Parental Mental Health: Impact on Adults, Parenting and Children's Safeguarding for Multi-Disciplinary Professionals
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Parental Mental Health: Impact on Adults, Parenting and Children's Safeguarding for Multi-Disciplinary Professionals
An increased understanding of the impact parental mental health problems may have upon children and the parenting ability of adults.
Aims: To increase the awareness of different types of mental disorders experienced by parents and how they can impact on children’s wellbeing ,development and associated risk to parental capacity .
The course will explore how common mental disorders like depression ,bi-polar disorder and personality disorders can effect the parent child dynamic from birth to adolescence cognitive and social development.
Target Group: Groups 3 – 5 Staff from all Greenwich SCB agencies that are in contact/work regularly with children/young people whose parents have mental health problems. Multi disciplinary and agency professionals in education, health, social care,therapeutic and clinical services
Learning Objectives: This one day virtual Workshop session will :
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- Explorie common experiences and signs of emotional distress and mental illness amongst parents and effects on children’s cognitive, social and psychological development
- Identify triggers to parental emotional distress; physical illness, trauma and conflicts affecting parenting styles and dynamics with children
- Discuss the prevalence and impact of depression and other mental disorders including personality disorders, dual diagnosis and risk to children
- Understand the risks that are posed to children and adults from deteriorating parental mental ill health
- Identify effective policies and strategies that can be implemented across disciplines and agencies to improve services to safeguard vulnerable children and families.
- Participants will examine their own practice of assessing risk to children whose parents experience mental ill health
- Examine different types of interventions for parents and children affected by personality disorders
Before applying for this workshop, please note the following conditions:
Webinar/ Virtual Training, Please note that these training sessions will use the ZOOM or TEAMS app. Once registered, you will be sent, nearer the date, a link for you to download the FREE app and further instructions of how to access the training.