Mindful Awareness and Parenting Stress (MAPS) Project
What is MAPS?
The MAPS Project was developed to examine whether Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, or MBSR, is effective in reducing stress and promoting mental health among parents of children with developmental delays. Along with this, the MAPS Project also sought to understand how parents and children behave and interact and how these processes influence children's development. The goal of the intervention was to help parents cope with high levels of stress that accompany raising a child with developmental delays while optimizing their development.
Summary of Findings
Learn about some of the findings from this study by clicking the images below.
MBSR reduced both perceived and physiological stress.
MBSR was effective at improving the mental health of Latino and non-Latino families of children with developmental delays.
MBSR had a positive impact on child social skills and parent-child relationships.
MAPS Project Publications and Presentations
Peer-Reviewed Publications