MH Resource Single Parent w/Inpatient Child

Idea: Elective family therapeutic services, specifically in support of inpatient, minor-aged children and guardian accompanying them during hospital stay

Promoting togetherness, strengthening and building a deeper and bigger existing relationship, identification of familial strengths and education simplified and relating to communication awareness and exercises for identifying the most desirable character traits and lifestyle habits of the most awesomest person you want to be when you grow up and creating a stronger more likeable and truer self based on your self-created role model

use of frequent comedy

opposite isolation exceptions of course and could include intense pain levels, physical and or mental exhaustion conflicting personal need(s) reported

Locate, compile & analyze information about other similar programs and ideas for the same

Draft summary of data compilation and post-analysis strategy - are there other forms or methods of obtaining information that should be investigated/researched?

*Don't get sidetracked during research efforts. Take very detailed notes as necessary, but complete one effort specifically before moving on to another. All at once is not going to help, not in the end, my friend. It will just be a big, unfinished mess of possibilities and more and more research holes to dig to hungry China children. Uno et la un clocko, ques que c'est.

Find out department handling inpatient therapeutic services (social services?)

How are providers recruited? Is there a company that handles potential individuals/programs for them that presents potential service providers for the hospital to choose from?

Why are the programs in place that presently are?

How often does schedule/programs vary?

Can patients request specific kinds of services?

How effective are the current programs?

How is effectiveness measured, and by whom?

What is the priority of the availability and effectiveness of these services for the hospital decider people? Is there funding, or is it all donated/volunteer?

Does the hospital provide counseling/MH therapy services for minor-aged inpatients and/or their families? Why or why not?

Pain coping therapy available? Why or why not?

Family + child self-education elective schedule

*have courses available with a few potential calendared schedules to choose from to help learners make regular measurable progress - or maybe these programs already have something like this in place, I think

*Have lots of things available that parent & child would both be interested enough in to be interested

*Have lots available for parents to learn about something their child is interested in

*Vocation inspiration stuff for kids

Like Big Brothers & Big Sisters program, match counselor-type of big sibling person as much as possible to family/parent and child

*Someone not direct staff of hospital so they're able to relate more freely

*Have parent & child answer questionnaire stuff in person or online/phone to help match counselor siblings to families

*Counselor siblings have training in social work, MHA, and knowledge of basic medical

*Counselor people are key to program to establish relationship with family that feels isolated otherwise in hospital atmosphere, where everyone's at 'work' but them - they painfully waiting and dreading the reason for their stay, but also willing it to happen and be done

*Counselor sibling is to help strengthen family bond - they should be closer after the hardship,

*Counselor sibling is to help parent keep sight of their purpose in being present 24/7 with their child. Help parent learn to be as healthy and present mentally as possible in order to support their child the best they possibly can. Help educate and guide parent to self-education availables re: what their child is experiencing and/or ways to empathize with child - this will help them keep perspective and patience when resolve wears down for whatever human reason that it inevitably will

*Child counselor sibling, if different person, works a lot with child. Bonds with them, feels out relationship between parent and child, learns child perspective as much as possible, provides support support support. Sees the family as people instead of as patients.

*Counselor siblings are able to prepare family for exhausting, stressful, painful recovery period. Have any possible distractions ready - meditative music, other music of choice, audiobooks, have parent put together a slideshow - maybe get them to network with any others involved in child's life, including child's friends, to help put together video/slideshow, video stories/messages