This online training is being offered using Zoom.  A Zoom link will be sent to you prior to the beginning of class. Each parent-child pair will be invited to share a computer screen while they participate in the sessions together. This class is for children 7-10 years of age with their parent/caregivers.

Class sessions will begin with a check-in, which will be followed by a mindful moment.  During mindful moments parents and children will be invited to notice something that is happening in the present moment (such as listening to sounds, or noticing body sensations).

Parent-child pairs will then engage in a series of mindfulness and self-compassion mini-lessons and practices.  Lessons incorporate fun metaphors, objects, and stories to teach relatable ideas and practices.  Parents and kids will be invited periodically to pause to discuss their class experiences with one another (in the online environment, the parent and child will mute themselves as they discuss their experiences with each other).

Each class will also include a simple art activity or a game.

Jamie  will send an E-mail each week with the materials that families need to bring to class.The materials include common household objects, such as stuffed animals (or toys), plates, paper, and pencils.

The Instructor, Jamie Lynn Tatera is a certified Mindful Self-Compassion teacher as well as a Making Friends with Yourself instructor and creator and author of the Self-Compassion for Kids curriculum and The Path to Resilience training and photo book. To learn more about the instructor see: https://selfcompassion.web.unc.edu/instructors/

Location: ONLINE    Time: 9:30am-10:30am EST.