Programy nauczania uważności dla dzieci i młodzieży – z perspektywy szkolnictwa polskiego

Abstract

Mindfulness training program is a type of psychosocial intervention realized, among others, in schools and preschools for students aged from 4 to 18 years and older. The current interest in mindfulness sessions results from: (1) reports of their positive impact on mental health, coping with problems and distribution of attention; (2) the alarming statistics, e.g. WHO, concerning mental health of young people; (3) the need for interventions based on scientific evidence. The main goal of the article is to present mindfulness training programs for children and youth in Europe and North America, focusing on the programs whose effectiveness has been demonstrated in evidence based research. Next goal was to present a review of the main results of meta-analyses of studies on the effects of mindfulness training for children and youth. Finally, the conditions and the possibilities for implementing mindfulness training programs in Polish schools were discussed. It was concluded that the literature review and analysis of research results indicate that there are significant benefits of mindfulness training programs for the students' psychosocial functioning. The mindfulness programs could be effectively implemented within the Polish education system.

Mindfulness w pracy z dziećmi i młodzieżą

“…Praktykowanie uważności samo w sobie może stanowić trening funkcji uwagi. Pozwala to na wydłużanie czasu koncentracji oraz na łatwiejszy powrót do realizowanego zadania po przerwie spowodowanej działaniem dystraktora 11 . Badania Felvera, Hoyos, Tezanos i Singh 12 wskazują na rozwój selektywności uwagowej, a analizy Dębskiej i Jacennik 13 -na poprawę działania funkcji wykonawczych wskutek trenowania mindfulness.…”