Mental Illness and social services

Parenting Classes
These classes are designed to:
  • Teach parents the basics of child development so they will have appropriate expectations of their children.
  • Teach parents appropriate, non-aggressive discipline and ways to manage and correct misbehavior.
  • Help parents recognize their strengths and use them when parenting.
  • Tell parents about local resources that deal with parenting and family issues.
  • Connect parents with other parents for support and encouragement.

so what about teaching skills that are truly going to make a difference.  Most times families are given interventions that are not appropriate for their situation and so it puts them at a disadvantage from the very beginning.  Those who are mentally ill do they get the appropriate services that will teach them how to cope with their illness and how to better their survival rate for being better parents? Do we truly assess for mental illness when deciding cause and effect? How much support do we truly giving to those that need us.  My belief if that we give as much as needed to accomplish our goal and then we let go.  Does the service that we offer these parents stop because they are not part of our case load? what truly makes a social worker great? is it the amount of cases she has or is it the amount of lives that she has truly helped to change?  Most of our parents are suffering from some from of mental illness and we need to be able to reach them in order to save them. 

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 20 to 25% of the homeless population in the United States suffers from some form of severe mental illness. In comparison, only 6% of Americans are severely mentally ill (National Institute of Mental Health, 2009)  Serious mental illnesses disrupt people’s ability to carry out essential aspects of daily life, such as self care and household management. Mental illnesses may also prevent people from forming and maintaining stable relationships or cause people to misinterpret others’ guidance and react irrationally. This often results in pushing away caregivers, family, and friends who may be the force keeping that person from becoming homeless. As a result of these factors and the stresses of living with a mental disorder, people with mentally illnesses are much more likely to become homeless than the general population (Library Index, 2009). 
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/Mental_Illness.pdf
#dayzafter   #survival

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