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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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ask further questions or to book a course please contact
us.
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