WHY

Mindfulness fortifies our natural human capacity for awareness, self-care, and connection. Being able to pay attention, regulate, and learn SEL (Social Emotional Learning) leads to success no matter what our past experiences.

Mental Health

  • Attention

  • Executive functioning

  • Problem-solving

  • Initiating and inhibiting

  • Flexibility Following instructions

Somatic Health

  • Connecting behavior to consequences

  • Multi-sensory experiences

  • Balance

  • Body control and conscious movement

  • Interoception

  • Stability

Emotional Health

  • Self-awareness

  • Self-efficacy

  • Self-calming

  • Self-regulation

  • Emotional intelligence

  • Resilience

Social Health

  • Social cognition

  • Relating and connecting

  • Detecting cues (verbal and non-verbal)

  • Understanding eye-contact

  • Situational awareness

Meet the Team

  • Wynne Kinder, M.Ed.

    CEO | HEAD OF EDUCATION

    Wynne Kinder Website

  • Carmen Epstein, M.Ed.

    EDUCATOR

  • Mabel Bachini

    EDUCATOR

  • Karen Smith

    EDUCATOR

  • Chris Fenwick

    BUSINESS MANAGER

Professional Development

  • Benchmark School Program

  • Central Dauphin School District

  • Cocalico School District

  • Columbia Borough School District

  • Commonwealth Charter Academy

  • Conestoga Valley School District

  • Cumberland Valley School District

  • Derry Township School District

  • Donegal School District

  • East Penn School District

  • Eastern Lancaster County School District

  • Eastern Lebanon School District

  • Harrisburg School District

  • Hempfield School District

  • Intermediate Units 12, 13, 14, 15

  • Kutztown Area School District

  • La Academia Partnership Charter School

  • Lampeter-Strasburg School District

  • Manheim Township School District

  • Millersville University

  • Milton Hershey School District

  • Octorara Area School District

  • Penn Manor School District

  • Pennsylvania Department of Education

  • Pequannock School District NJ

  • Reading School District

  • School District of Lancaster (all schools)

  • Sidwell Friends School DC

  • Solanco School District

  • The School District of the City of York

  • Warwick School District

  • Wordsworth Academy

  • Wyomissing Area School District

  • York Suburban School District

Over the past 23 years, Wellness Work in Schools has provided accredited professional development and training to schools and organizations in Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic region.

Professional Trainings

  • Acadia PA

  • American University DC

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters

  • Bryn Mawr College

  • CHADD Foundation

  • Child Mind Institute

  • Clare House Shelter for Women and Children

  • COBYS

  • Community

  • Compas Mark

  • Crispus Attucks Transition Services

  • Eastern Mennonite University

  • Franklin & Marshall College

  • Garrison Institute NY

  • George Mason University VA

  • GoNoodle

  • Lancaster Cancer Center

  • Lancaster County Behavioral Health Services

  • Lancaster County Prison

  • Lancaster County Probation

  • Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center

  • Lancaster General Hospital

  • Lancaster MHMR Early Intervention

  • Lancaster Urban League

  • Mental Health America Lancaster County

  • Mindfully ADD

  • Nurse Family Partnership

  • Omega Institute NY

  • PA College of Art and Design

  • PA College of Health Sciences

  • Pendle Hill

  • SEL4PA

  • Southeast Medical Services

  • Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

  • The Touchstone Foundation (formerly LOHF)

  • United Way

  • University of California San Diego Medical School

  • University of Massachusetts Medical School MA

  • UPenn Medical School

  • Utica University

Wellness Works in Schools Evidence-Based Research

“The Effects of Mindful Awareness Teaching Practices in the Wellness Works in Schools™ Program on the Cognitive, Physical and Social Behaviors of Students with Learning and Emotional Disabilities in an Urban, Low-Income Middle School”

- Cheryl Desmond, PhD, Professor, Educational Foundations, Millersville University 2009/2010

“The Effects of Mindful Awareness Teaching Practices (Wellness Works in Schools) on the Executive Functions of Students in an Urban, Low-income Middle School.”

- Cheryl Desmond, PhD, Professor, Educational Foundations, Millersville University 2009/2010

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SUMMARY

Also in: “The Handbook of Mindfulness-Based Programs: Every Established Intervention, from Medicine to Education,” (Ed. I. Ivtzan), International publication, Routledge 2017

"Wellness Works for Educators: Mindful Practices Affect Teacher Well-Being"

- Wynne Kinder M. Ed., Eastern Mennonite University 2016

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POWERPOINT

Wellness Works in Schools Evidence of Impact 2001-2024.