Embracing Families: Expanding Family Engagement in SUD Treatment
Intermediate
Include Families in a Safe, Structured Way
Families are often deeply affected by a loved one’s substance use, but many treatment programs are not sure how to include them in a safe, helpful, and structured way.
This workshop helps professionals move beyond occasional family contact and begin building stronger family support into their work. Participants will learn how to welcome families, respond to strong emotions, set clear boundaries, and choose the right kind of support for each situation.
The workshop also gives participants a flexible 4-week family education outline they can adapt for the people they serve. The goal is to help families feel included, informed, and better prepared to support recovery without being blamed, ignored, or left on their own.
In this course, you will…
- Explore allyship and how it applies to the family system.
- Practice new skills using experiential, role-playing activities.
- Identify triggers to your own story that may interfere with radical acceptance
- Learn the criteria used to recommend educational sessions, collateral visits, individual sessions, group sessions, and Celebrating Families.
- Explore ethical issues that require boundary setting.
- Identify community resources for family support and learn how to talk about them with families.
- Apply engagement strategies using motivational interviewing, trauma-informed care, and radical acceptance.
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Prerequisite:
Completion of the basic Engaging Families workshop, and/or previous training in working with families in recovery.
Teaching methods used:
This live, interactive Zoom workshop includes self-reflection, triad work, role plays, small group brainstorming, family sculpting, and sociometric floor exercises. Participants will practice engagement strategies while exploring confidentiality, boundaries, family emotions, and clinician barriers.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
- Peer professionals
- SUD treatment professionals
- CASACs, CPPs, and CPSs
- Clinicians working with families
- Supervisors supporting family-centered care
- Staff with prior family engagement training
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
- Approved for 10 hours of CASAC, CPP, and CPS renewal hours.
- Appropriate for mental health and healthcare providers, peer professionals, support staff, and all SUD professionals.
GROUP DISCOUNTS:
- Available for 3 or more participants from a program.
- Email sandy@authentictrainings.com for company check processing.
REFUND POLICY
All registration is final. There are no refunds. If we are notified within 24 hours of the class, we can roll your enrollment fee to an alternative training or training date.
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