Our first child and family programs are released!
They are also used to assist educators help children and teachers with individual and classroom development issues.
They are targeted to assist 4 - 9 year olds and their family practise key skills to develop and deepen their resiliency. In turn, building their ability to cope with life smallest and largest adversities.
The Resilient Family Series - Imagine Yourself programs
What are they about?
These programs are designed to assist children help themselves as well as help parents, teachers, volunteers and professionals help children practise two key skills.
These skills have been shown to help children better manage their behaviour, help with sleep routines and deepen their resiliency.
Who would use it?
These programs are for parents, teachers, professionals and volunteers who have or work with children ages 4 - 9 years of age.
Some of the issues these programs are being used to assist children deal with include:
• Easing into bedtime and sleep routines with less fighting.
• Cope with separation, divorce or death of a loved one
• Dealing with stress, anxiety and fear.
• Gain some added sense of control over their inner world
despite what their challenges might be.
• Practice skills that help them manage behaviour in the classroom
• Develop both the child's and family’s life skills to enrich family time
• Relax pre and post-treatment for physical health care issues
• Unwind pre and post-counseling.
• Assist children with some types of pain management - Always consult a medical professional
• Special needs children gain added coping skills - i.e. ADHD, Learning Disorders, Autism, Anxiety
What are these two skills?
Mindfulness is one. Mindfulness is being in the moment with your own mind on purpose and without judgemennt. Recent research on Mindfulness training for school children funded by the Hawn Foundation at UBC in BC has shown primary classes taught this skill that had the most "office reportable offences" in the school had dropped to 0 offences within six weeks of being taught mindfulness. I have personally found it an effective skill to teach having done coaching and volunteering with very "energetic" 4 to 10 year olds.
The Relaxation Response is the other vital skill. We live in a world that is increasingly fast paced and is "Up, On and Go-Go-Go 7/24" relentlessly driving many to go into their flight or fight response. Which can drive many of us into feeling anxious or fearful. To assist us calm our minds and bodies after all this energized response we can use some "slow down time" through practicing the calming skills of the Relaxation Response. We are surrounded day in and day out by very sophisticated media, high tech games, retailers and entertainment groups who use these techniques to grab our attention. This is very effective to get our attention, but we each pay the price for having over responded repeatedly with our flight and fight responses. So to counter balance that there are many health benefits to practising the relaxation response.
You can read child, parent and professional reviews of the four - 30 minute audio programs at:
http://www.resiliencyforlife.com/IYR
Want more information?
Feel free to contact us at the information provided below.
Plus you can read more at: http://www.tunecore.com/music/resiliencyforlife
Follow Up?
We have copies of all four of the Imagine Yourself 30 minute audio programs available on iTunes.com in the Children's Music and Spoken Word Section for $9.99 ea.
Look for the Imagine Yourself series with these titles:
- Be a Bird
- Be a Ball
- Be a Horse
- Be a Cat
Now you have two choices to order Imagine Yourself.
You can order it direct off of us to get your "hard copy" or to get it "right now" you can order them and download them on iTunes.com
If iTunes is installed on your computer click on the iTunes logo's below.
If iTunes is not installed on your computer you'll need to install it first to sample or download any or all of the programs. You can do that at: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Be a Bird, 
Be a Ball,
Be a Horse,
Be a Cat,
You'll find them in the Children's music section or Spoken word section.
Questions?
El: inquiry @ resiliencyforlife.com
