Re-imagining Transitions during COVID through Mindfulness
Grantee: Mount Saint Mary
Project Summary:
Applying the ProActive Caring program’s MBSR tools to transition planning may help individuals with I/DD and their families reduce their fear and anxiety. Further, by taking a person-centered approach, the program may help families create self-directed opportunities that are more attractive and fulfilling than the range of options typically available.
Key Activities:
- Meeting with advisory council
- Marketing ProActive Caring Program activities (updating the ProActive Caring Program web site; creating flyers and posting information about upcoming programs on social media; creating two e-newsletters; distributing the newsletter through the ProActive Caring mailing list and the CDD listserv).
- Beginning the ProActive Caring Home & School Exchange series 8 programs and conducting the first session of the support group series for individuals and families.
- Presented at two conferences, The Essential Conference (the annual conference of the NY Alliance for Inclusion and Innovation) held on April 30, and the NYSB5 Parent Leadership Conference held on May 8.
- Through partnership with Parent Network of Western New York (PNWNY), delivered 7 sessions of a biweekly Mindfulness Family Stress Reduction in which PNWNY staff present MBSR strategies with scenarios related to Transitions, followed by discussion led by two Canisius College students who model how parents can talk with their children about utilizing these strategies.
Find out more by visiting ProActive Caring
Total Funding: $50,000
Project Length: 1 years
Project Start: April 1, 2022
Current Status: Complete