Beginning in January of this year as a continuation of our ongoing partnership with Grand Prairie Independent School District METTA and Present Moment Labs have begun to provide 16 follow-up virtual training sessions to the teachers and staff who completed the Mindfulness and SEL training last year the 16 sessions include, 12 weekly 15 minute meditation sessions as well as four monthly 45 minute training/coaching sessions. The purpose of the follow-up sessions is to assist the participants in the training to continue to put what they have learned into practice and to help them find the most effective ways to teach Mindfulness and SEL techniques to their students.
According to data provided by the special education department of Grand Prairie ISD the teachers and staff who completed the Mindfulness and SEL training serve a total of 330 students at 5 elementary schools. The students have a wide range of physical, learning and psychological disabilities. Many of them are able to participate in mainstream classes with some support. They have already started to benefit from the training that there teachers and support staff received.
