By teaching these skills to the entire class, at-risk students who are subsequently referred to me have this knowledge and experiential foundation which we can build upon, for example by practicing the skills using the Heart Math computer software, if, after engaging from the CDOI framework, is found to be a helpful intervention.
Given the vulnerability of paper and print before the arrival of the internet, it is not surprising that those who valued the transmission of information over time included oral or experiential transmission of skills in all kinds of hands-on, practical settings among the sources of lasting knowledge to be treasured.