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Working With Substance-Abusing Families

Event Dates
Location
DoubleTree by Hilton Portland
Address

Portland, OR

Parental substance use disorders are a factor in many child welfare cases.

This training will provide an overview of working with substance-abusing Native families from both a direct service and a systems collaboration point of view.


The trainer will discuss how to deal with this issue and how systems collaboration can make successful outcomes possible.

A collaborative model that engages child welfare, the courts, and behavioral health providers will be discussed.

Participants will learn five essential roles for working with substance-abusing families and how their work can be accomplished through partnering on the parent's recovery.

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Drugs Juvenile justice
Date Created: December 6, 2019