DSW Candidate – Dora Hall, 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
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Virtual Showcase of DSW Scholars 2025 Event!
Successful Family Reunification: Understanding the Challenges for Child Welfare Involved Parents
DSW Candidate – Dora Hall, MSW, LCSW, CYSAYC
Monday, April 28, 2025
4:00 PM- 5:15 PM Eastern Time Zone
Credit Hours: 1.0
Description
Successful Family Reunification: Understanding the Challenges for Child Welfare Involved Parents
The child welfare system’s treatment model includes interventions aimed at supporting children in foster care, their foster parents, and their biological parents. Both foster parents and children participate in trauma-informed interventions to improve the quality of life for the children. In comparison, biological parents complete specific tasks to reunify with their children, often with minimal guidance. These parents face numerous barriers in fulfilling these tasks and may not receive effective, evidence-based treatment to help them prepare for reunification.
Biological parents striving for reunification need access to effective mental health and parenting programs. Families that reunify must establish a strong foundation built on the shared experiences of all family members. The biological parents play a critical role in grounding this family foundation, and they must learn solid parenting skills and trauma-informed interventions to maintain stability within the family.
This capstone presentation focuses on successful family reunification, particularly for the biological parents involved in the child welfare system. The systematic literature review underscores the necessity for evidence-based interventions tailored for parents working toward reunification. The conceptual paper suggests integrating the Bowen Family Systems Theory and Attachment Theory to understand the complexities of child-parent relationships and the factors influencing reunification efforts. Lastly, the practice application paper outlines a framework for a proposed comprehensive program to address the mental health and parenting skills designed for parents engaged with the child welfare system.
Upon completion of this conference, participants will be able to:
- Articulate the importance of evidence-based modalities in addressing parenting skills, mental health interventions, and/or substance abuse treatment for child-welfare involved parents.
- Identify components of the Bowen Family Systems Theory and Attachment Theory to better understand child-parent relationship styles.
- Identify evidence-based modalities and treatment planning with parents working towards reunification with their children who are in foster care.
Delivery Method: Live Interactive Training via Zoom Video Conferencing
Credit Hours: 1.0 (ACE)
Target Audience: This conference is intended for social workers and students.
Accreditation: University of Kentucky College of Social Work, Provider # 1377, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/29/22-9/29/25. Social workers participating in this conference will receive up to 15 general continuing education credits.
Claiming CE Credit: Instructions for claiming CE credit will be disseminated at the beginning of each session.
Questions: If you have any questions regarding CE credit or to report a grievance, please contact Christina Krantz at Christina.Krantz@uky.edu. For technical assistance, please contact lmshelp@uky.edu.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in these presentations are those of the individual presenters and do not necessarily reflect the official policies or positions of the University of Kentucky or the College of Social Work. The inclusion of any topics, perspectives, or discussions is intended for academic engagement and does not constitute endorsement by the institution.
