Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workshop for Educators

Have all the changes in education added more stress to your life? Mindfulness is the quality of being fully aware of present moment experience. This experiential workshop introduces educators to practices that cultivate mindfulness in daily living with the goal of practicing self-care in both personal and professional settings. Participants will gain insight into patterns of stress reactivity and their impact in the classroom and cultivate skills in responding to stressful situations with greater awareness to reduce the negative effects of stress reactivity. This workshop is a complement to the UCSD mindfulness in education program "Tuning In", which is already in place in some San Diego schools. Mindfulness offers both educators and students an opportunity to build greater emotional resilience, effectively attend to distress and creatively enhance the learning process.

Objectives

In this workshop, educators will learn how to:

• Practice practice strategies to improve concentration and for longer periods
• Improve ability to pay closer attention
• Better regulate emotions and enhance memory
• Improve ability to cope with short- and long-term stressful situations
• Implement brief mindfulness practices in the classroom with students as a means of coping with anxiety, distraction and stress
• Apply mindfulness skills in daily activities, such as eating, walking and moving

Faculty

	Lorraine M. Hobbs, M.A., CHom. Senior MBSR Teacher Lorraine M. Hobbs, M.S., CHom., received her training at the UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness under the supervision of Dr. Steve Hickman. She has served as clinical director of in-patient and residential treatment programs, where she worked extensively with teens and their families. Her interest in integrative medicine and in the growing research on the consequences of stress and children inspired her to create a six week Stress Reduction for Teens program at the Center for Mindfulness and to collaborate with a colleague in developing a Mindful Parent program. Her desire to reach a larger population and to teach mindfulness practice as a way of enhancing the learning process encouraged Lorraine to begin working with schools to implement a six-to-eight week mindfulness-based curriculum, where she also teaches mindfulness practices to faculty and staff. Lorraine lectures on the efficacy of MBSR and mindfulness with teens in the community. She is a certified Iyengar yoga teacher and teaches yoga throughout the city. She is a homeopathic practitioner and practices part time.
	Amy Holte, PhD, MEd Senior MBSR Teacher Amy Holte, Ph.D.,M.Ed. has been a meditation practitioner since 1997 and has been teaching mindfulness techniques for health, stress-reduction, and well being since 1999. She is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin where she completed her doctoral research on meditation and the brain in an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in East West Biopsychology, and a M.Ed. in Human Development and Education. Dr. Holte is the Director of Mind-Body Medicine and Team Leader of the Functional Restoration Program at The Center for Orthopedic Care in San Diego where she teaches mindfulness, meditation, yoga, and tai chi in her work with chronic pain patients.
	Livia Walsh, RN, LMFT MBSR Teacher Livia Walsh is a nurse and licensed psychotherapist in private practice in Encinitas, California. She developed an interest and pursued training in the area of holistic/integrative health including mindfulness over her 30 plus years of professional practice. She completed the MBSR training program at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and Omega Institute under the direction of Jon Kabat Zinn, Saki Santorelli and the senior teaching staff. Ms. Walsh also teaches MBSR at the Senior Center in Encinitas. She integrates mindfulness in her work with patients and students. In her capacity as clinical supervisor at San Diego Hospice and other institutions she has taught mindfulness-based interventions to graduate/post-graduate students and professional staffs. Ms. Walsh believes strongly in the mind-body connection and in an integrative approach to achieve and sustain optimal health and well being.

Dear Educators, We are happy to be able to provide continuing education course credit for our Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workshop for Educators through UC San Diego Extension. Obtaining your course credit is conditional on completion of the workshop and obtaining a letter grade. The additional fee for course credit is $55 and requires a separate registration with UC San Diego Extension. Please follow the steps below to either register online, by phone, or through Email.

1. To receive 1.5 units of credit, please click here to begin the REGISTRATION process:
2. Create a MyExtension student account
3. Enter TBD in the first 'Section ID' field.
4. Select 'Letter Grade' Option.
5. Click the Continue button and complete your enrollment

To register via telephone:

To register by email:

Please Email unex-reg@ucsd.edu and referencing the Section ID: TBD.

For complete information please see our workshop UC San Diego Extension Course Credit Flier.

Transcripts verifying your course credits can be requested online after December 3, 2012. Please click here to request a TRANSCRIPT.

Registration (on or before October 20, 2012):
Educators - $100
Students - $75

On or after October 21, 2012 or at the door:
Educators - $125
Students - $100

Registration Includes: Handouts and a light lunch.

The full course tuition is refundable, if your cancellation is received in writing, on or before October 20, 2012. On or after October 21, 2012 tuition is non-refundable.

Checks must be in US dollars and drawn on a US bank and should be made payable to UC REGENTS.

In the unlikely event that the course is canceled, UC San Diego Continuing Medical Education is responsible only for a full refund of the registration fee and not for transportation, hotel accommodations or any miscellaneous expenses.

	Francis Parker High School Crivello Hall 6501 Linda Vista Road San Diego, CA 92111-7396 Phone: 858-569-7900 Fax: 858-569-0621 Campus Map

From San Diego: 1-5 North, Take the 1-8 East / Morena Blvd. Exit, Merge onto Morena Blvd., Slight right onto LInda Vista Road, Arrive at 6501 Linda Vista Road, the School will be located on your Right-hand side.

From North County: 1-5 South, 805 South, 163 South, Exit Genessee Avenue, Turn Right on Genesse Avenue, Turn Left onto Linda Vista Road, Arrive at 6501 Linda Vista Road, the School will be located on your Left-hand side.

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