Children's Needs – Parenting Capacity - Digital Education Resource ...

2How mental illness, learning disability,substance misuse and domesticviolence affect parenting capacityChapter 2 explores how parental mental illness, learning disability, substance misuseand domestic violence affect parents’ capacity to meet the needs of their children.The evidence is examined in relation to three aspects.The physical and psychological consequences of these issues for parents. Thisincludes: a brief description of the symptoms of different forms of mental illness the impact of a learning disability on an individual’s health and wellbeing the effects on users of different types of substances, including alcohol the impact of domestic violence.The ways that single and multiple disorders affect parenting capacity. This isexamined in relation to: parenting skills parents’ perceptions control of emotions neglect of physical needs parent–child attachment relationships separation.The final aspect to be examined is the social consequences of parentalproblems. The focus is on:living standardsfriends and familyfamily relationships.