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The children and families served by the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF) through its early education services are a vulnerable population exposed to stressful situations such as pandemics, impoverished households, and violence that put their socioemotional development, emotional well-being and mental health at risk. “Sanar para Crecer” (Healing to Grow) was created by the ICBF as a strategy to prioritize mental health and socioemotional development in early childhood within the national agenda, based on the fact that the first 5 years of life of any human being are crucial for his or her future development. This strategy has started with a pilot implemented between March and June of 2022 and consisted of 2 modules with a total of 10 sessions: Module 1: Knowing myself through mindfulness (5 sessions) and Module 2: Transforming my relationships through mindfulness (5 sessions). Currently a second version is being implemented with 3 modules, which now include sessions specialized in contents to be applied with children and families and with a total duration of 11 face-to-face sessions, each one of two hours.