Marjan de Vries –mother of Sanne – participant in the online course"tells us that thanks to ‘Chin up, Parents’, her self-confidence has gradually increased. She feels more secure in her role as a mother, and is more confident in trusting her own impressions. She now has a list hanging up in the bathroom of tips that she found useful during the course. She finds this a handy way to be reminded of them from time to time." |
Online parenting support for parents with mental health problemsA good deal of prevention material has been developed to help children of parents with mental health problems. However, for the parents in question, there are fewer resources available. The online intervention ‘Chin up, Parents’, helps to fill this gap. The website is visited 5,000 times monthly. |
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Doubt, guilt, shame, despair... many parents with mental health problems worry about the effect of their problems on the development of their children. This is why the development of a low-threshold internet intervention is seen as an ideal addition to parenting resources, since parents can participate anonymously. read more >> |
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The website ‘Chin up, Parents’ [Kop op ouders] is aimed at strengthening protective factors, such as establishing a good parent-child relationship. Parents from the target group can complete an online course of eight structured chat sessions on the website. A maximum of six parents may participate in each course. Under the guidance of trained prevention workers, they share their personal experiences online. Each session focuses on one or two central topics, such as ‘good enough parenting’ ‘involving your network’, ‘talking to your child about your problem’ and ‘coping with feelings of shame and guilt’. Besides specific disorder-related parenting skills, basic parenting issues are dealt with, such as ‘listening to your child’. In the spring of 2009 the initial results of an evaluation study are expected. The counsellors behind the e-mail service and the online course are trained prevention workers from the prevention and mental health agencies JellinekMentrum (Arkin), GGNet, Mondriaan Zorggroep and GGZ Oost Brabant.
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'Much appreciation for practical tips'"According to Rianne van der Zanden, researcher and project manager, the website receives a lot of positive feedback. Parents take more pleasure in parenting, and as a result they can enjoy their children more. The website is making a direct contribution to the happiness of these parents and their children. "
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