Being Seen and Heard: CD ROM
Children with a parent with mental illness often fall through
professional net and are seen as nobody's responsibility. Nothing
is explained to them, and they often receive no help at all to deal
with the affects of the parent's illness. These children need to be
seen and heard.
As many as 175,000 young people in the UK are involved in the
care of an adult with a health or mental health problems. These
children usually worry about their parents, may blame themselves
for the illness , fear that they will 'catch' the illness and feel
unsupported.
All professionals working with adults with mental illness need
to stop and think about the needs of these young people. This
training package provides practical and creative suggestions about
working with children and parents. It contains clips of children,
young people and their parents talking about their experiences of
mental illness and how professional can work effectively with
them
A CD-ROM of additional resources is also enclosed:
- Training pack
- The Royal College of Psychiatrists' report Patients as
Parents
Cost: £36.00 (incl. VAT). To order a copy of the training
pack, contact the Leaflets Department, The Royal College of
Psychiatrists, 17 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PG. Tel: + 44 (0)27
235 2351 ext. 6259; email:
leaflets@rcpsych.ac.uk
The training CD-ROM has been developed for the exclusive
use of staff involved in the care of mentally ill parents and their
children - whether from the Health, Social Care, Education,
Probation or Voluntary Sector Services.
The parents and children who have contributed to the film have
given their permission on the strict understanding that the film
will be used for training purposes only.