Focus Area(s)
Overview
The PEACE initiative focuses scientific attention on mindfulness, empathy, and compassion to improve health and well-being for children, youth, and their caregivers.
Focus Area(s)
Our Team
Robert W. Roeser Bennett Pierce Chair in Caring and Compassion, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Elaine Berrena Prevention Educator
Patricia Broderick Assistant Research Professor
Blake A. Colaianne Assistant Research Professor
Molly Countermine Associate Teaching Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Sebrina L. Doyle Fosco Assistant Research Professor in Human Development and Family Studies
Greg Fosco Professor, Human Development and Family Studies; Edna P. Bennett Faculty Fellow in Prevention Research
Jennifer Frank Associate Professor, Education
Mark T. Greenberg Emeritus Bennett Chair of Prevention Research and Founding Director, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center
Stephanie Lanza Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Heidemarie Laurent Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Emma Jane Rose Assistant Teaching Professor
Deborah Schussler Professor, Education
Meg Small Director for Social Impact; Associate Research Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Kamila Dvorakova PRC Adjunct Faculty
Hannah Apsley PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Related Projects
Mindful Yoga to Help Treat Opioid Dependence 
Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE) for Special Educators 
Mindfulness-Based Intervention Implementation and Sustainability in Diverse School Contexts 
Penn State SELF (Student Engagement, Learning, and Flourishing) 
Measuring Teacher Care in Elementary and Middle Schools Classrooms: Positivity, Presence, and Patience 
Testing the Efficacy of Mindfulness Training for Teachers on Improving Classroom Settings for Early Adolescents 
Mindfulness and Compassion Programs and Practices in K-12 Urban Educational Reform: Designing a Sustainable Future 
Project RESPECT: Teacher training program for responding to students in emotionally supportive and positive ways 
Learning to BREATHE: Promoting Adolescent Well Being Through Emotion Regulation Skills Instruction 
Optimizing a Mindful Intervention for Urban Minority Youth via Stress Physiology 
Heartfulness in Education: The Effects of Mindful Self-compassion Training on Teachers’ Wellbeing, Student-Teacher Relationships, and Schools Climate 
CARE: Improving Classroom Learning Environments by Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education 
Enhancing Outcomes of an Evidence-based Social-Emotional Program with a Schools Support Model 
Mindfulness-based Self-Care for Youth Services Workers
In the News
Our Team
- Robert W. Roeser Bennett Pierce Chair in Caring and Compassion, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
- Elaine Berrena Prevention Educator
- Patricia Broderick Assistant Research Professor
- Blake A. Colaianne Assistant Research Professor
- Molly Countermine Associate Teaching Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
- Sebrina L. Doyle Fosco Assistant Research Professor in Human Development and Family Studies
- Greg Fosco Professor, Human Development and Family Studies; Edna P. Bennett Faculty Fellow in Prevention Research
- Jennifer Frank Associate Professor, Education
- Mark T. Greenberg Emeritus Bennett Chair of Prevention Research and Founding Director, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center
- Stephanie Lanza Professor, Biobehavioral Health
- Heidemarie Laurent Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
- Emma Jane Rose Assistant Teaching Professor
- Deborah Schussler Professor, Education
- Meg Small Director for Social Impact; Associate Research Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
- Kamila Dvorakova PRC Adjunct Faculty
- Hannah Apsley PAMT Predoctoral Fellow
Related Projects
- Mindful Yoga to Help Treat Opioid Dependence
- Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE) for Special Educators
- Mindfulness-Based Intervention Implementation and Sustainability in Diverse School Contexts
- Penn State SELF (Student Engagement, Learning, and Flourishing)
- Measuring Teacher Care in Elementary and Middle Schools Classrooms: Positivity, Presence, and Patience
- Testing the Efficacy of Mindfulness Training for Teachers on Improving Classroom Settings for Early Adolescents
- Mindfulness and Compassion Programs and Practices in K-12 Urban Educational Reform: Designing a Sustainable Future
- Project RESPECT: Teacher training program for responding to students in emotionally supportive and positive ways
- Learning to BREATHE: Promoting Adolescent Well Being Through Emotion Regulation Skills Instruction
- Optimizing a Mindful Intervention for Urban Minority Youth via Stress Physiology
- Heartfulness in Education: The Effects of Mindful Self-compassion Training on Teachers’ Wellbeing, Student-Teacher Relationships, and Schools Climate
- CARE: Improving Classroom Learning Environments by Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education
- Enhancing Outcomes of an Evidence-based Social-Emotional Program with a Schools Support Model
- Mindfulness-based Self-Care for Youth Services Workers
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