Session Overview

We know raising a child takes a village, but with rising social isolation, it can be harder than ever. Meanwhile, we know that social support is essential to promoting child safety and family wellbeing - a key factor in preventing child abuse. Still, when a child is removed from the home, child welfare-involved families may face challenges in building and maintaining their village. Shared parenting is an intentional practice approach to help families maintain relationships and expand social support during and after child removal. In this training, we will discuss how to conceptualize and operationalize shared parenting to enhance social support for child welfare-involved families. Though often confused with coparenting, shared parenting is a way that kinship caregivers or foster parents can collaborate with parents to promote normalcy, share knowledge, enhance parenting skills, and maintain family connections. Participants in this continuing education class will leave with a broader understanding of how shared parenting can be implemented in a variety of families with different strengths and needs.

Presenters:

• Kess L. Ballentine, MA, MSW, PhD; 
• Kathryn Wright, MA, MSW, PhD

Learning Outcomes 

• Define shared parenting
• Operationalize shared parenting in practice examples.
• Discuss how to develop shared parenting plans that effectively respond to family strengths and challenges
• Integrate Shared Parenting into Ethical Social Work Practice

Continuing Education Credits:

• Attendees can obtain 1 social work CECH upon completing the training, payment, quiz, and evaluation.
• A downloadable CECH certificate will be available upon completion of all requirements.
• Participants must attend the entire event to receive credit.

Cost:

1 CECH credits are available for licensed social workers at $15.00

*Registration and payment are to be made prior to the event (see link above), participants will receive an email before the event with instructions and a zoom link.