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Overcoming Blocked Care: How to Reach Families Resistant to Support

It can be difficult working with parents who are resistant to new ideas and solutions. You’re offering support and resources, but some parents can seem stuck in negativity. These parents may be experiencing blocked care, which is a self-protective mechanism in the nervous system, triggered by extreme stress. They’re not bad parents; they’re stuck in a defensive posture towards their children. In this session, gain the tools you need to help parents prevent and overcome blocked care. You can be the key for helping parents renew their hope.

Melissa Corkum – Co-Founder, The Adoption Connection
Lisa Qualls – Author, Host, and TBRI Practitioner

Course length: 60 minutes
Course Level: Beginning

Certificate type: This course offers a Social Work CE certificate

Credit type: General CE

After attending this webinar, professionals will be able to:

  • Identify and recognize signs of blocked care in parents.
  • Explain what is happening in the parent’s nervous system when under extreme stress.
  • Determine a plan to help parents overcome blocked care.
  • Recognize the importance of community for overcoming blocked care.

Recorded 11/2/2023

National Council For Adoption, #1804, 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: 04/13/2023 – 04/13/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credit.

This course does not offer credit for NJ or NY social workers. More information on continuing education credits is available here. 

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