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Crossing Bridges
The effect on children who live with
adults
suffering from mental ill health.
| Number of Places: |
20 |
| Venue: |
To be confirmed |
| Time: |
9.30 am - 4.30 pm |
| Date: |
to be arranged. |
Research indicates that between 1 and 4-5 adults
will experience mental illnesses during their lifetime and a
quarter to a half of these will be parents. Parental mental
illness can have an adverse effect on child mental health
and development. Recent national and local Part 8 reviews
have indicated a strong correlation between adult mental
health and child abuse and child fatality. The
aims of this course are:
- to raise awareness and promote better understanding
and skills in staff working in both mental health and
child welfare services
- to encourage more effective collaboration for the
benefit of mentally ill parents and their children
- to provide an integrated, ecological model for
practice in which mental illness is set within a social,
family and child development context.
Learning outcomes: On completion of
the course participants should:
- have improved knowledge about prevalence and causes
of mental illness
- understand the relevant features of the main
psychiatric illnesses
- understand treatment issues which impact on
parenting capacity understand the normal range of child
development, what children need to support their
development and the impact and outcomes when needs are
not met
- have developed knowledge of the ways in which mental
ill health may affect parenting capacity
- understand and explore collaborative approaches and
working together, including roles and responsibilities
and integration of users’ views into practice
Places for this course can be booked through:
Social Services. Tel: 01452 426897
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