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Mindfulness for Youth at Risk
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This training explores how mindfulness meditation can benefit teenagers in coping with stress, including how to adapt, clinically apply and make meditation accessible to young people who are living in challenging circumstances.
Bart van Melik, MA, is a meditation and Insight Dialogue teacher. His Masters in Psychology of Culture and Religion is from the Nijmegen University in The Netherlands. He is also a graduate of the Community Dharma Leader Program at Spirit Rock and is currently in the Spirit Rock/IMS teacher training program. Van Melik teaches through the Metta Foundation and is a senior teacher at the Lineage Project. He has been teaching meditation since 2009, with a specific focus on working with diverse populations, including bringing meditation to juvenile detention centers, homeless shelters, VA hospitals and New York City public schools.
Speaker Disclosure:
Financial: Bart van Melik has an employment relationship with Lineage Project; and Veterans Affairs Hospital. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. Bart has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Bart van Melik has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
