Teaching Happiness Series by Microsoft - Wynne's 2019 interview
'WYNNE KINDER, M. Ed. - Wynne’s teaching career spans 30 years in private and public schools, most recently including 15 years bringing mindfulness into regular, special (autistic & emotional support) and alternative education (including incarceration) settings. As owner of
Kinder Associates LLC and trainer for Wellness Works in Schools™ (preK-12 classrooms & teacher training), she creates curriculum, programming, online trainings and teaching tools that address: mindful awareness, diverse learning needs, trauma in the classroom, healthy connection, social emotional skills, engagement & participation, and behavior guidance.
Her work is informed by training with: the Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Institute, the Trauma Center - Justice Resource Institute and UMass Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction.
Wynne is the author and content creator of:
She has practiced mindfulness for more than 20 years and received training in Mindful Yoga, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Trauma Sensitive Approaches through the Justice Resource Institute (MA), Boys Town - Teaching Social Skills to Youth; CASEL, Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Institute (VA), Yoga Ed teacher training, and Social Action Teacher Training - Lineage Project (NYC). Wynne holds a PA Teaching Certificate (K-6) and bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Alma College (MI). Wynne holds a master's degree from Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Kinder Associates LLC and trainer for Wellness Works in Schools™ (preK-12 classrooms & teacher training), she creates curriculum, programming, online trainings and teaching tools that address: mindful awareness, diverse learning needs, trauma in the classroom, healthy connection, social emotional skills, engagement & participation, and behavior guidance.
Her work is informed by training with: the Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Institute, the Trauma Center - Justice Resource Institute and UMass Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction.
Wynne is the author and content creator of:
- Peace Work – mindful lessons for the early years, (Springhouse Publishing, June 2017)
- Mindful Moods – a mindful, SEL curriculum for grades 3-5, (Wellness Works in Schools, August, 2017)
- Mindful Choices - a mindful, SEL curriculum for grades 6-8, (Wellness Works in Schools, August, 2017)
- Mindful Tools for Teens (Oxford Southern Press, Coming Winter 2020)
- Calm: Mindfulness for Kids (DK Publishing, February 2019)
- Handbook of Mindfulness-Based Programmes, Mindfulness Interventions from Education to Health and Therapy (Chapter on Evidenced based research by Dr. Cheryl Desmond, Routledge, 2020)
- I am - I can, 365 Affirmations for Kids (DK Publishing, Coming August 11, 2020)
- The Re-Set Process & Related Trauma-Informed Behavior Strategies, with Dyane Carrere M.Ed. (Brookes Publishing, Coming October 11, 2020)
- a chapter on special education in Teaching Mindfulness Skills to Kids and Teens (2015)
- a chapter on the New ACEs in After the Pandemic: Visions of Life Post COVID-19 (May 1, 2020)
- GoNoodle.com’s digital brain breaks (mindful themes in FLOW, Think About It, Maximo, BLAZER Fresh SEL)
- Audio practices for MindfullyADD.com.
She has practiced mindfulness for more than 20 years and received training in Mindful Yoga, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Trauma Sensitive Approaches through the Justice Resource Institute (MA), Boys Town - Teaching Social Skills to Youth; CASEL, Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Institute (VA), Yoga Ed teacher training, and Social Action Teacher Training - Lineage Project (NYC). Wynne holds a PA Teaching Certificate (K-6) and bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Alma College (MI). Wynne holds a master's degree from Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA.
