Mindful Moments: Incorporating Mindfulness Techniques Into a Teaching-Family Model Framework
Author: Meghan McNamara.
Source: Volume 16, Number 02, Spring 2016 , pp.44-47(4)
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Abstract:
For years, the Children’s Home of Cincinnati has employed the Teaching-Family Model (TFM) in working with youth ranging in age from new-born to 22 who are experiencing social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. Recently, they began incorporating mindfulness— “a moment-to-moment awareness of one’s experience without judgement”—in ways that are producing remarkable results with clients, and in deepening staff engagement and job satisfaction.Keywords: Teaching-Family Model, mindfulness, Children’s Home of Cincinnati, youth therapy, youth behavior
Affiliations:
1: Children’s Home of Cincinnati.