NASW Social Work Talks EP47: Parents Under Pressure
Feb 25, 2020
Karen Zilberstein, a psychotherapist and author, discusses the challenges facing parents raising children in poverty and with disabilities. She highlights how caregiving burdens often marginalize families and calls for systemic change in mental health support. Zilberstein critiques the lack of access to services and offers advice on how parents can navigate these gaps. She also shares insights from her book, "Parents Under Pressure," and the valuable work being done by A Home Within, providing therapy for foster youth.
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Ground-Up Practice Fuels System Change
- Karen Zilberstein entered clinical social work to learn from the ground up and leverage individual practice into systemic change.
- She focuses on community health and underserved populations to inform broader reforms.
Care Burdens Produce Social Isolation
- Families of children with disabilities get marginalized because caregiving demands limit their time, money, and access to activities.
- Those constraints cut them off from communal supports that could reduce isolation and burden.
Push For Coordinated, Flexible Services
- Advocate for flexible, coordinated services rather than forcing families to fit rigid funding streams and diagnoses.
- Reduce fragmentation by creating one-stop access and tailoring interventions to each family's needs.
