"Bluey" as a Social Construct for Imperfect Parenting: How Less-Than-Perfect Parenting Benefits Children, Parents, and Society (1.5 CEs)

Overview

In collaboration with the Housing Authority of Champaign County and the Rock Counseling Group, join us for a webinar on parenting and building healthy parent/child relationships. Much like Bluey cartoon parents Bandit and Chilli, human parents try to keep all the balls in the air— trying to work, keep the house clean, manage other day-to-day tasks—also let’s not forget about trying to spend quality time with our kiddos and have a bit of alone time. Different parenting challenges come along, but we can get creative (and be imperfect) with how we manage them. During this presentation we take some pointers from our favorite Heeler parents, Bandit and Chilli, about how to work through parenting issues such as screen time, creative play, bribing our kids, mistakes, favoritism, and difficult topics such as infertility, mental health, miscarriage, and death—all in an imperfect, perfectly realistic way.

Objectives

1. Participants will be able to list and discuss theoretical parenting frameworks (Attachment, Behavioral, Social Relational, etc.) and their impact on today’s modern parenting.
   
2. Participants will be able to list at least three ways to effectively restructure relationships between children and parents to help children develop safety and security by building trust-based relationships based on open, age-appropriate communication and interactions.
   
3. Participants will be able to identify the benefits of a holistic view of work/family/self and how this intercedes with positive self-care and modern parenting styles including Conscious, Attachment, and Elephant.

Registration and CE Information

• Register here for the CE version and earn 1.5 CEs on completion of the post-webinar quiz
• This listing is for those wanting CEs for LCSW/LSW and LCPC/LPC licenses.
• Please see the non-ce version if you do not need CEs
• The live webinar will be held December 13, 2024, from 12:00pm - 1:30pm
• Once registered, you will be able to access the course site to complete the Zoom registration to receive the link for the webinar.

Presenter: Staci McNicholl

Staci McNicholl is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 25 years of experience. She is the founder, co-owner, and Vice-President of The Rock Counseling Group. Staci focuses on treating concerns such as anxiety, trauma, and depression as well as eating disorders, body image, and family/marriage concerns. She has a passion for family court, custody, and mediation issues.

She has obtained several certifications and specialized trainings. She is a Certified Mediator through the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) for Champaign County (Sixth Judicial District). Additionally, she has completed training as a Parent Coordinator through the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC), of which she is also a member. She provides solution-focused mediation services, with the goal of minimizing time and expenses in court as well as empowering parents to focus on healthy communication and decision-making post separation or divorce. Staci’s focus is child-focused and child-centered.

She is also a Certified Nutrition and Wellness Consultant through the American Fitness Professionals and Associates (AFPA). She is also certified by the Family Dynamics Institute as a Dynamic Marriage Facilitator, focusing on the identification and fulfillment of important needs within a marriage or relationship.

She works within a cognitive-behavioral, strengths-based, relational model with her clients. Her ability to incorporate proven therapy techniques and strategies via assignments, in-session metaphors, examples, and real-life practice, as well as her inclusion of therapy techniques utilizing Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, as well as Cognitive Remediation Therapy, provide the ability for her to work with clients with unique or complex issues.