Mindfulness-Based Programs and the American Public School System: Recommendations for Best Practices to Ensure Secularity

Mindfulness

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 176-178

  Jennings, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 84955476873     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-015-0477-5     Document Type: Editorial

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