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• Introduction to implementing Quiet Time in the classroom

• Bell schedule at Visitacion Valley Middle School

• Visitacion Valley Middle School code of conduct for students

• Parent letter outlining the Quiet Time program at Visitacion Valley Middle School

• Permission form for students to be trained in Transcendental Meditation* as part of the Quiet Time program

Additional Resources on the Web

School Meditation Programs

• --The nonprofit organization responsible for implementing the Quiet Time program at Visitacion Valley Middle School; specializes in high-impact, whole-school transformation through meditation-based stress-reduction and readiness-to-learn programs

• -- An educational initiative of The Hawn Foundation, is a mindful-awareness program developed in consultation with University of British Columbia professor Kimberly Schonert-Reichl

• -- A mindful-awareness practices training program researched by UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center

• -- A mindfulness-based curriculum for adolescents, developed by Patricia Broderick, a research associate at the Penn State University Prevention Research Center and former director of the Stress Reduction Center at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

• -- A nonprofit that funds the implementation of stress-reducing techniques including Transcendental Meditation for at-risk populations

• -- A program using mindfulness to teach kids how to manage emotion, handle stress and resolve conflict

• -- A program using awareness-based practices such as yoga and meditation to teach mindfulness to at-risk and incarcerated teenagers

• -- A program that trains K-12 teachers in mindfulness through its SMARTinEDUCATION eight-week program

Guidelines to Lead Meditation

• -- From PBS.org

• -- From the Greater Good Science Center

• -- A series of seminar videos by Herbert Benson, graduate of and associate professor at Harvard Medical School

Resources for Learning Meditation

• -- Secular form of meditation that has been studied extensively and has been shown to improve a number of health indicators and shows strong potential for reducing stress

• -- Herbert Benson's Relaxation Response is a physical state of deep rest that can be achieved through meditation; it has been shown to reduce physiological symptoms brought on by stress in

• -- Video developed by Mayo Clinic about iPhone application for daily meditation practice

* Transcendental Meditation® and TM® are registered or common law trademarks and are used under sublicense.

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