Mindfulness for Child and Adolescent Well-Being

Kevin Ka Shing Chan is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of Psychology at The Education University of Hong Kong. Elsa Ngar Sze Lau is a Senior Lecturer of the Department of Educational Administration and Policy at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. John Chi-Kin Lee is the Chair Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and the Director of the Centre for Religious and Spirituality Education at The Education University of Hong Kong. He is a Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor conferred by the Ministry of Education, the People’s Republic of China. He is also the UNESCO Chair in Regional Education Development and Lifelong Learning and the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Research Fellow. Professor Lee has served as the Editor of the International Journal of Children’s Spirituality, the Regional Editor (Asia Pacific) of Educational Research and Evaluation, and an Executive Editor of Teaching and Teacher Education, as well as an editorial board member or advisory editor of many local, regional, and international journals.

1. Mindfulness and well-being among children and adolescents 2. Mindfulness in child and adolescent development: Spiritual, psychological, and educational perspectives 3. Mindfulness-based interventions for children and adolescents: A Buddhist counselling perspective 4. The impact of mindfulness on cognitive development and academic performance among children and adolescents 5. Mindfulness-based programs for children and adolescents in school settings 6. A mindful approach to emotion regulation among children and adolescents: A neuropsychological perspective 7. Cultivating mindfulness, social-emotional resilience, and mental health with children and adolescents 8. Mindfulness for children and adolescents with emotional, mental health, and behavioural concerns 9. Mindfulness-based interventions for children and adolescents with special educational needs 10. Self-compassion and mental well-being among youth 11. Cultivating child and adolescent self-compassion through parental self-compassion and mindfulness 12. Mindfulness in family communication: An overview of mechanisms, recent findings, and applications 13. Mindful parenting for parents of children and adolescents 14. Mindfulness research among children and adolescents: Suggestions for future directions