Director of the Stanford Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program (SELSPAP) and Director of SELSPAP's Mindfulness Program, respectively, have been engaged in ongoing community-based work delivering mindfulness and yoga programming to underserved youth and their helpers. This expertise is evident in their eloquent yet down-to-earth editing.The volume offers clinicians everything they need to begin their mindfulness journey, including the following: - Introductory knowledge on how to get started with a meditation practice. Specific mindfulness scripts are provided throughout the book to foster development of the reader's own practice. In addition, there are audio practices and clear written descriptions of practices to offer support for those learning to meditate, internalize mindfulness practices, and then adapt these skills for clinical practice. - A developmental and ecological approach to implementing mindfulness. The book offers insight into integrating mindfulness across many settings, platforms, and applications, and includes chapters on mindfulness online, at home, and in school, as well as chapters on incorporating nature into mindfulness practice and the relationship between mindfulness and creativity. - Material on specific clinical populations, including immigrant youth and incarcerated youth. A special chapter is devoted to trauma-informed yoga, which has been shown to be an effective therapeutic intervention for youth who have been incarcerated.- Comprehensive information on the current state of youth mindfulness research, which prepares readers to discuss these topics knowledgeably with colleagues and patients. Like ripples in water, the benefits of mindfulness spread outward, from clinicians to patients, families, schools, and communities. Applied Mindfulness: Approaches in Mental Health for Children and Adolescents is the first step toward stress reduction, peace, and compassion for a new generation.

Author : Catherine M. Luckhardt (Psy.D. candidate at the University of Hartford)
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Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,31 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Behavior disorders in adolescence
ISBN : 9781392844724

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Research demonstrates that yoga increases one’s capacity to meet environmental demands by enhancing self-regulation capabilities. Over the past few decades, child and adolescent-specific research has shown several benefits for clinical populations including increased feelings of calm, self-control, attention, concentration, self-efficacy, body awareness, and stress reduction. Although many yoga programs targeting young people have been developed, few specifically focus on emotional and behavioral disorders. Therefore, guidelines are necessary to utilize yoga in specialized populations. This dissertation aims to make yoga’s benefits more accessible to children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders by creating a guidebook for clinicians that uses empirically supported guidelines to recommend yoga for child and adolescent clinical populations.

Author : Will Jacob
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 13,92 MB
Release : 2020-02-02
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Are you looking for a fun and natural way for your child to expend extra energy and deal with stress? Then keep reading! It may be uncommon to think of your children as being stressed out about from day to day. When you think about it, though, you find that the scale of the problems is much smaller, but their effects are largely the same. If your child is feeling pressured by their peers, if your child is having trouble with the subjects being taught in school, if they're having trouble dealing with the loss of a friend or loved one, they can experience a wide range of emotional effects. There are many claims to support the use of yoga for helping to work out these difficulties, as well as to work through some physical troubles. It's been proven that yoga can help to keep the body limber and healthy, but did you know that it can even help with things like asthma and ADHD? There are so many ways that you can practice at home with your child, or even get a group of children together to help them work through things in a natural and healthy way. In this revolutionary guide, you will find: Many of the ways in which yoga can help your child to heal, grow, and flourish Pictures and tutorials for more than 50 easy yoga poses that you and your child can do together The ways in which yoga can assist with ailments like ADHD or asthma What to expect from children who are learning yoga for the first time Training that will help you to be the best yoga teacher possible for your child Breathing exercises that you can do in your home with your child Fun and safe warm-ups you can do together So much more! It can be hard for a parent when you are being pressured to use medications to address conditions that your child is suffering from. If you are a parent whose child is struggling with ADHD and you are struggling with this decision, look no further. This is the wholesome and natural method you must try! How do I know this is right for my child? If you have found yourself looking for a natural approach to managing your child's stress, behavior, energy, or symptoms; this is the ideal place for you to search when looking for results. You'll be able to help your child to cope with the things that life throws at them in a natural and healthful way. You'll be able to work with them to master these poses and techniques, which gives you quality time together to bond as well as improving their wellbeing. Scroll up and click "Add to Cart" to see what yoga can do to help your child to flourish!