Addressing Substance Use Disorders with an Empowerment Framework
Presenter(s):
Heather Howard, PhD, LICSW
$15.00
Member Price:
$12.00
Training description:
Substance use disorders (SUD) represents clinically significant impairment caused by the recurrent use of alcohol or illicit drugs (or both), including health problems, disability, and failure to meet major responsibilities at work, school, or home. Misuse of prescription psychotherapeutic drugs is second only to marijuana as the nation’s most prevalent illicit drug use issue. Use of prescription psychotherapeutic drugs in the past year was fairly common in the United States. In 2015, an estimated 119.0 million Americans aged 12 or older were past year users of prescription psychotherapeutic drugs, representing 44.5 percent of the population.
Although more men die from drug overdose than women, the percentage increase in deaths seen between 1999 and 2010 was greater among women; deaths from opioid pain relievers increased five‐fold during that time for women versus 3.6 times for men. Pregnant and parenting women with a substance use disorder bring increased complexity with the intersection of the child welfare system.
This spiritually-sensitive training addresses the multifaceted and complex issues of prevention and treatment of women with opioid misuse. Special focus will be on stigma reduction strategies, policy practice implementation that is trauma-informed and gender specific treatment utilizing theoretical frameworks to support families impacted by substance use.
CE category:
Direct Practice: Groups and Communities
Direct Practice: Individuals, Couples, Families, and Children
No. of CE Hours:
1.0
Training format:
audio-based
Practice Level(s):
Intermediate: MSW Level
Target Audience:
Social workers and related professionals
Social work students
Human services professionals
Learning Objectives:
After completing this training, participants will be able to:
1. Describe what Substance use disorders are, misuse of prescription opioids and heroin, and the intersection of the child welfare system.
2. Summarize three major theoretically based interventions to address SUD in women.
3. Demonstrate stigma reduction strategies.
4. Outline implementation of trauma‐informed perspectives in host environments.
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Audio File Excerpt:
Training Outline:
Background/Prevalence/Policy Issues 15 minutes
Theoretical Interventions 15 minutes
Best Practices 15 minutes
Trauma‐informed self and agency evaluations 15 minutes
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Presenter Bio:
Heather Howard, PhD, LICSW is committed to educating graduate students to become social justice‐based social workers. Her research and writing interests focus on gender‐specific and trauma‐informed care for women that reduces stigma and encourages health empowerment. She is currently an Assistant professor in the graduate school of social work at Florida Atlantic University. Heather has been awarded several external grants for research involving women’s health issues and her publications emphasize the importance of shared decision‐making for perinatal women who are opioid dependent. She supplements her academic work as a consultant for Compass Collaborative which focusing on decreasing occupational burnout in helping professionals. Heather has over 23 years of clinical experience in social work in healthcare. Her clinical expertise is the treatment of grief and loss, trauma, and substance use disorders.