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Open Hearts lead to Open Minds

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Teaching Mindful Kindness Is What We Do

By creating a compassionate and understanding learning environment, educators contribute to the healing process, empowering students to navigate challenges and challenging thoughts, develop resilience, and reshape behavioral responses to be more mindful, positive and adaptive. 

In just 3 years, more than 265 schools have implemented Mindful Kindness programs funded by our foundation, reaching mroe than 800,000 students.  As part of these initiatives, schools create weekly classroom lessons and develop scores of innovative out-of-classroom activities that inspire and reward acts of mindful kindness.

As part of our grant funding, our community of schools have allowed us to share all lessons and materials they developed free of charge to make spreading kindness easy. After all, sharing is caring! Click here to find these materials. 

Add Mindful Kindness to your classroom today!

We offer curricula and resources as a guide for those seeking to experience the kindness effect and looking for a roadmap to implement proven kindness education and mindfulness programs today. The Choose Kindness Toolkit and the Lasting Happiness Book and Workbook are the perfect tools to easily add moments of mindful kindness to your day.

Our Tier 1 Kindness Programs teach four basic kindness skills that foster a climate of kindness and inclusiveness: be friendly, offer help, show appreciation, and reach out to those in need.

Mindful Kindness curricula, designed for Tier 2 & 3 intervention, teach students who have experienced Adverse Childhood Traumas (ACEs) how to build emotional resilience, form strong bonds with friends, family, and teachers and find lasting happiness.  

Apply for one our of grants to receive $500 to $2,000 to start a classroom project, school wide programing, district wide initiatives or community plan.

Join the community of teachers and administrators coming together to ignite a culture of kindness and to ensure all children have access to mindful kindness techniques and tools that will lead to lasting happiness. 

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Toolkit

PBIS Tier 1 Kindness Toolkit

The Choose Kindness Foundation has developed a guide for schools to integrate the teaching of kindness into PBIS Tier 1 implementations. The Educator's Guide provides an overview of the process and the Appendices provide examples from CKF partner schools.

Educators Guide
A Toolkit for Teaching School-wide Kindness

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Lasting Happiness Book
A Guide for Teens and Young Adults is a practical template for developing kindful habits that nurture happiness in individuals and their communities.

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Rewards & Recognition

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Team

Meet our Team

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Dr. Doug Carnine, Ph.D
Founder & Doctor of Educational Psychology
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Dr. Linda Carnine, Ph.D.
Co-Founder & Doctor of Curriculum and Instruction
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Ernesto Rodriquez
Program Development Specialist
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Kim Cage - Mbuyamba, M. S., M.Ed
Director of Kindr Schools and Kindr Community Projects
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Kathleen Rodiriquez
Director of Prison Programs
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Dr. Bonnie Grossen, Ph.D
Director of Evaluation
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Dr. Donna Dwiggins, Ph.D
Chief Executive Officer & Doctor of Special Education & Rehabilitation
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Jerry Silbert
M.S., Board of Directors
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Linda Weaver
Administrative Assistant
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Rachel Lynn Karry
CMO & Head of Business Development
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Jody R. Weiss
Director of Development

Our Causes/Programs

A Kindr Way to Reduce Recidivism...

Kindr Prisons is a program that helps adults in custody to break through self-deprecating thoughts and become catalysts for kindness. Inner transformation is the key to self-forgiveness, the forgi... (Click to Read More)

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10,000 Schools by 2030...

We provide schools with the curriculum and grants needed to bring more kindness and emotional support. Anyone connected to a school can apply to join the Kindr ... (Click to Read More)

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