Zwei Stunden pro Woche Unterricht in einer natürlichen Umgebung reduzieren den Stress bei 10- bis 12-Jährigen und zeigen nach drei Monaten deutliche Verhaltensänderungen bei Kindern mit Angstzuständen, Depressionen oder sozialen Problemen

>The study published this week in JAMA Network Open, looked at the effects of spending time in nature on the behaviour and mental health symptoms of over 500 schoolchildren across Quebec in the spring of 2023.
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>The researchers found that at the end of a three-month period, teachers noted that the biggest changes in behaviour occurred in children with the most significant problems at the outset, including anxiety and depression, aggressivity and impulsivity, or social problems relating to interaction with their peers.
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>Interviews with the teachers following the intervention also suggested that children were more calm, relaxed and attentive in class after time spent in nature.
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>Including the members of the control group, approximately 1,000 children took part in the study. All were between the ages of 10 and 12 years and in grades five or six. They came from 33 different elementary schools in neighbourhoods representing a range of socioeconomic statuses and scattered around Quebec. All schools were within one kilometre of a park or green space. Half of the children stayed in school, while a similar number of children took part in the nature-based intervention.

Paper: [A Nature-Based Intervention and Mental Health of Schoolchildren: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial | Pediatrics | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2826214?utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_term=111524)

I have low hopes that this will ever be implemented in the struggling urban schools that actually need it.