School counsellors implement preventative programs to build student resilience and coping skills to counteract the rising mental health needs of children in Australia. School-based meditation programs are effective for individuals and groups, with documented benefits. Most literature examines mindfulness meditation, and the current, exploratory study aimed to add to the research breadth by considering stillness meditation. The stillness program ‘Let’s be Still’ is a 10-week, class-based program that was conducted between 2015–2020 by the school psychologist in a regional, independent New South Wales school. Data were collected from questionnaire responses of 169 Year 2 (7–9 years) and five teachers to document what the children had learnt and how it helped them. Thematic analysis of the responses revealed an emphasis on stillness promoting positive emotions and behaviours. Both students and teachers articulated that learning and practising stillness provided the students with tools to be calm, relaxed and settled, to deal with conflict and to have a break from the busyness of the school day. While the study design does not allow generalisability of the program’s effectiveness, this study may offer input for school counsellors considering the implementation of a school-based meditation program.

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“让我们静一静”：一位学校心理学家为健康提供静心冥想计划

学校辅导员实施预防性计划，以培养学生的应变能力和应对技能，以应对澳大利亚儿童不断增长的心理健康需求。以学校为基础的冥想计划对个人和团体有效，并有记录的好处。大多数文献都研究了正念冥想，而当前的探索性研究旨在通过考虑静止冥想来增加研究的广度。静止计划“Let's be Still”是一项为期 10 周、以班级为基础的计划，由新南威尔士州一所地区独立学校的学校心理学家在 2015 年至 2020 年间开展。从 169 名 2 年级（7-9 岁）和 5 位教师的问卷调查中收集数据，以记录孩子们学到了什么以及它如何帮助他们。对反应的主题分析表明，强调静止促进积极的情绪和行为。学生和老师都明确表示，学习和练习静止为学生提供了冷静、放松和安定、处理冲突和从忙碌的学校中解脱出来的工具。虽然研究设计不允许该计划的有效性具有普遍性，但本研究可以为考虑实施以学校为基础的冥想计划的学校辅导员提供意见。