Let's Talk About Parenting: Recovery for Parents Living with Mental Illnesses [English and Spanish versions]
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Research in the WorksPublication Date
2016-05-01Keywords
FamilyParenting
Rehabilitation/Recovery
Parenting with Mental Illness
providers working with parents
Let's Talk Model
Spanish
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The majority of adults in the US living with mental illnesses are parents. However, service providers often express concern that they are not prepared to work with clients who are parents, feeling they lack the necessary tools and skills to identify and meet their needs. Let’s Talk About Parenting (LTP) supports providers to explore the experiences and impact of parenthood and family life on adult clients and to identify their goals and needs, keeping parenthood and family life in mind. LT-RP is an adaptation of the Finnish Let’s Talk model, an evidence-based psychosocial intervention to assist adult clients/parents with mental illness to identify and meet the needs of their children. A Spanish translation of this publication is available for download.DOI
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