MindUP for Young Children
Western University is implementing and evaluating a social and emotional learning intervention in London, Ontario for full-day kindergarten children at a local school board and a community-based organization that serves children who have experienced family violence. MindUP consists of 15 teacher-led lessons that teach attentional, self-regulatory, social and emotional strategies for children. MindUP has been shown to reduce stress and improve perspective taking, academic performance, empathy, and kindness in children. This project is evaluating the effectiveness of MindUP in improving health outcomes specifically for children with experiences of family violence.
Learn more: https://www.csmh.uwo.ca/research/mindup.html
Community of Practice Members
Claire Crooks, Western University
Andrea Lapp, Western University
Project Resources
Each year, the MindUP project team members share summary reports with educators, school board administrators, and families of children involved in the research:
- 2016-2017 School Board Report: https://www.csmh.uwo.ca/research/mindup_schoolboard_report.html
- 2016-2017 Parent Report: https://www.csmh.uwo.ca/docs/mindup/pilotreport_parents_online_20170905.pdf
- 2017-2018 School Board Report: https://www.csmh.uwo.ca/research/2017-2018-mindup-educators.html
- 2017-2018 Parent Report: https://www.csmh.uwo.ca/docs/MindUP-Parents.pdf
- 2018-2019 School Board Report: https://www.csmh.uwo.ca/docs/MindUP-Final-Educators-Report.pdf
- 2018-2019 Parent Report: https://www.csmh.uwo.ca/docs/MindUP-Parent-Report-Online.pdf
- Research Snapshot Improving young children's adaptive skills and behaviour through MindUP PowerPoint Presentation (uwo.ca)
- Crooks, C.V., Bax, K., Delaney, A., Kim, H., Shokoohi, M. Impact of MindUP Among Young Children: Improvements in Behavioral Problems, Adaptive Skills, and Executive Functioning. Mindfulness 11, 2433–2444 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-020- 01460-0
