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Training Teachers to Deliver Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Learning from the UK Experience

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Crane, Rebecca S., Kuyken, Willem, Hastings, Richard P., Rothwell, Neil, Williams, J. Mark G.·2010·Mindfulness

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Several randomised controlled trials suggest that mindfulness-based approaches are helpful in preventing depressive relapse and recurrence, and the UK Government's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has recommended these interventions for use in the National Health Service. There are good grounds to suggest that mindfulness-based approaches are also helpful with anxiety disorders and a range of chronic physical health problems, and there is much clinical and research interest in applying mindfulness approaches to other populations and problems such as people with personality disorders, substance abuse, and eating disorders. We review the UK context for developments in mindfulness-based approaches and set out criteria for mindfulness teacher competence and training steps, as well as some of the challenges and future directions that can be anticipated in ensuring that evidence-based mindfulness approaches are available in health care and other settings.

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  • Teachers can successfully become mindfulness instructors after appropriate training.

    “previous research showing that teachers can successfully become mindfulness instructors after appropriate training (crane et al., 2010).”

    From The influence of teacher-guided mindfulness practice on inter and intra-personal abilities among Israeli Arab students (2024) · cites this paper as crane et al., 2010

    The Framework for a Mindfulness-Based Teacher Training Program describes training through which trainees develop the skills to teach MBSR/MBCT and identifies a recommended minimum level for teaching. But the section on the teacher’s personal practice says there has been little empirical research on mindfulness-teacher training and no clear evidence base linking teacher competence to participant outcomes. The paper therefore supports the possibility of becoming an instructor through appropriate training, not the claim that research has demonstrated successful outcomes. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Treatment fidelity was high: across mindfulness cohorts, the mean fidelity rating was 100%, and the mean mindfulness facilitation skill rating was 98.1%.

    “Across mindfulness cohorts, the mean fidelity rating was 100% (number of required topics and practices covered in each session/total number of criteria). Raters also evaluated each mindfulness teacher’s capacity to embody and facilitate the qualities and practice of mindfulness [60–62] (15 items per session), and the mean mindfulness facilitation skill rating was 98.1%.”

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  1. Crane, R., Soulsby, J. G., Kuyken, W., Eames, C., & Williams, J. M. G. (in press). Mindfulness-based interventions — Teacher rating scale and manual.

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Authors
Crane, R. S., Kuyken, W., Hastings, R. P., Rothwell, N., & Williams, J. M. G.
Affiliations
  • Bangor University (GB)
  • University of Exeter (GB)
  • NHS Forth Valley (GB)
  • Warneford Hospital (GB)
Corresponding author
Crane, Rebecca S.
Venue
Mindfulness
Published
2010-04-27
Volume
1
Issue
2
Pages
74-86
ISSN
  • 1868-8527 (ISSN-L)
  • 1868-8535
OpenAlex
W2137381998
Cited by
202
References
36
Citations by year
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FWCI
9.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Mindfulness (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion)
  • Open Research Exeter (University of Exeter) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute for Health and Care Research (08/56/01)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
Keywords
mindfulness-based interventions, teacher professional development, evidence-based practice, Nice, depressive relapse prevention, anxiety disorders, UK health policy

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