Hi,
I think it seems difficult to do ACT with kids because as adults we are
uncomfortable letting go of our words. How do you explain, with simple
concrete actions or explanations, the complex verbal relations we  
understand from the ACT model? It's tough. That's why I think we need
the research because I suspect some things will work with kids and
others will fail and we need to be able to work this out to come up
with a transfer of the abstract concepts of the ACT model into concrete
concepts for kids.

An example, I had a group of 15 year old girls today and we worked
together on a present moment exercise. Their idea – finger-painting,
then covering their hands in paint, and then shaking hands with each
other to share the colours and loving/hating the squishy feel. They
were able to discuss the concept of being present in comparison to
listening to their passengers on the bus. I could not have planned it
that way and it was so great to see them laughing and understanding
being present.

Louise