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What About Me? Well-Being for Siblings of Children with Disabilities
This Webinar is over| Date | May 5, 2015 |
| Time | 12:00 PM EDT |
| Cost | $39.00 |
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Online
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Create a counseling environment where well siblings get satisfying answers to their question, “What about me?”
Full Description:
Having a child with a disability entails many challenges for a family. Beyond the disruption to parental life, having a child with a disability can profoundly affect the sibling relationship. Siblings share many similar concerns that parents of children with special needs have. However, considering the amount of time they spend together and the fact that the sibling relationship is the most long-lasting relationship in a family, siblings of children with disabilities experience many demanding and unique issues.
This webinar highlights the distinctive issues that well siblings face, including their unique emotional reactions, social difficulties, and academic challenges. The webinar also examines how parents and service providers can assist siblings in dealing with these challenges to establish a supportive family and social environment, enhance their coping skills, and tend to their educational and informational needs. Focusing on sibling issues will assist in fostering a more satisfying individual and family adjustment, and prevent problems for the well siblings of children with disabilities.
Course Includes:
Live Q&A
Presentation Handout
Post session recording access
CE Credit
What You Will Learn:
Determine the emotional, social, and familial impact of having a sibling with a disability
Identify the family and child factors that contribute to sibling adjustment
Analyze ways service providers can address and manage the powerful reactions of well siblings
Assess how parents can enhance the experience of well siblings
Your Presenter:
AVIDAN MILEVSKY, PhD, is an associate professor of psychology at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania and a licensed clinical professional counselor in the state of Maryland. As a psychotherapist at Wellspring Counseling he specializes in sibling issues in therapy. He has over 20 years of experience working in various settings and populations focusing on systems approaches to interventions. While earning his PhD at Florida International University, he received the GSA Social Sciences prize for his work on sibling relationships. He was the founding chair of the Psychology Department at Touro College South and is a visiting professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He serves as the director of the Center for Parenting Research at Kutztown University. His clinical research on families and siblings has produced over 100 conference presentations, and more than 20 papers in peer-reviewed journals, including a contribution to the Encyclopedia of Adolescence. His most recent book on siblings, Sibling Relationships in Childhood and Adolescence: Predictors and Outcomes, was published by Columbia University Press.
Dr. Milevsky has lectured to audiences in the U.S., Canada, South America, Europe, and the Middle-East on various topics including family issues in therapy, parenting, sibling relationships, and the intersection between spirituality and mental health. He has been interviewed by national media about his work on siblings including stories in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press, Real Simple, and Allure magazine. Additionally, Dr. Milevsky is a columnist for Psychology Today and The Huffington Post on sibling issues. He has been a guest expert on TV and radio including an appearance on Public Radio International's "The Takeaway."
Dr. Milevsky is currently consulting in an effort to introduce legislation that would strengthen sibling visitation rights in family court and recognize the importance of sibling relationships on the emotional and psychological development of children.
Disclaimer:
Only registered attendees will have access to CE. A Cross Country Education web account is required to attend. There is no charge for a CCE web account. It is recommended that you join the meeting 15 to 20 minutes early. Speaker phone sound quality is poor and it is recommended that they not be used to listen to the event.
Technical requirements:
To view this webinar you will need to download the WebEx Application. You will be prompted to download it when you first enter the site. To save time, you can setup prior to the meeting by following this link: https://apidemoeu.webex.com/apidemoeu/meetingcenter/mcsetup.php
Who Should Attend:
Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Case Managers, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners, Clergy/Pastoral Counselors, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, Educators
Full Description:
Having a child with a disability entails many challenges for a family. Beyond the disruption to parental life, having a child with a disability can profoundly affect the sibling relationship. Siblings share many similar concerns that parents of children with special needs have. However, considering the amount of time they spend together and the fact that the sibling relationship is the most long-lasting relationship in a family, siblings of children with disabilities experience many demanding and unique issues.
This webinar highlights the distinctive issues that well siblings face, including their unique emotional reactions, social difficulties, and academic challenges. The webinar also examines how parents and service providers can assist siblings in dealing with these challenges to establish a supportive family and social environment, enhance their coping skills, and tend to their educational and informational needs. Focusing on sibling issues will assist in fostering a more satisfying individual and family adjustment, and prevent problems for the well siblings of children with disabilities.
Course Includes:
Live Q&A
Presentation Handout
Post session recording access
CE Credit
What You Will Learn:
Determine the emotional, social, and familial impact of having a sibling with a disability
Identify the family and child factors that contribute to sibling adjustment
Analyze ways service providers can address and manage the powerful reactions of well siblings
Assess how parents can enhance the experience of well siblings
Your Presenter:
AVIDAN MILEVSKY, PhD, is an associate professor of psychology at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania and a licensed clinical professional counselor in the state of Maryland. As a psychotherapist at Wellspring Counseling he specializes in sibling issues in therapy. He has over 20 years of experience working in various settings and populations focusing on systems approaches to interventions. While earning his PhD at Florida International University, he received the GSA Social Sciences prize for his work on sibling relationships. He was the founding chair of the Psychology Department at Touro College South and is a visiting professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He serves as the director of the Center for Parenting Research at Kutztown University. His clinical research on families and siblings has produced over 100 conference presentations, and more than 20 papers in peer-reviewed journals, including a contribution to the Encyclopedia of Adolescence. His most recent book on siblings, Sibling Relationships in Childhood and Adolescence: Predictors and Outcomes, was published by Columbia University Press.
Dr. Milevsky has lectured to audiences in the U.S., Canada, South America, Europe, and the Middle-East on various topics including family issues in therapy, parenting, sibling relationships, and the intersection between spirituality and mental health. He has been interviewed by national media about his work on siblings including stories in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press, Real Simple, and Allure magazine. Additionally, Dr. Milevsky is a columnist for Psychology Today and The Huffington Post on sibling issues. He has been a guest expert on TV and radio including an appearance on Public Radio International's "The Takeaway."
Dr. Milevsky is currently consulting in an effort to introduce legislation that would strengthen sibling visitation rights in family court and recognize the importance of sibling relationships on the emotional and psychological development of children.
Disclaimer:
Only registered attendees will have access to CE. A Cross Country Education web account is required to attend. There is no charge for a CCE web account. It is recommended that you join the meeting 15 to 20 minutes early. Speaker phone sound quality is poor and it is recommended that they not be used to listen to the event.
Technical requirements:
To view this webinar you will need to download the WebEx Application. You will be prompted to download it when you first enter the site. To save time, you can setup prior to the meeting by following this link: https://apidemoeu.webex.com/apidemoeu/meetingcenter/mcsetup.php
Who Should Attend:
Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Case Managers, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners, Clergy/Pastoral Counselors, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, Educators
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