51.4 ONLINE MINDFUL PARENTING AND CASE EXAMPLE

Abstract

Mindful parenting (MP) can be defined as the process of intentional, kind, moment-to-moment awareness of one’s experience, including parenting. MP can increase the parents’ capacity for parenting calmly with more consistency, and in accordance with their goals and values, while fostering a warm and nurturing parent-child relationship that can result in less parenting stress, more effective parenting strategies, and increased well-being in their children. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, a rise in parent and child stress has led to increased risk for, and prevalence of, parent and child psychopathology. Telehealth offers a unique and effective way to reach families in need and to deliver parenting interventions to reduce parenting stress and improve parent-child functioning. Telehealth MP interventions remain effective in decreasing parenting stress and improving the parent and child’s well-being. This presentation will provide an overview of core MP skills and the evidence for MP interventions delivered via telehealth. Modifications for telehealth with its benefits and challenges will be discussed.