Mindfulness For Parents

Did You Know?

Mindfulness teaching practices, in particular for students with ADHD, provides students the opportunity to focus their energy and efforts into often difficult or stressful tasks (Van der Oord, Prins, Oosterlaan & Emmelkamp, 2008).
Mindfulness techniques has been proven to generate skills and strategies that help reduce levels of stress and supports overall well-being and ability to learn (Vago & Silbersweig, 2012).

References

Vago, D. R., & Silbersweig, D. A. (2012). Self‐awareness, self regulation, and self‐transcendence (S‐ART): A framework for understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6, 1–30.

Van der Oord, S., Prins, P. J. M., Oosterlaan, J., & Emmelkamp, P. M. G. (2008). Efficacy of methylphenidate, psychosocial treatments and their combination in school-aged children with ADHD: A meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 28 (1), 783–800.

Parents and guardians, feel free to click on the links below to learn more about mindfulness practices and its benefits!

Mindfulness Learning and Activity Links

Teaching Your Child Mindfulness

Learn about the benefits of mindfulness practices and techniques to use with children of varying age groups including elementary students and teenagers!

PsychCentral

An array of one-minute mindfulness exercises to use with your children or for yourself!

Modeling Mindfulness

This New York Times details the benefits of mindfulness practices and how parents and guardians can model these behaviours for their children.

Mindfulness for Parents and Teens

Explore the benefits of mindfulness practices for parents and teens. A TEDx talk video by Dr. Daniel Siegal explores the impact of mindfulness practices on the brain.

Mindfulness Apps

Insight Timer

A library of over 80,000 guided meditation activities from over 10,000 teachers and instructors.

Smiling Mind

Over 100 mindfulness meditation exercise ranging in length from 5-15 minutes.

Calm

The #1 ranked mindfulness app features various strategies to engage in mindfulness techniques. A daily 10 minute mindfulness activity will support regular daily practice.

Mindfulness Coach

An instructive resource to learn about and embrace mindfulness practices as a healthy coping strategy and lifelong skill.

Mindfulness Podcasts for Parents

Mindful Things Podcast

Mindful Things explores mental health through frank and in-depth conversations about the many things that affect adolescents.

Mindfulness Exercises Podcast

Learn from the world's top mindfulness teachers on how they practice and share mindfulness with others.

Your Mindful Coach

Your Mindfulness Coach offers mindfulness exercises and meditation workshops that you can use with you teen or by yourself.

Mostly Mindful Podcast

Weekly podcast that will explore one strategy or concepts to support teens build resiliency.

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