The Effect of Mindfulness-Based Self-Compassion Education Given to Parents of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

"* Ensuring group interaction, allowing parents to meet each other,~* Providing information in line with the Awareness-Based Self-Compassion Training Booklet for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder prepared as training material,"

"* Making explanations about the contents of the training sessions to be held with parents,~* Teaching proper breathing techniques,~* Visual demonstration and application of relaxation techniques"

"* Breathing break with kindness application,~* Thinking and evaluating how threat, impulse and soothing systems develop in individuals' own lives,~* Safe place application,~* Applying kindness meditation,"

"* Breathing break with kindness application,~* The practice of establishing a compassionate relationship with resistance,~* Kindness meditation: a do-gooder application,~* A hand on the heart application,~* A compassionate companion application,"

"* Breathing break with kindness application,~* The practice of establishing a compassionate relationship with desire,~* Guided meditation to discover the inner pattern practice,~* Kindness meditation: a good friend application,"

"* Pretending practice regarding parents' awareness,~* An expanded version of the practices carried out in previous sessions to raise awareness, the internalizing compassion practice,~* Kindness meditation: a neutral person, kindness towards your body and walking with kindness practices, which are based on mindfulness practices and increase body awareness and mindful movement,"

"* A compassionate letter application, which is carried out by asking parents to think about a situation they have encountered recently or some time ago that still causes distress,~* Kindness meditation: the 'difficult' person, compassion and breathing: yourself and compassionate breathing: others practices,~* Researching how parents can cope with difficulties and implementing a compassionate breath break without words,"

"* Revisiting the good application to enable parents to experience the five senses in a pleasant way,~* Practices of self-forgiveness, asking for forgiveness, forgiving others, gratitude, which can be a way of mending the cracks in parents' relationships with themselves and others,~* Expanding the practice into kindness meditation: groups and all beings,"

"* The practice of allowing parents to choose a day in their lives for a few minutes to pause mindfully,~* A breather for wise and compassionate action practice,~* Calmness meditation application,~* Sharing the joy meditation application,"

"* Evaluating the entire education by telling parents about the practices they can use where help is needed to develop compassion towards self-healing skills,~* River of Life application, which evaluates awareness in depth,~* Saying goodbye."