This training will include presentation, video, parent speaker panel, group discussion, and opportunity for role play. 

DATA 

Children who have a caregiver with mental illness:

· have a higher risk for developing mental illnesses than other children

· have  significantly higher rates of trauma exposure and psychosocial problems

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Children of parents who had four or more Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are four times more likely to have mental health problems.

Most parents/caregivers have experienced increased stress during the COVID pandemic. Among parents who reported high levels of anxiety, higher levels of COVID-19-related family stress were significantly associated with higher child internalizing and externalizing problems. RCCMHC families report high ACE scores, trauma histories, and high levels of daily, toxic stress. Over 90% of our parents self-report mental illness of their own.