SUBSTANCE USE SESSION

Course objectives:  

• Describe the main theories of addiction. 

• Identify reasons why people use substances and recall local current trends and patterns of use. 

• Describe how stigma impacts on the quality and effectiveness of treatment and recall language which de-stigmatises people affected by substance use. 

• Describe how substance use is used as an adaptive coping response to trauma and its impact. 

• Identify the impact of parental substance use on children and describe the child’s change cycle in parental use and recovery. 

• Identify the impact of substance use on relationships. 

• Review effective tools and strategies and their application in practice. 

Informed Level: The informed level specifies the baseline practice-specific knowledge and skills every worker in the drugs and alcohol sector should be developing upon entering employment.