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Strengthening Families Protective Factors: Part II

Strengthening Families Protective Factors: Part II. Niagia Williams Prevent Child Abuse Delaware 100 W. 10 th Street, Suite 715 Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 425-7490. Protective Factors. Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development Concrete support in times of need Parental Resilience

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Strengthening Families Protective Factors: Part II

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  1. Strengthening Families Protective Factors: Part II Niagia Williams Prevent Child Abuse Delaware 100 W. 10th Street, Suite 715 Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 425-7490

  2. Protective Factors • Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development • Concrete support in times of need • Parental Resilience • Social Connections • Social Emotional Competence of children • Nurturing and Attachment

  3. Program Strategies that build Protective Factors • Facilitate friendships and mutual support • Strengthen parenting • Respond to Family Crises • Link families to services and opportunities • Facilitate children’s social and emotional development • Observe and respond to early warning signs of child abuse and neglect • Value and support parents

  4. Let’s look in more detail!

  5. Parental Resilience • Resilient parents are able to • Creatively solve problems and effectively rise to the challenges that emerge in every family’s life • Know when and how to seek help; they are also able to use it effectively • Have positive relationships with people they can trust

  6. Parental Resilience: Remember • Everyone experiences negative events. • Resilience can be built and strengthened. • Willingness to talk about challenges is a component of resilience. • Just because a person is resilient that does not mean they are immune to the effects of a negative experience.

  7. Parental Resilience: Building Blocks

  8. Parental Resilience: Actions to Take • Daily appreciation and interaction • Teach parents concrete skills to prevent stress • Link parents with resources that build resilience

  9. Parental Resilience: What it looks like • Resilient parents have empathy for themselves, their children and others • Ability to keep a positive attitude, solve problems creatively, and take life events in stride • Able to bounce back from negative experiences

  10. Parental Resilience: Making a Plan • Program Strategies that build parental resilience • Value and support parents • Respond to family crises

  11. Social Connections • A strong network of extended family, friends, neighbors, and others who provide healthy relationships, support, and problem solving

  12. Social Connections: Being Culturally Aware • Multiple connections in multiple locations is most helpful

  13. Social Connections: What it looks like • Parent’s supportive relationships model positive social interactions for children.

  14. Social Connections: Making a Plan • Connect parents to organizations and resources outside of your agency • Provide classes and workshops • Provide opportunities for families to get to know one another

  15. Social Connections: Making a Plan • Program Strategies that build social connections • Facilitate Friendships and Mutual Support

  16. How trauma affects parental resilience and social connections People who experienced trauma may: • Be fearful of new situations and people • Be “on edge,” not able to relax • Be overwhelmingly tired • Feel numb or detached and not want contact with others • Be over excited • Need the reassurance of familiar people or things; behave in ways that seem “clingy”

  17. How trauma affects parental resilience and social connections People who experienced trauma may respond in ways that: • keep others from approaching them or connecting with them • make it harder for them to do the things that build resilience or social connections – the very things that would be most helpful to them

  18. The basics of trauma recovery • Empowerment – Support the victim’s need to be in charge of his/her healing in every way to counteract the effects of the trauma in which all control was taken away. • Validation – Listen, validate the importance of what happened, bear witness, try to understand the role this trauma has played in the person’s life

  19. The basics of trauma recovery • Connection – Trauma makes a person feel very alone. Help the victim reconnect with others and rebuild trust. • Hope – Offer reassurance that others have experienced the same things, are now feeling much better and have gone on with their lives. Recovery is possible.

  20. Seek additional help if . . . • Recovery has stalled and things do not seem to be getting better • Physical or other symptoms are causing concern • There is no one to talk to or relationships are affected by the stress • There is continuing emotional numbness, depression or anxiety

  21. Seek additional help if . . . • There is continued disturbed sleep and nightmares • The person is unable to handle intense feelings or physical sensations • The person is becoming accident prone • Use of drugs or alcohol is increasing

  22. Next time: • Social and Emotional Competence of Children • Nurturing and Attachment

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