Educator’s Guide
This Educator’s Guide builds on our Discussion Guide to specifically target the training of health care students and providers supporting families; in healthcare institutions, in social services organizations, and in other community settings. Our Educator’s Guide focuses on selected key themes in Caregiving Families and their experiences.
Introducing the Themes: Each theme contains short video clips from interviews with a variety of people who are part of families affected by mental illness; they could be caregivers, care-receivers, service providers, or a combination of these identities. Click on each one to learn about the theme and its related subjects. 1. Roles In Caregiving Families Defining Family Caregiving roles, navigating multiple demands in the family, and intergenerational caregiving. 2. Relationships In Caregiving Families Tensions and supportive strategies 3. Sustaining Caregiving Families Maintaining hope, caring for self, and Whole Family Mental Health 4. Structural And Social Issues Affecting Caregiving Families Discrimination, stigma and isolation, and advice from families 5. Healthcare System Interactions For Caregiving Families Harmful practices, helpful practices, and peer support 6. Systemic Issues Affecting Caregiving Families Social Determinants of Mental Health and promoting change.
Visit this page for questions to promote further reflection and integration of the lessons presented by caregiving families. Click here to read our text version Educator’s Guide To read about our Family interviewees, click here.
