The Mindful Parenting & Teaching Trainer Course is a specialized, one-year training in the Method Eline Snel. During this training you will learn how to deliver a practical and compassionate 8-week mindfulness training to parents, (fellow) teachers and healthcare professionals.

The focus is on self-care, stress management and emotion regulation so that participants are better able to deal with the challenges in parenting and education with mindfulness and resilience. You will learn not only how to communicate the training content, but also how to support parents and professionals in integrating mindfulness into their daily lives.

This course combines a solid theoretical foundation with plenty of practical experience so that you can deliver confident and impactful training. Whether you work in education, healthcare or coaching - this training will help you contribute to a more aware, resilient and relaxed society.

  • Training in Mindfulnes Parenting & Teacher Training.

    This specialized Mindfulness Trainer course for parents, teachers and healthcare professionals responds to a growing need: learning to work and parent with attention, calm and resilience.

    Pressure in families and classrooms is increasing. Children and adults alike are experiencing increasing stress from high expectations, stimuli and a constant stream of tasks and responsibilities. The "on button" is always on, but where is the "pause button"? Mindfulness helps to deal with these challenges more consciously and brings peace to the dynamics of parenting and education.

    Good teaching and education go beyond the transfer of knowledge. They are the basis for how we treat ourselves and others. Children need inner peace and attention in order to learn and develop optimally. As an educator or professional you also need that peace of mind to guide children with compassion and clarity.

  • Method Eline Snel®

    The Method Eline Snel® is universal, practical, comprehensive and compassionate. Eline developed all trainings for children, adolescents and professionals working with children and adolescents, in practice. You feel this in everything. The roots of both the training and the development of the Method Eline Snel lie in 30 years of experience of Eline as a therapist, mindfulness and compassion trainer and comes to life together with the ancient wisdom of the Vipassana meditation tradition.

Mindfulness Youth Trainer Training Course

During the Mindful Parenting & Teaching Trainer training you will learn how to teach the specialized eight-week Mindfulness training to parents and professionals working with children. Eline Snel developed this training over four years in practice. The training is now given by many mindfulness teachers to parents and by trained teachers to colleagues at school. But also by child psychologists/psychiatrists to their colleagues and/or parents of children who indicate they would like this.

During the training year, we will cover different topics. Below is a brief explanation of the content of the Mindful Parenting & Teaching Trainer training.

During the course, the training will delve deeper into:
  • The main three basic psychological needs of every human being
  • From DOING to BEING: how do you do it?
  • Reflection on personal experiences from own childhood
  • The courage to feel feelings and recognize the influence of feelings and thoughts on behavior
  • From impulsivity to awareness of (automatic) behavior. What important role does attention training play in this?
  • Feeling boundaries and your (un)conscious reaction to them
  • Working with Mindfulness qualities in parenting, education and mental health care
  • Application of the theme of stress in the eight-week program.
  • Attention to the physiology of stress and stress-related behaviors.
  • Practicing with inquiry
  • Communication: awareness of old patterns in conflict situations. Practicing "dramming tolerance." Awareness of possible new styles of communication.
  • Quality time and trust: what does this mean in parenting, education and care?
  • The importance of compassion and self-compassion in parenting and working with children
Recommended literature

We recommend that you read the following books before and during the course:

  • Reading the books Sitting Still Like a Frog, The Little Frog and Giving Space & Being Close by Eline Snel
  • The whole brain, the whole child by Daniel Siegel to read
  • Reading With Children Growing by Jon Kabat-Zinn and Myla Kabat-Zinn

This training is designed for professionals who work in education, healthcare, or are otherwise professionally involved in child rearing or care issues within parenting (Mindful Parenting). In addition, the course is suitable for mindfulness teachers who want to guide parents in integrating mindfulness into their parenting and daily lives. Whether you are a teacher, healthcare professional, coach or mindfulness trainer, this training will help you support parents and educators with greater mindfulness, resilience and balance.

Main learning output:

  • The student, after certification, can independently conduct mindfulness training according to the principles of the Method Eline Snel for parents, teachers and professionals working with children, at school, in private practice, or in their own institution. 

Partial learning outcomes:

  • The student knows the structure, construction and essence of the lessons in the Method Eline Snel and the trainer's manual, and can follow them in their implementation;
  • The student knows the art of inquiry and can conduct conversations with adults from this theory;
  • The student knows the importance of (self-)compassion and the dangers of transference, and can use this knowledge in lessons;
  • The student will be able to name the effects of mindfulness in adults and the their brain.

The training lasts one year. During 8 class days and 1 return day spread over this year, you will learn everything needed, to start training Mindful Parenting & Teaching. Between the 8th class and the return day (day 9), you will conduct a pilot and write your final report. During the 9th day, you will receive your certificate if you have positively completed the pilot and report.

The training to Mindful Parenting & Teaching Trainer, Method Eline Snel includes:

  • 70 contact hours during training
  • 80 hours will be spent preparing course materials and delivering an eight-week pilot training to adults in your target audience
  • 40 hours spent reading related literature
  • 1x supervision call of approximately one hour via video calling.
  • 20 hours are required for preparing and writing your final report

Just as you expect commitment and compassion from us, we expect the same from you. Therefore, to obtain the certificate, it is important that you meet the following requirement:

  • Attending 100% of all training days
  • One supervision session (mandatory) to monitor and deepen your personal learning.
  • Giving a pilot in your own target group (to at least three or more adults, who are not relatives)
  • Writing a report on your pilot experiences
  • After certification, make the frog seal visible on all your own PR materials and website

The cost for this year-long Mindful Parenting & Teaching Trainer training is €1995. This fee includes all materials needed to attend the training and 9 days of classes. During the training days coffee, tea and something sweet are included. A delicious lunch will also be provided every class day!

Trainings take place at Buitenplaats de Burgwal, Arnhemseweg 78, 3832 GN Leusden
  • Completion of an eight-week MBSR or MBCT training course
  • Completion of silent retreat of five consecutive days, prior to or in the two years following training

Working with children/youth and/or parents in education, mental health, regular health care or own practice

Certification as a Mindful Parenting & Teaching Trainer in the Method Eline Snel takes place after you have met all prerequisites.

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