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.

The OCN NI Level 2 Award in Introduction to Mindfulness and Reducing Anxiety in Children qualification has been designed to provide the practitioner with the skills and knowledge to help with stress reduction in children exhibiting anxiety, through the use of mindfulness techniques.

The objectives of the qualification are to enable learners to:

• be aware of the causes and effects of stress on children
• know how a child’s brain develops
• know the benefits of mindfulness to a child’s development
• know how to apply mindfulness techniques to reduce stress and/or anxiety

The OCN NI Level 2 Award in Introduction to Mindfulness and Reducing Anxiety in Children will allow learners to progress to other OCN NI qualifications in the areas of learning and development/early years eg OCN NI Level 3 Award in Working with Children and Young People with Special Needs.

• You must be at least 18 years of age.
• You must be a resident of Northern Ireland and eligible to work in the UK.
• You will be required to have sufficient literacy and numeracy skills to enable them to successfully complete the qualification.