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June 27, 2011

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Myrna Brind Center Staff Talk to The Inquirer About Meditation Techniques for Youngsters

A Philadelphia Inquirer article focuses on mindfulness-based meditation as a tool to benefit children with ADHD, autism and other special needs.

The piece discusses an occupational therapist in Bucks County who is using techniques learned at the Mindfulness Institute of the Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine to teach students in his summer program tools to control their anxiety and frustration.

Quoted in the article are Don McCown, MSS, and Christina DiNicola, MD, of the Myrna Brind Center.

Read "Special-needs students use meditation to control behavior" to learn more.

Publication: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Published: 6/27/2011