About the course
This course is the second in a suite of parental substance use courses. The first course, The Impact of Parental Substance Use on the Child: Foundation, should be completed first.
This course examines preventative opportunities and entry points to promote children’s mental health with parents in the context of parental substance use. It provides examples of conversations with parent-clients who are using substances in ways that affect the social and emotional wellbeing of their children.
The course will provide you with a conversation guide, which is easily incorporated into your current practice, to assist your work with parents who are affected by substance use. This guide recognises the challenges for practitioners in working with presentations of substance use. It also recognises the importance of making children’s safety and social and emotional wellbeing visible in all services.
Who is this course for?
This course is aimed at both practitioners in the Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) sector and all generalist practitioners in adult-focused services who engage with parent-clients experiencing issues with substance use1 .
It recognises the significant proportion of parents who present to services who also have substance use issues, and the interrelated nature of substance use and mental health concerns, financial difficulties, family and domestic violence, homelessness, poverty, and child protection issues.
1 NCETA: The National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction.(2019). Mainstream Generic Workers. Found here.
How long does it take?
It is estimated that the course will take you 3-4 hours to complete, including watching the videos, completing reflection activities and assessments. You can undertake the course across multiple sessions at your own pace. The last screen you visit before logging off will be bookmarked and you will have the option of returning to that screen when you next log in.
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