Roundtable Presentation 6th World Congress on Positive Psychology 2019

Early Results of an International Pilot: Mindfulness and the Happy+Healthy Toolkit  (#311)

Andrea Dennison 1 , Rebecca Davio 1
  1. Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, United States

 This presentation will showcase the results of an international pilot study conducted in Spain and the United States using a new wellness promotion tool, a deck of cards called the Happy+Healthy Toolkit. The Toolkit was designed for any age and ability of learners, and includes health and wellness promotion activities in seven domains of well-being. The English language Toolkit was beta tested in Spring 2018 using teachers and adolescent students, with encouraging support from participants. It was revised based on this feedback and translated into Spanish. The results of the current student include the findings of one phase of the subsequent pilot, using the Toolkit to promote mindfulness in pre-service teachers, counselors and school psychologists at international university sites in Spring 2019. Both quantitative and qualitative data from this pilot will be shared by the Toolkit creators and principal researchers.