Project Leo: Trauma-Informed Yoga for Preschool Children and Parents

Project Leo: Trauma-Informed Yoga for Preschool Children and Parents

The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to examine feasibility, acceptability, and direction of effect of a dyadic (child and parent) trauma-informed yoga intervention on stress symptoms and sleep in young children (age 3-6) after war. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Is the intervention feasible and liked by the participants?
• Does the child-parent yoga intervention reduce the child's stress symptoms and improve their sleep?
• Does the child-parent yoga intervention improve the child-parent relationship?

Participants (child-parent dyads) will:

• Children and parents will participate together in 8 weekly group yoga sessions.
• Children and parents will engage together in a short daily at-home practice before bedtime.
• Parents will complete online surveys before and after the 8-week program, and at one-month follow-up.
• Parents will complete a daily practice-sleep log.

Inclusion Criteria:

Children: Age 3-6. Per the parent's report, the child exhibits at least one stress-related symptom.

Parents: Preferably, the same parent can attend all group sessions. Having internet access at home to complete online surveys.

Exclusion Criteria:

Children: Any physical disability that prevents participating safely in yoga sessions.

Parents: Self-reported pregnancy. Any physical disability that prevents participating safely in gentle yoga sessions.