Most mental health professionals understand the all-too-familiar struggle of feeling like a referee rather than an agent of change when working with divorcing parents. Although parents tell us they're focused on their children's best interests, most of us are painfully aware that kids' needs frequently get overshadowed by strong emotions, increased anxiety, and polarization.
But what if you could offer parents a behind-the-scenes look at the real impact of divorce on children? Imagine being able to motivate your clients to keep their kids at the center, not caught in the middle of their conflict.
In this unique training, Divorce Parenting Expert Christina McGhee will share invaluable strategies and practical tools to help:
Utilize a child-centered approach to help parents make better choices while managing strong emotions
Debunk common myths and perceptions about how divorce impacts children's lives.
Model language that supports the integrity of parent/child relationships
Reframe conversations about critical issues like parenting plans and custody
Learn how to leverage your influence by asking powerful questions, setting intentions, and providing educational support
Take advantage of this rare opportunity to learn how to use a child-centered approach as you guide families through this delicate transition. Join us and become a catalyst – let's change divorce for the better.
Credit
Self-Study Credit
This self-study program consists of 1.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary by country and local regulatory bodies. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your local regulatory organization to determine specific eligibility and requirements.
Handouts
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File name
Number of pages
PDF
Manual - Divorce and Children
(6.4 MB)
23 Pages
Available after Purchase
PDF
Transcript - Divorce & Children
(104.3 KB)
19 Pages
Available after Purchase
PDF
Manual - Divorce and Children - French
(6.4 MB)
23 Pages
Available after Purchase
PDF
Transcript - Divorce & Children - French
(104.3 KB)
19 Pages
Available after Purchase
PDF
Manual - Divorce and Children - Italian
(6.4 MB)
23 Pages
Available after Purchase
PDF
Transcript - Divorce & Children - Italian
(104.3 KB)
Christina McGhee, MSW, is an internationally recognized divorce parenting expert, speaker, trainer, and author of PARENTING APART: How separated and divorced parents can raise happy and secure kids. She maintains a select coaching practice, trains professionals through her Co-Parenting Specialist Certification Program, serves as the education and training director for The SPLIT Outreach Project and is the consulting producer for the documentary films SPLIT: The EARLY Years and SPLIT UP: The TEEN Years.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Christina McGhee is the founder of Divorce and Children, LLC. and has employment relationships with Mosten Guthrie Academy and the SPLIT Outreach Project. She receives royalties as a published author. Christina McGhee receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Christina McGhee has no relevant non-financial relationships.
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Program Information
Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)
Access never expires for this product.
For a more detailed outline that includes times or durations of time, if needed, please contact cepesi@pesi.com.
Objectives
Utilize your enhanced understanding of the long-term impact of divorce on children to inform your expectation and engagement with separating families.
Define the benefits of a child-centered approach while staying mindful of your professional role.
Explore pervasive themes and how they influence children's emotional well-being, view of self and family, ongoing relationship with parents, and their interpretation of divorce. Those themes are flexible over fair, belonging and connectedness, being free of adult worries, how parents relate after the split, and understanding what happened.
Apply key strategies for leveraging your influence and engaging co-parents in a child-centered process, specifically the skills of – asking powerful questions, challenging expectations around time-sharing arrangements, using a two-home concept, bringing the voice of children into the room, providing education around the impact of conflict, and the strategic use of educational support and referrals.
Learn critical issues to assess before exposing separating parents to SPLIT films or any other new resources and the value of having a clear intention in mind when offering supportive information.
Outline
Putting children at the center, not in the middle, of divorce
What is a child-centered approach and why it matters
Rethinking your role and leveraging your influence
Shifting beyond the standard
How Parental Separation Impacts Children Throughout Their Lives
Preview a clip from SPLIT UP: The TEEN Years
Gain an unfiltered look at how divorce impacts children's lives
Points on introducing resources – parallel processing
Identifying professional biases and perceptions – how they affect our work
Debunking Myths and Perceptions
How parental separation plays out in the lives of children over time
5 key issues for children and considerations for guiding parents
Focusing on flexible over fair
The need for belonging and connectedness
Freeing children of adult worries and concerns
How parents relate to one another after the split: shifting from partners to co-parents
Understanding what happened – what to say to kids and what they're better off not hearing
Transforming Conflict into Cooperation.
How to leverage SPLIT UP or other resources with co-parents
Creative ideas for using media to transform conflict into cooperation
Key considerations before you share SPLIT with clients
When SPLIT is appropriate and when it's not
Suggestions for using it in different practice settings
Target Audience
Counselors
Marriage & Family Therapists
Nurses
Psychologists
Social Workers
Speech-Language Pathologists
School Administrators
Teachers/School-Based Personnel
Other Mental Health Professionals
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