Sebrina L. Doyle Fosco, PhD
Assistant Professor in Human Development & Family Studies,
Research Affiliate in the Bennett-Pierce Prevention Research Center,
Penn State University
Certified Facilitator & Master Trainer,
CREATE for Education
Professional Development Workshops
I am a program developer of the MAP for Wellness program. I am also a certified facilitator and master trainer for the CARE program. Professional development workshops for these programs are available both online and in-person.
I have also been trained in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Learning to Breathe, and Mindfulness-enhanced Strengthening Families.
Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE)
CARE is a unique professional development program that helps teachers and administrators handle their stress and rediscover the joys of working in education. These workshops can be scheduled through CREATE for Education at createforeducation.org
Mindful Awareness Program (MAP) for Wellness
This mindfulness-based self-care program is designed for those who work in juvenile justice and other human services fields. This program provides skills and knowledge to foster self-awareness, self-regulation, and compassion to support the vital work being done with youth and families.
Recent Work
Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Despite the growing prevalence of mindfulness in schools, the empirical landscape describing best practices for implementation is incomplete. The purpose of this project was to develop a framework that explicated the steps and considerations for implementing mindfulness at the whole‐school level, rather than just considering individual classroom programs or practices. The Whole School Mindfulness (WSM) conceptual framework was developed using a consensus‐building approach with 39 expert educators, researchers, program developers, and practitioners with unique perspectives on what is needed to implement and sustain mindfulness successfully in schools.
Prevention Science, 2025
School-based mindfulness programs (SBMPs) have shown a range of academic, emotional, and behavioral outcomes. However, heterogeneity in curricular content obscures accurate interpretation of results. To unpack the “black box” of SBMPs and better contextualize intervention outcomes, this investigation examined the practices, skills, and knowledge conveyed in twelve curricula. Required curricular elements (CEs) from the written curricula were coded for mindfulness practices and skills, and lessons were coded for mindfulness knowledge conveyed.
Cultivating awareness and resilience in education:
Caring for yourself so you have the resources to care for others
In Carpenter, B, Mahfouz, J., & Robinson, K. (Eds.) Supporting Leaders for School Improvement Through Self-Care and Wellbeing, 2024
This book chapter discusses the role of mindfulness practices to support educational leaders' wellbeing. Thought is given to how cultivating skills for personal wellbeing can lead to more authentic leadership, thereby supporting also supporting school wellbeing.
Educational Management, Administration & Leadership, 2025
The purpose of this mixed-methods research is to understand leader stressors, the impacts of stress, self-care strategies used to mitigate stress, and gender-related differences. Leaders reported high levels of role-related stress from external pressures, responsibilities related to managing others, interactions with families, and job-related concerns. Impacts of this stress were multifaceted and found to spill over to home.
Journal of School Psychology, 2025
Although school-based mindfulness programs are increasing, contextual issues that facilitate or hinder program implementation are poorly understood. Utilizing an implementation science framework, Promoting Action on Research in Health Services, as a heuristic for data collection and analysis, we used an exploratory sequential mixed methods design to investigate implementation barriers and facilitators of the Peace of Mind (PoM) program.
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