Mindful Parenting Course
The Jockey Club “Peace and Awareness” Mindfulness Culture in Schools Initiative (JC PandA) will be offering a free-of-charge Mindful Parenting Course for parents in the 2024/25 academic year. The course includes one taster session and eight Mindful Parenting sessions. It aims to reduce parental stress, improve parent-child relationships, and reduce problem behaviors of their children. Course details are as follows:
Date: October to December, 2024 OR February to May, 2025
Time: 1 session per week, 2.5 hours per session
Venue: Option 1) SKH Kei Fook Primary School [Near Cheung Sha Wan MTR Station]
Option 2) Yaumati Catholic Primary School (Hoi Wang Road) [Near Olympic MTR Station]
Option 3) Hennessy Road Government Primary School (Causeway Bay) [Near Causeway Bay MTR Station]
Target: Parents with a child studying in primary school, and have no previous training in mindfulness
Language: Cantonese
Trainers: Educational Psychologists
**Registration is now closed**
Application deadline: September 19, 2024 (Thursday)
Quotas are limited. Please apply as soon as possible.
Points to Note:
1. As the course serves research purposes, applicants will be randomly assigned to take the course in either the first term or second term.
2. In addition to attending weekly sessions, parents are also required to practice mindfulness for 45 minutes daily.
3. The course is free-of-charge, however, parents have to submit a deposit cheque of HK$500 after attending the compulsory taster session (the first of the nine sessions).
4. Parents who attend seven sessions or more will receive a certificate of completion and the deposit cheque will be returned.
5. Parents and their children will be invited to complete questionnaires at three time points throughout the course.
Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact the JC PandA team by email at jcpanda@hku.hk or by phone at 3917 5176.