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Parenting in a Stressful World
Pediatrician and parenting coach Pamela Oatis, MD talks about supporting yourself through the stresses of parenting and how to instill resiliency in your children.
Dr. Pamela J. Oatis, 2011 Ohio Pediatrician of the Year
Pamela J. Oatis, MD, has been a pediatrician for more than 30 years, serving families in north west Ohio. In addition to hospital and outpatient care, Dr. Oatis obtained local and federal grant funding over a number of years to develop a Family Care Team serving children in Ohio with complex illness.
Research
Listening-based parenting strategies promote stronger parent-child connection,
Pamela Oatis, MD, analyzed and presented data on the impact of Hand in Hand’s six-week introductory class for parents from 250 English-speaking and 72 Spanish-speaking participants.
Replay – How Professionals are Using the Hand in Hand Tools in Their Work
How can Hand in Hand Parenting enhance your clinical, therapeutic, or medical practice and your effectiveness as a licensed professional working with parents and/or children?
Why Is Self-Care Vital in Caring Professions? (Replay)
Does parenting cause caregiver stress syndrome? How can parental burnout be prevented? Listen to a discussion of these questions and learn tools to help professionals caring for families care for themselves, too.
How to Help Families Recover from Traumatic Separations – Replay
Children and families experience separations frequently. Whether for daily daycare drop-offs, divorce, adoption, foster care, a death in the family, immigration, detention, or other situations, these separations can be hard and even traumatic for everyone in the family.
Hand in Hand Parenting as a Trauma-Informed Caregiving Practice
Despite the growing recognition of the central role of toxic stress in childhood emotional and behavioral challenges, and mental and physical health across the lifespan, we are delighted to offer listening based tools for shedding emotional residue and building connection key to the best trauma-informed care.
Helping Children with Aggression – Replay
Thanks for joining our two Hand in Hand instructors, Dr. Pamela Oatis and Roma Norriss, for this discussion on helping children with aggression.
Helping Families After ACEs Replay
Listen now for new insight into recovery after Adverse Childhood Experiences.
