Session | Theme | Goal |
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1 | Stress of being a parent | - Establish motivation to learn mindfulness for promotion of family health |
- Introduce mindfulness training | ||
- Introduce body scan | ||
2 | Automatic reactions | - Introduce stretching |
- Notice physiological, emotional and cognitive reaction in stressful moments of parenting | ||
- Use of mindful breathing and nonjudgmental attitude in managing the reaction in parenting | ||
3 | Respond to children mindfully | - introduce mindfulness to breath and body |
- Further notice reactive patterns in parenting | ||
- Introduce three minute breathing as coping | ||
- Practice deep listening in mindfulness | ||
4 | Quality parenting | - Joint session: practice with children, progress review |
- Introduce mindfulness to sounds and thoughts | ||
- mindful living for ADHD children and family caregivers | ||
5 | Facing difficulties with kindness | - Exploring difficulties with mindfulness practice |
- Introduce lovingkindness practice for self-care, and care of others | ||
6 | Self-care of parents | - Joint session: practice with children, progress review |
- Care plan of children and self | ||
- Consolidate learning |