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Bridging the Hearts & Minds of Youth:Mindfulness in Clinical Practice, Education and Research

February 7-9, 2014Paradise Point Hotel, San Diego, CA

Presented by the

Coronado Bridge, San Diego

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Dear Conference Attendees,

It is with great excitement and anticipation that I welcome you to the Third Annual Bridging the Hearts and Minds of Youth conference. Ever since we first began to tell people of our interest in offering this conference dedicated to the dissemination of mindfulness to the next generation, interest and enthusiasm has been amazing!

You already know the highlights of the program because you are here, but I want to take this opportunity to formally acknowledge some steadfast and generous supporters, without whom we would not all be gathering this weekend for this amazing conference.

First and foremost, the 1440 Foundation very generously stepped up and offered to underwrite the costs of the pre-conference “unconference” and we are deeply grateful for their heartfelt support. Please note their materials available at the conference and see some of the work that they do in the world by visiting their website at http://1440.org

Mindful Magazine and Mindful.org have been consistent supporters of our work at the UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness, and especially in regard to this conference. We are very grateful for all that they do for our field, and all that they have done to help us spread the word about the conference. Consider subscribing to the magazine if you wish to keep up on the latest in our field.

Of course we are grateful to all our conference presenters, including our keynote speakers who took the time to be here with us and to make this an amazing gathering.

Sara Schairer of Compassion It will be visible at the conference, along with her organization’s bracelets, promoting compassionate action in the world. We are grateful for her compassionate presence at this gathering and all the work she is doing to help us create a more compassionate and mindful society.

If you see them at the conference, please thank our very hard working conference organizing committee, who put in countless hours to put together the conference agenda and all that goes with that. Amy Saltzman, Randye Semple, Amy Garrett, Rosemary Coleman and Allan Goldstein all deserve your gratitude for their efforts.

Finally, on a personal note, I want to thank Allan Goldstein, Managing Director of the UCSD Center for Mindfulness, and truly the “man behind the scenes” of the Bridging conference. His tireless efforts at marketing, coordinating, organizing and creating community are reflected in the success of the conference. Without him there would be no conference and without him the Center would not be what it is. Not by far. Stop by the Center for Mindfulness table or stop him in the hall and thank him for what he has done to make this event what it is.

Thank you for registering and attending the conference. I hope you enjoy it and that you get all that you hoped you would get and more!

Sincerely,

Steven D. Hickman, PsyD Program Chair Executive Director of the UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness Clinical Psychologist and Associate Clinical Professor UC San Diego Departments of Psychiatry and Family & Preventive Medicine

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Evaluations and CertificatesTo claim credit and evaluate this course:

Please visit http://cme.ucsd.edu/evaluation to complete the overall evaluation for this course online. Use the access code: BRIDGE2014

Once you complete and submit your evaluation, your certificate will be available immediately for download. The last day to claim credit online is February 23, 2014.

UC San Diego Continuing Medical Education Phone: (888) 229-6263 E-mail: ocme@ucsd.edu

ContactsUC San Diego Center for Mindfulness 5060 Shoreham Place, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92122-0980 Phone: (858) 334-4633, Fax: (858) 334-4643, E-mail: mindfulness@ucsd.edu health.ucsd.edu/specialties/psych/mindfulness

UC San Diego School of Medicine, Continuing Medical Education 2251 San Diego Ave., A-160, San Diego, CA 92110-2981 Phone: (619) 543-7602, Toll-Free: (888) 229-6263 Fax: (619) 543-7610, E-mail: ocme@ucsd.edu cme.ucsd.edu

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Keynotes

Breakout Sessions

Posters

Research Symposium

Workshops. All workshops are optional. Additional fee will be required for each workshop.

Not available for CME credit.

Agenda and Locations

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7

7:00 am - 8:30 am Registration

8:30 am - Noon Unconference of Leaders in the Field* (Palm I, II, III & IV)

9:00 am - Noon (10 min. break)

WORKSHOP A (Royal I & II)

Improve Emotional Balance and Increase Attention: Yoga and Mindfulness Tools for Children, Jennifer Cohen Harper

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm KEYNOTE, Mark Greenberg, PhD (Pacific Room)

Nurturing Mindfulness in Education: Advancing the Science and Practice of Awareness and Caring

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm (10 min. break)

RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 1, Chair: Randye Semple (Pacific Room)

Developing Mindfulness, Self-compassion and Emotional Well-Being through Learning to BREATHE, a Mindfulness Course for Adolescents, Karen Bluth

Mindfulness Meditation and ADHD Symptom Reduction in Middle School Students, Don Worth

Effects of a Mindfulness Based Therapy on Neural Networks in Youth at High Risk for Bipolar Disorder, Kiki Chang, MD

Effects of a Classroom-Based Yoga and Mindfulness Intervention on Physiological Stress and Perceived Behavior in Second and Third Grade Students, Lisa Flynn and Bethany Butzer

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm (10 min. break)

BREAKOUT SESSION 1 (Royal I & II)

What Really Matters in Mindfulness Programs for Teens: Key Elements That Engage, Energize and Inspire Teens to Practice Mindful Awareness, Heidi Bornstein and Stephen Chadwick

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm (10 min. break)

WORKSHOP B (Royal III & IV)

If You Can Reach Them, You Can Teach Them: Mindful Strategies for Engaging - Children with Special Needs, Resistant Youth and Reluctant School Cultures, Wynne Kinder and Christen Coscia

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5:00 pm - 7:00 pm POSTER SESSION* (Pacific Foyer)

The Effects of Sitting Meditation and Hatha Yoga on Perceived Stress among Adolescents in School Settings, Dianna Quach

Associations among Self-Compassion, Stress, and Eating Behaviors in College Freshmen, Dara James

Emotion Regulation & Binge Eating Disorder: Implications for Mindfulness-Based Approaches to Binge Eating Disorder, Angela Lee-Winn

Mindfulness Can Reduce Risk Taking: A Pilot Study, Vita Droutman

Mindfulness Based Training for Students Identified as Bullies, Celisa Flores

Mindfulness and Autism: A Survey of Research and Future Directions, Matthew S. Goodman, Joanna Kennedy, & Rochelle Voth

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PUBLIC LECTURE* (Pacific Room)

Mindfulness, Our Youth and the Future of Citizenship in the World

An Evening of Dialogue with Susan Kaiser Greenland & Congressman Tim Ryan

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8

7:00 am - 8:00 am Yoga By the Bay* (Pacific Terrace) Led by conference presenter Lisa Flynn, E-RYT, RCYT, Founder of ChildLight Yoga and Yoga 4 Classrooms

Meditation* (Palm III & IV) Led by Elisha Goldstein, PhD acclaimed mindfulness author and speaker

8:00 am - 9:00 am Check-in and Registration

9:00 am - Noon (10 min. break)

Screening of “The Mindfulness Movie” (Palm I & II)

Teen Panel Facilitated by Lorraine Hobbs, Director, Youth and Family Programs, UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness

Note: No Continuing Education credits are offered for this session.

9:00 am - Noon (10 min. break)

BREAKOUT SESSION 2 (Palm III & IV)

Nurturing Teacher Mindfulness to Create a Caring Classroom, Christa Turksma and Mark Greenberg

9:00 am - Noon (10 min. break)

BREAKOUT SESSION 3 (Royal III & IV)

It’s Not the Curriculum: Embodied Facilitation Skills as the Ground of Successful Youth Mindfulness Programs, Vinny Ferraro

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Noon - 1:30 pm LUNCHEON KEYNOTE, US Representative Ryan

(Pacific Room)

The Quiet Revolution

For registered conference participants only

1:40 pm - 4:30 pm (10 min. break)

RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2, Chair: Amy Garrett (Pacific Room)

Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Benefits for Adolescents Practicing Mindfulness Skills Integrated into a School Curriculum, Betsy Wisner

Assessing Implementation of Core Components in a Mindfulness and Yoga Intervention for Urban Youth: The CORE process, Laura Feagans Gould and Mark Greenberg

The Benefits of an Arts-Based Mindfulness Group Program for Improving Vulnerable Children’s Resilience and Self-Concept: Children’s and their Guardian’s Perceptions, Diana Coholic

A Mindfulness-Based Intervention for School-Aged Youth: Acceptability and Effectiveness in Promoting Positive Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Change in a Low Income Setting, John Rettger

1:40 pm - 3:00 pm BREAKOUT SESSION 5A (Palm I & II)

Learning to STAY: A Model for Mindful Parenting, Carla Naumburg

1:40 pm - 3:00 pm BREAKOUT SESSION 6A (Palm III & IV)

Mindfulness, Child Development and a Secure Base, Lesley Grant

3:10 pm - 4:30 pm BREAKOUT SESSION 5B (Palm I & II)

New Hope in Being with ASD, Rochelle Calvert

3:10 pm - 4:30 pm BREAKOUT SESSION 6B (Palm III & IV)

The Synergy of Mindfulness and Cultural Responsiveness: Mindfulness and Cultural Responsiveness: Creating Inclusive and Engaged Classrooms, Rona Wilensky

4:45 pm - 5:30 pm KEYNOTE, Daniel Siegel, MD (Pacific Room)

Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain

The public is welcome to attend this lecture.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9

7:00 am - 8:00 am Yoga By the Bay* (Pacific Terrace) Led by workshop presenter Jennifer Cohen Harper from Little Flower Yoga

Meditation* (Palm III & IV)

Led by Jeffrey Zlotnik, Founder & Executive Director of the Meditation Initiative

8:00 am - 8:30 am Check-in and Registration

8:30 am - 11:30 am (15 min. break)

BREAKOUT SESSION 7 (Palm I & II)

Mindfulness for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Across Lifespan: Review of Current Empirical Support and Training Strategies, Lidia Zylowska

8:30 am - 11:30 am (15 min. break)

BREAKOUT SESSION 8 (Royal I & II)

Proven Strategies for Integrating Mindfulness at all Levels of K-12 Education, Vikas Srivastava, Lorraine Hobbs, Elizabeth Hamilton, and Shamini Jain

8:30 am - 11:30 am (15 min. break)

BREAKOUT SESSION 9 (Royal III & IV)

Practice in the Gaps: Finding and Using Opportunities for Mindfulness Practice at School and at Work, Brian Callahan

11:30 am - 12:30 pm CLOSING KEYNOTE, Amy Saltzman (Pacific Room)

Mindfulness for Youth: Emergence of a Unified Field

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch Break

1:30 pm - 4:30 pm (15 min. break)

BREAKOUT SESSION 10 (Palm I & II)

Understanding Teenage Brains and Behaviors: How to Create Buy-in From Schools and Teens to Incorporate Mindfulness Practices and Social-Emotional Learning, Stefanie Molicki

1:30 pm - 4:30 pm (15 min. break)

WORKSHOP C (Palm III & IV)

Treating Anxiety with Mindfulness: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Children, Randye Semple

1:30 pm - 4:30 pm (15 min. break)

WORKSHOP D (Royal I & II)

Mindfulness Blossoming: The Nuances of a Mindfulness Practice for Adolescents, Caren McDonald

1:30 pm - 4:30 pm (15 min. break)

WORKSHOP E (Royal III & IV)

Introduction to Mindful Chi Kung (Qigong) for Schools, Timothy Fox and Ryan Fox

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