Mindfullness by Kelle Gyekye https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3 ADHD en-us 2017-10-29 21:20:39 UTC 2017-11-13 17:23:10 UTC hello@padlet.com Mindfulness. It’s a pretty straightforward word. It suggests that the mind is fully attending to what’s happening, to what you’re doing, to the space you’re moving through. That might seem trivial, except for the annoying fact that we so often veer from the matter at hand. Our mind takes flight, we lose touch with our body, and pretty soon we’re engrossed in obsessive thoughts about something that just happened or fretting about the future. And that makes us anxious. kelleg93 https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201539415 2017-10-29 21:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201539415 What is Mindfulness kelleg93 https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201539727 2017-10-29 21:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201539727 How mindfulness helps us all kelleg93 https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201539973 2017-10-29 21:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201539973 Becoming more aware of the present moment can help us enjoy the world around us more and understand ourselves better."Mindfulness also allows us to become more aware of the stream of thoughts and feelings that we experience, and to see how we can become entangled in that stream in ways that are not helpful."This lets us stand back from our thoughts and start to see their patterns. Gradually, we can train ourselves to notice when our thoughts are taking over and realise that thoughts are simply 'mental events' that do not have to control us.Mindfulness can help us deal with our thoughts and feelings productively. Mindfulness is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as a way to prevent depression in people who have had three or more bouts of depression in the past. kelleg93 https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201540569 2017-10-29 21:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201540569 Mindfulness & ADHD kelleg93 https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201541051 2017-10-29 21:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201541051 This mindfulness craze resonates for many people, but especially those with ADHD. Because a mindfulness practice can help us pay attention better, resist distractions, be less impulsive, remember what we are doing in the moment, and regulate our own emotions, it is helpful whether we have ADHD or not. But it holds special interest for those with ADHD. kelleg93 https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201541535 https://mindfullyadd.com/adhd-mindfulness-craze/]]> 2017-10-29 21:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201541535 The Research kelleg93 https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201542089 2017-10-29 21:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201542089 Mindful Awareness Practice kelleg93 https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201542143 Researchers took long-established mindful awareness programs and adapted them for adults with ADHD. They called it the MAPs for ADHD Program. MAPs stands for Mindful Awareness Practice. And, the fabulous part is that the research shows mindfulness does indeed benefit most people with ADHD by reducing their ADHD symptoms .ADHD participants went through an 8-week mindful awareness training program. The training program included a weekly class on meditation and mindfulness, as well as daily at-home practices. They were given CDs with guided sitting meditations.The people who designed the MAPs program were really smart about ADHD and knew that many people with ADHD would find it hard to develop a consistent, rigid meditation routine. So they took conventional mindfulness and meditation programs and adapted them to be useful to folks with ADHD. The results showed that 78% of their participants that practiced mindfulness reported their ADHD symptoms had been alleviated. ]]> 2017-10-29 21:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201542143 https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201681560 Start: 0:20
Finish: 2:40]]> 2017-10-30 12:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201681560 Research mindfulness in schools! kelleg93 https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201687181 Mindfulness in Schools Projects (MiSP) is a charity whose aim is to inform, create, train and support the teaching of secular mindfulness to young people and those who care for them. MiSP believes that every child should possess skills which allows them to flourish in times of difficulty. It is through their curricula that they believe they can achieve this. Though they do not deliver a curricula directly to pupils, teachers are given the opportunity to attend training sessions, allowing adults to teach mindfulness to young people. At present, MiSP have successfully trained over 2400 teachers in their mindfulness programmes. ]]> 2017-10-30 12:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201687181 Mindfulness in schools kelleg93 https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201687966 2017-10-30 12:51:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201687966 Application of mindfulness in everyday life. https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201763005 The app 'Headspace' was created in 2010 and is used by over 6 million people. Headspace has one mission: to improve the health and happiness of the world. They do this in a variety of ways including; guided meditations, animations, articles and videos. ]]> 2017-10-30 15:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201763005 Mindfulness and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Susan L. Smalley et al 2009) https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201789141 This paper aims to test whether individuals with ADHD have lower mindfulness scores than participants without ADHD, and if so whether  personality contributes to these differences. They suggest that interventions of mindfulness may improve symptoms of ADHD. All participants were assessed using the DSM-IV as well as self-report questionnaires. It was concluded that mindfulness training may be used as a complementary tool for improving ADHD, however it may not be successful as a stand alone treatment. It was noted that as mindfulness is a contemporary theory, further research would need to be completed for us to comment on the success rates of treatment. ]]> 2017-10-30 15:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/201789141 Mindfulness explained easy! kelleg93 https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/202740749 2017-11-01 23:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/202740749 Mindfulness Training for Parents and Their Children with ADHD Increases the Children’s Compliance (Nirbhay N. Singh et al. 2009) https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/203323316 This study hypothesised that the mindfulness training will produce personal transformations in both in parents and children. They suggest that training would be more beneficial than using teaching strategies to force a change of behaviour on the child. Both parent and child were given a 12 session behavioural training course, with the child sessions specially customised to suit their cognitive abilities. The sessions included what was deemed to be important factors in understanding mindfulness. They covered; 
- Basic meditation skills
- Appreciating positive aspects of life 
- Differences between mindfulness and other behavioural training. 
-Conceptualization of mindfulness in everyday life. 

The study concluded that the mindfulness training given to parents did in fact increase their child's compliance, however it was noted that the difference wouldn't be substantial enough to make a lasting difference in the mother-child relationship. In addition, the results showed that training the children in mindfulness positively enhanced mother–child interactions. It was also inferred that to an extent, both mother and child gradually became rooted in natural communities of reinforcement and that their transactions moved from negative to positive.

]]> 2017-11-03 14:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/203323316 Why is it important for both parent and child to engage in mindfulness training? https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/203376902 Singh et al 2009, found that mothers who participated in mindfulness training said it enabled them to 'really listen' to their child. In addition, meditation may result in a parent becoming more patient when dealing with their child with ADHD. Rather than a potentially hostile situation escalating quickly, both parent and child are taught how to deal with their emotions to be able to come to a calm conclusion, rather than lashing out at each other. ]]> 2017-11-03 16:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kelleg93/kfba9cn7v8b3/wish/203376902