Level 3 Award in Using Mindfulness Techniques to Reduce Anxiety in Children and Young People

Essentials

Duration: 6 weeks Online
Start date: 29th March 2023
End date: 17th May 2023
Day: Wed
Time: 6.00pm-8.00pm

Course fee: FREE

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This course is fully funded by the Department for the Economy, under the Skill Up Programme.  This course is a part of a suite of free online accredited courses that the College is offering to upskill, retrain and gain a qualification with no costs associated.

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Course Content

• Understand brain development in children.
• Understand the benefits of using mindfulness techniques with children and young people.
• Be able to apply mindfulness techniques in order to reduce anxiety in children and young people. 
• Be able to research a current intervention strategy used to reduce anxiety in children and young people

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Course Aims

The objectives of the qualification are to enable learners to:

• understand brain development in children

• understand the benefits of using mindfulness techniques with children and young people

• be able to apply mindfulness techniques in order to reduce anxiety in children and young people

• be able to research a current intervention strategy used to reduce anxiety in children and young people 

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This qualification is suitable for learners aged 19 years or over, resident of Northern Ireland and eligible to work in the UK

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The OCN NI Level 3 Award in Using Mindfulness Techniques to Reduce Anxiety in Children and Young People will allow learners to progress to other qualifications in the areas of learning and development/early years or into related employment.

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