Families, What Are They and How Do We Help Them?
Caregivers come in all shapes and sizes. This webinar will help us appreciate the changing nature of the term “family”. There is no such thing as a “traditional/typical” family. New definitions of “Family” will be presented. To those ends, discussion on understanding these differences, appreciating their struggles, and designing approaches to address their problems will all be included in this webinar.
https://nefesh.org/workshops/familieshowtohelpSummer2017/viewFREE WEBINAR
Series: Play Therapy Techniques
Parents, Caregivers, Foster Care, and Adoption:
Families, What Are They and How Do We Help Them?
Previously Recorded
Presenter: Sabra Starnes, LICSW, LCSW-C, RPT-S
Course Length: 2 Hours
Learning Objectives:
- Define "Family" and Caregivers
- Articulate the challenges of different types of families
- Provide strategies to help these caregivers/families
Caregivers come in all shapes and sizes. This webinar will help us appreciate the changing nature of the term “family”. There is no such thing as a “traditional/typical” family. New definitions of “Family” will be presented. To those ends, discussion on understanding these differences, appreciating their struggles, and designing approaches to address their problems will all be included in this webinar.
Learning Objectives:
- Define "Family" and Caregivers
- Articulate the challenges of different types of families
- Provide strategies to help these caregivers/families
This presentation is open to:
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
- New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
- Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
- Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
- Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives
- Kids Inc. (APT Approved Provider 10-275) is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer Continuing education specific to play therapy
- Nefesh International is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board FOR Social WORK AS an approved provider of continuing education FOR licensed social workers #0048