PHO Webinar: The Parents Under Pressure Program Supporting Complex Families, Improving Outcomes

Improving family functioning and child outcomes in families with a multitude of problems – such as parental substance misuse, mental health problems, and parental childhood maltreatment - is essential to change an intergenerational pattern of adversity. The Parents Under Pressure (PuP) program was developed specifically for families facing multiple adversities. The two central tenets of the PuP program are focused on parental emotional regulation and the enhancement of safe and nurturing caregiving relationships within the family.

This webinar provides an overview of the underlying PuP program logic, introduces the construct of case conceptualization to develop individualised therapeutic family support plans and provides a brief overview of research evidence supporting the PuP program and the underlying therapeutic mechanism of change.

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Identify key elements of complex families that can be targeted in the family support plan.
• Understand how an ecological model is critical for complex families.
• Determine the role of substance use in parenting.
• Understand the program logic of the PuP program.

Presenters: Sharon Dawe and Jenny Carpenter