Improving classroom learning environments by Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE): results of a randomized controlled trial.

@article{Jennings2013ImprovingCL,
  title={Improving classroom learning environments by Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE): results of a randomized controlled trial.},
  author={Patricia A. Jennings and Jennifer L. Frank and Karin E. Snowberg and Michael Coccia and Mark T. Greenberg},
  journal={School psychology quarterly : the official journal of the Division of School Psychology, American Psychological Association},
  year={2013},
  volume={28 4},
  pages={
          374-390
        }
}
Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE for Teachers) is a mindfulness-based professional development program designed to reduce stress and improve teachers' performance and classroom learning environments. A randomized controlled trial examined program efficacy and acceptability among a sample of 50 teachers randomly assigned to CARE or waitlist control condition. Participants completed a battery of self-report measures at pre- and postintervention to assess the impact of the… 
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