Mindful Parenting

Mindful Parenting
Author: Susan Bögels
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2013-09-18
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 146147406X

Despite its inherent joys, the challenges of parenting can produce considerable stress. These challenges multiply—and the quality of parenting suffers—when a parent or child has mental health issues, or when parents are in conflict. Even under optimal circumstances, the constant changes as children develop can tax parents' inner resources, often undoing the best intentions and parenting courses. Mindful Parenting: A Guide for Mental Health Practitioners offers an evidence-based, eight week structured mindfulness training program for parents with lasting benefits for parents and their children. Designed for use in mental health contexts, its methods are effective whether parents or children have behavioral or emotional issues. The program's eight sessions focus on mindfulness-oriented skills for parents, such as responding to (as opposed to reacting to) parenting stress, handling conflict with children or partners, fostering empathy, and setting limits. The book dovetails with other clinical mindfulness approaches, and is written clearly and accessibly so that professionals can learn the material easily and impart it to clients. Featured in the text: Detailed theoretical, clinical, and empirical foundations of the program. The complete Mindful Parenting manual with guidelines for eight sessions and a follow-up. Handouts and assignments for each session. Findings from clinical trials of the Mindful Parenting program. Perspectives from parents who have finished the course. Its clinical focus and empirical support make Mindful Parenting an invaluable tool for practitioners and clinicians in child, school, and family psychology, psychotherapy/counseling, psychiatry, social work, and developmental psychology.

Stress Free Kids Curriculum Teacher Kit

Stress Free Kids Curriculum Teacher Kit
Author: Lori Lite
Publisher: Stress Free Kids Llc
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2011-04
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780980032895

Indigo ocean dreams presents 4 children's stories and techniques designed to decrease stress, anxiety, and anger while promoting self-esteem and self-awareness. Ideal for ages 6-12.

Teaching Stress Management

Teaching Stress Management
Author: Nanette E. Tummers
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2011
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780736093361

Teaching Stress Management: Activities for Children and Young Adultshelps K-12 teachers equip students with the stress management skills they need for dealing with pressures now and throughout life. The text presents 199 low- to no-cost activities that are proven effective with evidence-based research in handling stress. Teachers will also learn how to incorporate principles of stress management into their lessons and advocate for stress management programs in their schools.

Handbook of Evidence-Based Interventions for Children and Adolescents

Handbook of Evidence-Based Interventions for Children and Adolescents
Author: Lea A. Theodore, PhD
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2016-07-20
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0826127959

A step-by-step resource for treating more than 40 prevalent issues with proven strategies This comprehensive handbook for evidence-based mental health and learning interventions with children and adolescents is distinguished by its explicit yet concise guidance on implementation in practice. With a compendium of proven strategies for resolving more than 40 of the most pressing and prevalent issues facing young people, the book provides immediate guidance and uniform step-by-step instructions for resolving issues ranging from psychopathological disorders to academic problems. Busy academics, practitioners, and trainees in schools and outpatient clinical settings will find this resource to be an invaluable desktop reference for facilitating well-informed decision-making. Unlike other volumes that ignore or merely reference the evidence base of various interventions, this book focuses on providing immediate, empirically supported guidance for putting these strategies into direct practice. Issues covered include crisis interventions and response, social and emotional issues, academic/learning issues, psychopathological disorders, neuropsychological disorders, and the behavioral management of childhood health issues. Each chapter follows a consistent format including a brief description of the problem and associated characteristics, etiology and contributing factors, and three evidence-based, step-by-step sets of instructions for implementation. Additionally, each chapter provides several websites offering further information about the topic. Featuring contributions from leading scholars and practitioners on each issue covered, this book will be a valuable resource for child clinical and school psychologists, counselors, social workers, and therapists as well as other health and mental health professionals whose primary practice is with children and adolescents. Key Features: Demonstrates step-by-step, evidence-based interventions for more than 40 common childhood issues Provides treatment procedures that can be immediately put into practice Covers a wide range of mental health and academic/learning issues for children and adolescents Relevance for both school-based and clinically-based practice Includes contributions by noted experts in the field