Stress Intervention Project

Published May 13, 2010

Parents of children with disabilities who feel stressed can get support from the Parent Stress Intervention Project. This new research study being conducted at Vanderbilt University will investigate two different approaches to lowering stress in parents of children with disabilities.

The Parent Stress Intervention Project will work with 400 parents in two years who will be randomly assigned to either Adapted Mindfulness Practice or to a Positive Parent Support Model for six weekly sessions and three booster sessions. Some groups will meet on the Vanderbilt campus or at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks, or at other community locations.

Parents of children with disabilities, including adult children, who would like more information or are interested in participating in the study, may contact Roxanne Carreon at (615) 875-5080, Roxanne.Carreon@vanderbilt.edu.