Presenter: Kimberly Renk, Ph.D
Date: May 17th 2022
Description: More attention needs to be given to evidence-based parenting programs for high risk families who are substance- and child welfare-involved. The overlap between parents’ substance- and child welfare-involvement has been evident for some time, as up to 69 percent of children who are removed from their homes and placed in out-of-home care have a substance-involved parent (e.g., AFCARS, 2019). Given that the youngest of children are over-represented in these estimates (USDHHS, 2012), the specific vulnerability of young children in high risk families should help guide our decisions in choosing evidence-based parenting programs for implementation. Given that substance-involved parents have difficulty building secure attachments with their young children, Circle of Security (CoS; Powell et al., 2009), an evidence-based, attachment-focused parenting program, may serve substance-involved families with young children well. Consequently, this webinar will outline the risks that young children of substance-involved parents face, the importance of secure attachment for fostering more positive outcomes for these young children, and the ways in which CoS can be best implemented with substance-involved parents in residential substance treatment programs. Field experiences that exemplify implementation as well as successes and difficulties across different programs in Florida will be included.
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