Parenting and Mental Health: Helping Clients Navigate The Dynamic
$45.00
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.
Recording Date: 6/01/2024
Recorded Live Webinar with downloadable presentation slides and/or handouts, evaluation, and a required quiz. The learner is required to pass with a 70% or higher to achieve the CE certificate of completion. The learner is able to reset the test until a satisfactory score is achieved. CE Training Workshops, LLC, provider #1770, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 8/2/2022 – 8/2/2025. CE Training Workshops, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7091. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CE Training Workshops, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. System Requirements: Firefox, Chrome, Brave, Safari, Edge on any modern operating system (Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, iOS). A desktop browser is recommended. We do not provide support resources for issues encountered using a mobile device. For more information about our policies and board approval statements, please visit our FAQS page.
Jillian Graves, LCSW, Ph.D. is an associate professor at Eastern Michigan University in the School of Social Work. She is currently the co-director of the IPE Center in the College of Health and Human Services.
Parenting and Mental Health: Helping Clients Navigate the Dynamic (3 HR)
I. Understanding Mental Health Diagnoses and Their Impact on Parenting
- Review symptoms and behaviors of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and PTSD
- Discuss diagnostic criteria and functional impairments associated with each diagnosis
- Examine the correlation between substance use and mental health conditions
II. Schizophrenia and Parenting Challenges
- Explore communication impairments and affect recognition deficits
- Understand the impact on social relationships and parenting roles
- Analyze fears related to child custody and parenting capacity
III. Major Depressive Disorder and Parenting
- Examine how depression affects social connectedness, marital relationships, and parenting efficacy
- Discuss the spillover hypothesis and its implications for child well-being
- Introduce Marte Meo methodology as an intervention to enhance parent-child interactions
IV. Bipolar Disorder and Family Dynamics
- Identify symptoms of mania and depressive episodes and their effects on relationships
- Discuss risks such as low family cohesion and high family conflict
- Analyze how bipolar disorder impacts children’s emotional and social development
V. PTSD and Parenting Considerations
- Review PTSD symptom clusters: intrusion, avoidance, mood alterations, and hyperarousal
- Discuss effects of complex developmental trauma on emotional regulation and attachment
- Understand intergenerational trauma and its biological and behavioral transmission
VI. Intervention Models for Families Affected by Mental Illness
- Introduce the Intergenerational Trauma Treatment Model (ITTM) for family-focused trauma intervention
- Apply CBT-based approaches for caregivers and children to address unresolved trauma
- Promote mutual self-regulation strategies to foster emotional safety within the family
