Download
a copy of the:
Family
Support Toolkit
The
family support tool kit is a resource to help those who
work with parents with psychiatric disabilities understand
their abilities and their needs. The document contains extensive
technical assistance plus online resources and evidence-based
parenting programs to empower providers to empower parents.
Hundreds of parents and providers were interviewed to determine
what information needed to be shared.
About
the Parents with Psychiatric Disabilities (PWPD) Initiative:
PWPD was initiated to provide a forum for parents with
psychiatric disabilities. The effort quickly evolved to
include all stakeholders who were working with families
where one or both parents were living with psychiatric
disability.
The
Mission of the project is to raise awareness of parenting
strengths and issues among providers of mental health services,
to train mental health service providers in treatment issues,
and support needs of parents with serious mental illness;
facilitate networking among advocates for parents diagnosed
with serious mental illness for the purpose of identifying
gaps in service, and developing creative strategies to meet
parents’ needs.
Project
Goals are as follows:
* Enhance advocacy, support services, and self-help resources
* Identify and develop resources for parents and their
children
* Raise awareness of the strengths and needs of parents
among professionals and policy makers
* Advocate for parents with psychiatric disabilities within
service systems and government entities
* Convene a statewide advisory committee representing
parents, providers, policymakers and advocates
* Make available materials to support this effort.
For
an overview of the Parents with Psychiatric Disabilities
Initiative and its activities, see the online presentation,
Nurturing
Families When Parents Are Coping With Mental Illness.
Project
History provides the evolution of the project.
Resources and References
for parents and providers.
For
further information, contact Lorraine McMullin at MHANYS
at (518) 434-0439 ext. 211, or e-mail pwpd@mhanys.org.
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