naa a22 4500 510730027 CHVBK 20180411082949.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12671-012-0183-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12671-012-0183-5 Mindfully Valuing People Now: An Evaluation of Introduction to Mindfulness Workshops for People with Intellectual Disabilities [Elektronische Daten] [Melanie Chapman, Duncan Mitchell] There is a lack of research exploring the use of mindfulness groups for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a community setting. This paper explores the experiences of people with intellectual disabilities and carers who participated in Introduction to Mindfulness workshops. The mindfulness workshops consisted of an introduction to mindfulness and a body scan meditation. Participants were given a leaflet about mindfulness and an audio CD of mindfulness exercises. A questionnaire survey was conducted of people who attended the mindfulness workshops and qualitative interviews were carried out with six people with intellectual disabilities (three of whom were supported by paid or family carers). Feedback on the workshops was generally positive. Workshop participants valued the opportunity to talk to other people about their experiences and found the workshops, and in particular the body scan, very relaxing. Three of the people with intellectual disabilities who were interviewed had listened to the audio recording since the workshops and two of these had found it useful in aiding them to cope with phobias, stress and discrimination. Participants wanted further mindfulness sessions and felt that other people with intellectual disabilities could benefit from mindfulness training. The interviews revealed that people with intellectual disabilities may have very stressful lives. Mindfulness could be a useful way of helping people to manage such stress. The mindfulness workshops were clearly acceptable to people with intellectual disabilities, and further work is needed to develop and evaluate a group mindfulness program that is accessible to people with intellectual disabilities. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2013 Mindfulness nationallicence Intellectual disabilities nationallicence Learning disabilities nationallicence Developmental disabilities nationallicence Survey nationallicence Interviews nationallicence Chapman Melanie Manchester Learning Disability Partnership, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Westwood Street, Moss Side, M14 4PH, Manchester, UK aut Mitchell Duncan Manchester Metropolitan University and Manchester Learning Disability Partnership, Manchester Metropolitan University, Elizabeth Gaskell Campus, Hathersage Road, M13 0JA, Manchester, UK aut Mindfulness Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 4/2(2013-06-01), 168-178 1868-8527 4:2<168 2013 4 12671 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-012-0183-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-012-0183-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chapman Melanie Manchester Learning Disability Partnership, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Westwood Street, Moss Side, M14 4PH, Manchester, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mitchell Duncan Manchester Metropolitan University and Manchester Learning Disability Partnership, Manchester Metropolitan University, Elizabeth Gaskell Campus, Hathersage Road, M13 0JA, Manchester, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Mindfulness Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 4/2(2013-06-01), 168-178 1868-8527 4:2<168 2013 4 12671 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer