Mindful Parents
What is attachment?
It is a term used to describe the relationship built between the child and the parents.
This course will inform you how to recognize your child attachment needs and respond in a timely manner, consequently forming a secure base.
What will you learn from the neuroscience of parenting?
Parents play a crucial role in fostering social and emotional learning. You will learn the implications of brain development and the developmental stage of your children. Brain based parenting will help you better understand and empathize with your child, learning about the whole brain perspective and integration, focusing on building strong connections within the family.
What will you learn from the mindful parenting course?
To feel confident and self-sufficient in managing you child
Cultivate secure attachments
Create strong and nurturing connections
Help you child regulate their emotions
Understand and empathize with your child's emotional world
become self-aware and manage your won level of stress
Learn 12 brain based strategies to promote brain based integration in your child
About the Facilitator
Faye Evans is a registered psychologist who has been conducting parenting programs since 1995 and has accrued a vast experience in working with families, by helping parents, children and adolescents connect, care and communicate engaging in satisfying interactions creating a positive family atmosphere.
"Children learn more from who you are than what you say..."
What is the "mindful parents" course?
It is an immersive deep dive into the neuroscience of parenting, attachment and emotion coaching. With the goal being to help parents deepen their connection with their children and to handle parenting challenges and worries in a sensitive and responsive manner.
Available in the following formats:
- a two day weekend workshop
- a tailored home visit
- Priamary & Secondary School presneted workshop
Why are secure attachments important?
Because they create a sense of security that gives place to autonomy and independence. Secure attachments also contribute towards building social-emotional competencies, such as self-confidence, positive self-esteem, appropriate coping skills, conflict management, resilience and managing strong emotions.
What can I expect from these parenting sessions?
The parenting sessions are group sessions where you will be presented with parent workbooks, weekly readings, DVD presentations, role-plays, case-scenarios, mindfulness, relaxation strategies and opportunity for discussion and reflection of the weekly topic.