Lake Ave Recovery Sterling, Massachusetts, United States
Session Description: This program serves as an opportunity to gain skills, techniques and interventions to effectively intervene with families and individuals who are impacted by substance use disorders. This training will provide an in-depth view of substance use disorders, using family systems theory as well as hands on experiences, and professional dialogue to explore the challenges of working with families impacted by substance use. This training is appropriate for all levels of Social Work clinical practice.
This workshop advances the clinical strategies of participants working with families or individuals who are seeking assistance with family related substance use concerns, by offering specific ways to approach the family with compassion, understanding and concrete tools/ strategies to increase the family member’s efficacy, strength and resources. It serves as an opportunity to gain skills, techniques and interventions to effectively intervene with families and individuals who are impacted by substance use disorders. This training will provide an in-depth view of substance use disorders, using family systems theory as well as hands on experiences, and professional dialogue to explore the challenges of working with families impacted by substance use. This workshop is appropriate for all levels of Social Work clinical practice.
This session has been approved by NBCC for NBCC credit.
Learning Objectives:
After this activity participants should be able to
Participants will learn a family systems approach to treating addiction, the consequences of substance use disorders in the family system, and the separate impact of addiction on individual family members.
Participants will learn current best clinical practices and recovery strategies, to effectively assist and support family members struggling with addiction.
Participants will learn the skills and strategies to use with clients. Participants will demonstrate 3 interventions to help families that at are effective, and 3 that are not effective.