Drug and Alcohol Prevention with Youth in Foster Care

Facilitated by: Dustianne North

Workshop Description

The purpose of this training is to enhance the ability of SDFSC grantees to address the drug and alcohol prevention needs of youth involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems by:

•  Increasing your knowledge and understanding of the particular needs and challenges of these youth

•  Providing strategies to work with these youth more effectively by

•  Promoting stability in the lives of youth

•  Raising staff awareness of issues of foster youth

•  Understanding nonconventional family dynamics

After completing this training, you will be able to:

• Suggest at least five events that can cause a child to be placed into foster care

• Suggest at least three reasons why a child may lose their placement

• Identify at least six risk factors for substance abuse that may be more pronounced for youth in foster care

• Suggest at least three strengths that may be developed by the experiences of youth in foster care

• When given the history of a particular child in foster care, suggest risk factors and strengths
  

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