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.
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