Parenting and Mental Health: Helping Clients Navigate The Dynamic (3HR)

The goal of this training is to understand better how mental illness impacts parenting and to discuss protocols that can support parents and strengthen families.  We will first examine several categories of mental illnesses to understand the symptoms and behavioral manifestations. We will then examine the influence of psychiatric disorders on parenting, including understanding potential risks.  Finally, we will look at various family and multi-family treatment protocols designed to help families understand and manage mental illness and to strengthen cohesion and communication.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the symptoms, behavior, and risks associated with various mental health diagnoses, especially in terms of safety and self-awareness.
• Analyze the specific challenges of different types of mental illness, such as psychotic disorders, depression, and trauma, and how these disorders influence parenting.
• Explore treatment protocols that help promote mental health and healthy parenting, especially group and family interventions.

Social workers completing this course receive 3 Clinical asynchronous continuing education credits.

For other board approvals, this course qualifies for 3 hours of Clinical, Evidence-Based Practices, and General Skill Building continuing education training.

Course Instructor: Jillian Graves, LCSW, Ph.D.