Substance Misuse Among Foster Youth: Incorporating Readiness For Change To Elicit And Increase Engagement
Lisa Carlson
Speaker: Lisa Carlson, LMFT
Lisa Carlson, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a private practice in Eugene, OR. Lisa’s work as a therapist is focused on mental health and addiction counseling, clinical supervision, and presenting. Select areas of focus within her practice include mood and anxiety disorders, eating disorders, relationship therapy, addictions treatment, tobacco treatment, boundary development, Motivational Interviewing, and Internal Family Systems. Lisa holds a National Certificate in Tobacco Treatment Practice (NCTTP) and is designated a UMASS Tobacco Treatment Specialist Trainer. She offers clinical supervision within the state of Oregon and is an American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) Approved Supervisor. She presents regularly within community and educational settings on topics related to mental health, addiction, and counseling practices.
Substance use can be tricky to approach, leading to avoidance of the topic, or an impasse between therapist and client on what type of substance use needs to be addressed and how. This can be particularly challenging when working with foster youth who may be using substances to obtain control or autonomy over some aspect of their life, or to help cope with trauma.
In this training, we will examine the readiness for change model and use it as a foundation to support these conversations, while also exploring addiction concepts and communication approaches that create a compassionate framework for supporting open and engaged conversations around substance use and abuse. Additionally, while the focus will be on substance use, many of the concepts and practices covered in this training will be transferable to other areas of clinical work.
Learning Objectives:
- Explore the readiness for change model and its critical connection in successfully attending to substance use and misuse.
- Practice assessing client readiness for change, in part by using provider frustration for guidance.
- Identify concepts and approaches that offer a compassionate and inviting framework when exploring substance use and misuse.
- Learn about considerations that support open dialogue around substance use when working with youth in the foster care system.
These events are free, and registration is available up until 24 hours prior to the start of the event. There is no penalty for cancellations. Content level is suitable for working mental health professionals with advanced degrees. There will be no breaks during the programs.
Live courses are interactive and recorded courses are non-interactive. In order to complete and receive credit for live courses, attendees must remain for the duration of each event and complete the course evaluation directly following each event. A link to the evaluation will be shared in the Zoom chat box during the live webinar. To earn home-study credits for recorded webinars, viewers must watch each course and complete the evaluation and posttest for each course. Viewers have 3 chances to pass the posttest with a score of 75% or higher. Once the evaluations or the evaluations and postttests are completed, we will generate and issue certificates via email within one week of completion.
Credit is calculated by the hours of the event (1 hour = 1 credit, 2 hours = 2 credits, etc.). The time it takes to complete the course evaluation and/or the posttest does not count toward CE credits.
To participate in a live webinar, a system that runs Zoom is required. To watch a recorded event for home-study, a system that plays recorded videos is required.
Please send an email to chrissy@ahomewithin.org to request disability accommodations, address grievances, or ask questions.
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