The Impact of Divorce and Parental Separation on System-Involved Youth

Nicole Klasey, PsyD, Kwonta Phatiphong

Training Description

Many system-involved youth experience parental separation whether it is because of divorce, parental incarceration, removal from home by child welfare, etc. Divorce and parental separation can be traumatic. This workshop will discuss the impact of parental separation and divorce on system-involved youth’s social, emotional and educational development. Participants will also learn how to support youth experiencing parental divorce or separation.

Learning Objectives

· Participants will be able to identify at least 1 way divorce impacts system-involved youth.

· Participants will be able to identify at least 1 way parental separation impacts system-involved youth.

· Participants will be able to identify at least 1 strategy to support system-involved youth experiencing parental divorce and/or separation.

Agenda

12:30-12:45pm  Introductions

12:45-2:15pm  Divorce and Parental Separation Overview

· Reasons for parental separation

· Effects of divorce on social development

· Effects of divorce on emotional development

· Effects of divorce on academic development

· Effects of parental separation on social development

· Effects of parental separation on emotional development

2:15-2:30pm  Break (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

2:30-4:15pm  Supporting Youth

· Effects of parental separation on academic development

· Co-occurring behaviors

· Grief of not having parent more involved

· Hearing from youth talk about the impact of divorce

· Hearing from youth talk about the impact of parental separation

· Strategies to support system-involved youth

· Vignettes

4:15-4:30pm  Closing and Wrap-up

Meet Our Trainer

Nicole Klasey is a clinical psychologist who has worked with trauma survivors for 14 years. She currently consults with agencies on trauma-informed care, programming for commercially sexually exploited youth, vicarious trauma, and leadership development. Nicole has been training multidisciplinary audiences on trauma-related topics since 2015 and provides guest lectures at local universities on human trafficking.

Kwonta Phatiphong is  a Registered Psychological Associate with 6 years of counseling experience in clinical and social service settings. Experienced in supporting trauma and crisis, substance abuse, learning disabled, homeless, and low and high functioning client populations. Trained in substance abuse, Seeking Safety, TF-CBT, Motivational Interview, Crisis Prevention Intervention, Trauma Resiliency Model, and psychological assessments.

This course meets the qualifications for (3.75) BBS CE hours for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.