When a child has an emotional or behavioral disorder, parents experience a host of extra challenges as they attempt to meet their caregiving and employment responsibilities: stigma, increased stress, missed work, child care difficulties, management of mental health interventions, and lack of workplace supports. This accessible, expertly researched resource shows professionals how to guide caregivers as they address these critical issues and connect with the services they need. Enhanced with actual strategies used by families, Work, Life, and the Mental Health System of Care is the key to helping parents and other caregivers overcome stigma, get the workplace supports they need, and successfully resolve other challenges to work-life integration, improve access to school programs-and their child's outcomes, solve the child care dilemma, navigate the complex mental health system, communicate effectively on the job and with service providers to receive support and information, manage direct and indirect financial costs, make the most of community supports.Throughout the book, expert contributors blend research with candid stories from parents, giving readers the wisdom and sensitivity they need to work skillfully with families. A clear and informative resource that will benefit a wide range of readers-including mental health service providers, social workers, special educators, human resource professionals, and caregivers-this is the book that will empower and educate families in their quest for successful work-family-life integration.About the Author:Julie M. Rosenzweig, Ph.D., LCSW, is Co-Principal Investigator, Work-Life Integration Project, Research and TrainingCenter on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, and Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, Portland State UniversityAbout the Author:Eileen M. Brennan, Ph.D., is Co-Principal Investigator, Work-Life Integration Project, Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, and Associate Dean and Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, Portland State University

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