Parenting
Training for Alcohol Professionals - One Day Course:
At any given time there
are approximately 1 million children who are living in homes
where one or both of parents are problematic alcohol users. With
this in mind Alcohol Concern and the parenting fund developed
this course to provide those professionals working with
problematic alcohol using parents a practical model for helping
and empowering clients to develop protective parenting skills.
This will help to protect, improve the quality of life and life
opportunities of children parented by someone who misuses
alcohol.
This
training course will use a variety of experiential and direct
teaching training methods, as well as case studies, vignettes,
and card sort exercises to create an active learning
environment. The programme for the course explores what children
need, good enough parenting. The effects and the impact of
problem drinking on parenting and children. Protective
parenting: a realistic approach for problem drinkers. Whilst
developing an approach to working with problematic drinkers
which are practical and skills based.
By
the end of the course participants will be able to:
- Gain an
understanding of alcohol addiction, dependency, and risk to
health.
- Gain
insight into treatment options / modalities and local
referral pathways for treatment.
- Explore
and understood child protection policies and procedures in
relation to alcohol dependant parents.
- Recognise
what is 'good enough' parenting and the ways in which this
impacts on how children's needs are met.
- Identify
the ways problem drinking by parents can negatively affect
parenting and the care and development of children.
- Develop
skills enabling them to work more effectively with
problematic drinking parents.
- Take away
practical resources which enhances the work with this client
group.
To
ask further questions or to book a course please
contact us
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