A Mindfulness Course for parents and carers of SEND children living in Bristol which looks at how to be with the stress and worry that comes from being in the role of a parent or carer of a child with additional needs.

This ten-week course allows us to notice how we habitually react when under stress and how practising mindfulness techniques can help us to regulate our emotions more effectively including becoming more resilient during stress. With practise we become more able to pause soften connect with our breath and be with difficulties in the moment. As a result we may find we are able to respond more calmly and skilfully.

Evidence shows that when under stress parenting skills are found to collapse. With Mindfulness for Parents it’s the parents’ own stress and suffering that is the primary focus of the training rather than the problem behaviour of the child.

Mindfulness for Parents/Carers supports you to:

· Reduce stress

· Reduce harmful intergenerational patterns of stressed-out parenting

· Improve emotional regulation

· Improve family communication and relationships