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<\/p>\nProject led by: Donna Parsons and Claire-Louise Symonds
\nFunded by the MindMore Foundation via the OMC Accessibility Fund (2019)<\/p>\n
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Population<\/strong>: We worked primarily with families from black and minority ethnic (BME) in a deprived area of\u00a0Bristol, collaborating with a local school that has a higher than the national average pupil premium level\u00a0and English as an additional language. Many of these families have large numbers of children and live in\u00a0poverty. They live in social housing with high levels of overcrowding. Referrals were received from parents,\u00a0social care services, health workers and school pastoral care workers. There was a core of 11 very committed\u00a0attenders out of a group of 16 initially.<\/p>\n Intervention<\/strong>: In school we ran an adapted mindfulness course with targeted and non-targeted parents. The\u00a0content comprised a toolbox of experiential practices e.g. sitting, movement, emergency pocket practices\u00a0and communication tools. These tools grow a strong capacity to work with stress from within the body,\u00a0thus reducing emotional suffering and stress reactivity, improving emotional resilience & self-belief,\u00a0developing healthier relationships for parents and their children.<\/p>\n Results<\/strong>: The results of the pre and post course measures and the conversations that were had with parents\u00a0at the end of the course showed that: Project led by: Donna Parsons and Claire-Louise Symonds Background<\/strong>: The Mindful Parenting & Community Project (MPCP) was established by a group of Bristol\u00a0based Mindfulness Practioners to support participants to manage their mental health and wellbeing\u00a0through connecting with mindfulness as an individual, parent, child, teacher or community.\u00a0We aim to focus our support on the more deprived areas of the South West to bring improved health and\u00a0wellbeing to those that are more isolated or vulnerable within their community.<\/p>\n The Mindful Parenting & Community Project (MBCP) aims to<\/strong>: Details of the project \u2013 training, activity or initiative<\/strong>: Whilst there are many studies of the benefits of mindfulness for parents, it is important to continue\u00a0investigating the impact of mindfulness training delivered to specific parent populations. This application\u00a0addresses vulnerable parents who do not usually come across mindfulness courses or practices and so we\u00a0are wanting to develop a course that supports parents to access these practices gently through dividing\u00a0the course into two parts. This will enable parents to embed the practices from weeks 1-4 fully and start to\u00a0use these practices with their children before progressing onto the second half of the course where more in\u00a0depth inter-relational practices are introduced from the work of dr. Susan B\u00f6gels.<\/p>\n We know that parenting skills are found to collapse when parents are stressed. The evidence also suggests\u00a0that mindfulness courses that focus on parental stress and wellbeing rather than their child\u2019s behaviour\u00a0supports self-care, levels of self-compassion and emotional regulation. This, in turn, has implications for\u00a0children in that parents who are mindful and self-compassionate tend to have children with lower levels of\u00a0anxiety and depression.<\/p>\n Supports for parents, outside the very high-risk groups, is not well resourced. Preventative programs have\u00a0been scaled back and there is a dearth of services supporting parents to manage their own mental health\u00a0and connect with the joys of parenting. Working in partnership with our sister organization in Devon, we\u00a0want to build upon MPCP\u2019s recent work with disadvantaged and marginalized groups of parents in order to\u00a0demonstrate the value of cost-effective and beneficial MBCT-programs that include elements of follow-up\u00a0support for parents and their children.\u00a0We would also like the opportunity to investigate further the acceptability of mindfulness programs to\u00a0parents living in ethically diverse areas of the city through an integrated course for BME Parents and their\u00a0children.<\/p>\n We will be working primarily with families from black and minority ethnic in a deprived area of Bristol by\u00a0potentially collaborating with the Hannah Moore school or a school in a similar position\/area of\u00a0deprivation, an urban primary school that has a higher than the national average pupil premium level and\u00a0English as an additional language. Many of these families have large numbers of children and live in\u00a0poverty. They live in social housing with high levels of overcrowding. Refugee families make up a\u00a0significant proportion of Hannah Moore\u2019s intake each year, many of whom have experienced trauma arising\u00a0from conditions in their country of origin, from events during their flight, or both. The school\u2019s Self\u00a0Evaluation Form suggests that boys are more affected than girls by this trauma and the psychological and\u00a0behavioral challenges posed by straddling two cultures.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.mpcp.info\/mindful-parenting-community-project<\/a><\/p>\n Project led by: Sasja N. Duijff Parenting is often experienced as one of the most important and significant events in a person\u2019s life.\u00a0Parenting brings with it beautiful moments, but also stressful moments. If a child is born with additional\u00a0challenges on a medical and\/or behavioral level, the demands of parental caregiving are increased.\u00a0Parents of medically complex children, such as for example those with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome\u00a0(22q11DS), are at a higher risk of stress and poor mental health. These parents face ongoing challenges – on\u00a0a practical, logistical, physical and emotional level – associated with their child’s illness. This can put\u00a0pressure on the ability to properly relate to and respond to their child which in turn can increase the risk of\u00a0poor social-emotional and cognitive development of the child. Unfortunately, this group of parents is\u00a0generally poorly supported.<\/p>\n An existing, evidence-based parenting intervention, Mindful Parenting, has been adapted by CARE4Minds\u00a0with relevant themes for parents with a medically complex child. Previous research shows that Mindful\u00a0Parenting benefits the whole family by, among other things, helping parents to cope better with stress,\u00a0improving the mental health of both parents and children. The project evaluates the effectiveness and\u00a0feasibility of an eight-week mindful parenting program for parents of a child with 22q11DS adapted for this\u00a0target group. The aim is to reduce parenting stress, improve parenting satisfaction, and improve\u00a0experienced behavior or temperament of the affected child.<\/p>\n httsps:\/\/www.care4minds.org<\/a><\/p>\n Researcher: Eva Potharst, Esther de Bruin, Susan B\u00f6gels, Moniek Zeegers, Parental stress in the early years of parenthood has negative consequences for the parent-child\u00a0relationship and for the cognitive, social, and emotional development of the child. \u2018Mindful with your baby\u2019\u00a0and \u2018Mindful with your toddler\u2019 are mindfulness-based programs for parents with a baby or toddler who\u00a0experience stress in parenting.<\/p>\n Research into the effectiveness of mindful with your baby or toddler training has so far been conducted\u00a0within clinical populations, including mothers with a major depressive disorder or an anxiety disorder. This\u00a0showed that both the mothers themselves and the babies\/toddlers benefit from the training. The mothers’\u00a0psychopathology decreased and the sense of well-being increased. They felt more competent as mothers,\u00a0became more mindful and developed more self-compassion. The babies showed more positive emotions to\u00a0their mothers and the psychopathology of the toddlers decreased. It was also found that the training was\u00a0effective in improving several aspects of the observed parent-child interaction. Within the non-clinical\u00a0populations, i.e. mothers without mental disorders, there also seems to be a need for, and an interest in,\u00a0the training.<\/p>\n Many young mothers experience parenthood as tough and stressful, and they have felt lonely in their\u00a0experience of motherhood. The supported study aims to investigate the suitability, personal experiences\u00a0and effectiveness of ‘mindful with your baby\/toddler’ within a non-clinical, preventive target population.<\/p>\n https:\/\/uvaminds.nl\/wetenschap\/mindful-met-je-baby-en-peuter\/<\/a><\/p>\n Project is conducted by the Leuven Mindfulness Centre, in cooperation with UZ Gent Background<\/strong>: Children with a chronic condition and their parents often experience psychological\u00a0complaints such as stress, sleep problems, depression and anxiety. Parents report to feel a sense of\u00a0helplessness: they want to help their child, but often do not know how. Mindfulness-Based Interventions\u00a0(MBIs) have been found to improve emotional stress, improve coping and overall quality of life for parents\u00a0of children with a chronic condition. This is not only important for the parents but is also in the best\u00a0interest of the child. However, the existing interventions are often difficult to access. By giving parents the\u00a0opportunity to practice mindfulness exercises with their child via a mobile application and furthermore\u00a0practice by themselves, we might meet this need.<\/p>\n Methods\/Design<\/strong>: In this project we will develop an easily accessible and innovative mobile application\u00a0based on mindfulness. The program offered builds on a mobile application that is systematically\u00a0developed and evidence-based and which is currently used as blended care in adult and adolescent ex cancer patients. We opt for blended care whereby the mobile application allows contact with the healthcare\u00a0provider, but children and parents have full access to practice independently as well.<\/p>\n Research goal<\/strong>: The first aim of this project is to adapt the existing mobile application to the specific needs\u00a0of this target population. Therefore, we will create two modules: one module tailored for children where they\u00a0can practice alone or together with their parents, and a second module with exercises for the parents. The\u00a0mindfulness exercises adhere to the standardized protocols of MBSR and MBCT manuals and rely on\u00a0previous research examining the effect of mindfulness exercises on the psychological well-being of both\u00a0children and adults. The content of this application is theory driven (building compassion, mindfulness\u00a0and resilience in parental caregiving). The app offers guided meditations and background information\u00a0using different formats including: movies (talking heads), audio files and text supported by graphic figures\u00a0adapted to children, thereby increasing accessibility and attractiveness of the app. In a second phase, the\u00a0effectiveness and user-friendliness of the program is examined. Implementation in hospitals and patient\u00a0organizations by means of workshops follows in the third phase.<\/p>\n https:\/\/ppw.kuleuven.be\/leuven-mindfulness-centre\/research\/you-mind-plus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Mindful Parenting & Community Project (MPCP) Project led by: Donna Parsons and Claire-Louise Symonds Funded by the MindMore Foundation via the OMC Accessibility Fund (2019) Population: We worked primarily with families from black and minority ethnic (BME) in a deprived area of\u00a0Bristol, collaborating with a local school that has a higher than the national […] Lees verder »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3226","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindmore.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindmore.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindmore.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindmore.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindmore.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mindmore.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3227,"href":"https:\/\/mindmore.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3226\/revisions\/3227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindmore.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 The course was very helpful
\n\u2022 There were self-reported improvements in levels of stress particularly
\n\u2022 The course did improve the parent\/child relationship<\/p>\nThe Mindful Parenting & Community Project (MPCP)<\/h3>\n
\nFunded by the MindMore Foundation via the OMC Accessibility Fund (2020)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Raise awareness of the benefits of mindfulness with families, particularly focusing on vulnerable and\u00a0disadvantaged families without the means to access \u2018mainstream\u2019 mindfulness courses.
\n\u2022 Support parents in managing stress, and difficulties in their lives enabling them to become more resilient\u00a0and parent more effectively.
\n\u2022 Deliver mindfulness training courses, workshops and information for families and professionals working\u00a0with families in the South West.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 An integrated MBCT-course for vulnerable parents and their children in two parts
\n\u2022 Follow up workshops for vulnerable parents to maintain their practice.
\n\u2022 A subsidised retreat weekend for vulnerable parents who have completed a course.<\/p>\nCARE4Parents: A parenting training for parents with a child with 22q11DS (2019-2022)<\/h3>\n
\nTrainers: Sasja N. Duijff, Anselma Prins<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/mindmore.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Care4Minds-300x138.png\")
<\/p>\nMindful with your baby\/toddler within a non-clinical, preventive target population, (2019-)<\/h3>\n
\nTrainers: Daphne Wind, Loes Glandorff en Vanessa Kossin<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/mindmore.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/UvA-minds-300x60.png\")
<\/p>\nYOU MIND Plus: Boosting psychological well-being of children with chronic diseases and their parents
\nusing a mobile application offering mindfulness-based exercises (2021\u20132023)<\/h3>\n
\nResearchers: Eva Ceulemans, Kathleen van der Gucht, Yasemin Erbas, Filip Raes and Peter Kuppens
\nMindfulness trainer: Inge de Leeuw<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/mindmore.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/KU-Leuven-300x46.png\")
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