Classroom Management

4 Simple Tips to Creating Safety with Group Agreements

December 13, 2016 May 7, 2023 / By Sam Himelstein, Ph.D.

Creating a trusting environment is one of the most important keys to a successful group; whether it be a therapy group or in the traditional classroom setting (for the rest of this post I’m going to use the term “group” for the sake of non-redundancy. I use this term to refer to both therapy groups …

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Mindful classroom management: A tried and true technique for getting youth back on track.

December 4, 2016 May 7, 2023 / By Sam Himelstein, Ph.D.

As I walked into the juvenile hall on a Thursday night to teach a mindfulness class, I contemplated the evening’s agenda. It was 2007 and I worked for the Mind Body Awareness Project as a mindfulness instructor; at the time we had no set curriculum. It was up to us as facilitators to develop our …

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Classroom Management

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