Become a professional meditation teacher!
Meditation teacher training – children and teens face constant pressure and anxiety due to a fast-paced, technology-filled lifestyle.
If we can offer kids access to someone (like you) who can teach them mindful skills, it helps them learn about self-care skills for life.
Over our 20 years of training meditation teachers, we have seen an increasing demand from parents and organisations seeking mindful solutions. Some of this is prompted by the impact of ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences).
This evidence makes a clear case for the need for positive mental and emotional support for young people, including meditation for kids.
If you are interested in becoming a professional meditation teacher for young people, we offer an accredited, certified programme.
SK, USA
JS, Ireland
Meditation teacher training
The Connected Kids Professional course gives you the skills to teach meditation to children and teens. Our training has helped thousands of people worldwide become professional meditation teachers for young people.
Whether you want to transform your skills to develop a successful career teaching meditation or add it to your current professional work, the Connected Kids professional course can help you achieve this.
What makes our program different is our approach to teaching meditation for young people. We pioneered helping neurodivergent and trauma-experienced children. Our work is recognised by international organisations – IMMA and IICT.
Meditation for kids – make a difference
In addition to an extensive range of mindful tools and teaching meditation techniques, you will gain the confidence to teach from an effective, intuitive connection with young people.
The Connected Kids Method combines practical skills with the ability to tailor a meditation session to the needs of all young people – including neurodivergent (SEN/Autism/ADHD) or trauma-experienced.
Connected Kids is a special program. The team is dedicated to helping you with your future success as a professional meditation teacher. We train you to help young people navigate challenging life experiences and transitions, and move from surviving to thriving.
Our commitment to your success includes sharing new ideas and good practices, along with our experience of promoting your work to those who are looking for someone to help their kids.
Ana, Belgium
Turn your passion into a rewarding career
On the Connected Kids program, you’ll connect with fellow Connected Kids members, including educators, psychologists, mental-health experts, yoga teachers, therapists, counsellors, and social workers from around the globe. All took the Connected Kids step to enhance their professional work with the skills to teach meditation to young people of all ages and abilities.
Or, if you are new to the idea of working professionally with children, you’ll join others who started in a similar place but felt the call to create a successful teaching practice as a Professional Meditation Teacher for young people.
My approach to working with children is completely different and much more effective. The course has equipped me with the skills to work on a deeper level with kids, tuning into their energy and underlying issues using simple and effective techniques.“
Anon, United Kingdom
BK, United Kingdom
We’ll support you every step of your journey
Once you purchase the course, you will have immediate access to the teaching modules, and we’ll guide you to book our *online certification class.
In addition to the self-directed study modules, you will have access to online email support and be invited to join our exclusive online community.
Ready to start teaching young people meditation?
The training program includes all materials, 24 months access to the training modules, 12 months to book your online certification session (from module activation) and 12 months from the class to submit your assessment to attain accredited certification. You can enjoy CPD/CE points.
*You would choose one from the following dates (3 timing options to choose from). Current dates are:
2026 – 8th April, 10th June, 2nd Sept or 4th November
Please reach out to us if you have a question or aren’t sure which step is right for you. Or you can book a free 15-minute discovery call.
Frequently Asked Questions
The accredited certification course has 8 professional modules and an online certification class. We estimate that the course will take 6 to 12 months to complete.
Please note that the payment plan option must be complete before certification will be awarded.
(For those who are completely new to meditation, we include the Mindful parenting (foundation) modules to ensure you can build your personal meditation practice).
Connected Kids is based in the UK but we trained people worldwide - from USA, Australia, Mexico, Canada, Europe and Asia. We release new dates (and times) frequently throughout the year and alternate them to accomodate different timezones. If students are struggling to find a date/time to suit, we'll make special arrangements to help.
The 3-hour certification class brings aspects of the course to life, gives you a live session with the course founder and will have a maximum of 6 students.
- Innovative and effective methods that help you deliver meditations that work with children of all abilities - SEN, Trauma, anxiety, ADHD, Autism
- Flexible learning – our combo of online modules and online classes gives you the flexibility to fit this into your daily life
- Adaptive ideas and creative tools that can support all ages (toddlers to teens)
- Access the support team – online support available 24/7
- Join other professional meditation teachers – through our online community to exchange ideas and ask questions
- A practical assessment procedure - giving you the confidence and skills to teach professionally
- Accredited – IICT, IMMA,
- IMMA (International Mindfulness and Meditation Alliance)
- IICT (International Institute for Complementary Therapists)
Accredited certification including 45 CPD/25 CE credits
The accreditation does not apply to the module only access.
The Connected Kids professional program trains you to work with young people up to (but not including) 18 years of age.
Throughout the course we'll suggest different ways to adapt the mindful activities and styles to accomodate different ages - toddlers to teens.
- 10 case studies (5 x group and 5 x 121 sessions),
- 1 x audio/video recording of delivering a meditation to children,
- a teaching meditation essay – to give you the confidence to set up a professional practice or enhance your current practice
- **police/PVG check
- an online written test
**PVG/criminal record checks; we require a copy of a basic disclosure/police check (or equivalent in your country) to confirm that you have a clear history with no criminal charges at the time your disclosure/police certificate was issued (certificate date must be valid within 18 months of completing your online certification class for the certified training).
This insurance to teach as a Connected Kids Tutors along with your Professional Connected Kids Tutor certificate, will enable you to work privately with families as a Meditation Tutor and satisfy the requirements of organisations and the education sector who are seeking professional services from a Children’s Meditation Teacher.
You receive it once you complete the modules, online certification session and have submitted (and passed) your assessment. IMMA and IICT have all reviewed our programme teaching and assessment procedures to accredit our program. This allows our members to join these associations and/or secure insurance to teach meditation in over 35 countries worldwide through IICT. This only applies to the purchase of the accredited certified course.
Payment plan option - all payments must be completed before review of assessment will occur.
