Concurrent disorders and youth populations: Understanding and supporting youth who use substances
Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute
Live webinar: June 21, 2022 | 1 to 4 p.m. EST
Facilitator: Leora Rich, MSW
This training will introduce participants to understanding concurrent disorders and youth substance use, exploring reasons why youth use substances to better facilitate engagement and interventions. Participants will have opportunities to learn new engagement strategies, clinical approaches and broaden their understanding of common substance-use patterns among youth.
Through a trauma-informed, anti-racism and anti-colonial framework, this training will include content focused on understanding stigma surrounding substance use across differing communities. This training will help service providers support youth struggling with their substance use, as well as their parents, with more compassion and effectiveness.
Participants will learn a basic understanding of the different types of substances which are common among youth. This will include focus on risks associated with different substances with harm reduction strategies recommended.
This training will introduce participants to the transtheoretical (stages of change) model and increase understanding of challenges clients may face in making changes to their substance use. We will: review principles of motivational interviewing; review harm reduction and abstinence-based models in order to understand the connection between these two approaches to care; and explore the interconnection between substance use and mental health challenges (concurrent disorders).
The COVID-19 pandemic has created unique challenges in supporting youth using substances. Increased isolation and multiple changes and restrictions have had a negative impact on the mental health of many youth. This training will explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted substance use patterns for youth and provide case examples and adapted engagement strategies.
Registration fee: $125. Student and group rates are available
For full program overview and registration details please visit: https://cvent.me/ka1aoz
Continuing Education (CE) information: 3 CE hours
SickKids CCMH Learning Institute has approval from the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) for participants of our programming to apply the number of CE hours earned in the program towards their continuing education hours.
Other licensing boards and professional organizations will grant continuing education credits for attendance at their own discretion; participants will need to submit the course outline and certificate for their consideration.
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