The Holistic Curriculum

 

  • 55% rise in eating disorders
  • 33% rise in anxiety disorders
  • 38% rise in depression 
  • During 9/11, a woman saw children exhibiting anxious symptoms so she started looking into the problems and she found an upwards trend of suicide in children
  • She started a holistic approach for a classroom program which started to diminish some of the symptoms based on neuroscience 
  • Gratitude journaling and brain breaks are extremely important for students
  • Set aside 10 minute brain breaks during the day for your students to stop functioning and take a breather for a minute

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