Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute Inc.

Substance Abuse and Youth

- Creating Opportunities for Change (1 day)

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Cancellation Policy

Registrations cancelled 7 or more days prior to the workshop are refundable, minus a $50.00 administrative fee. Alternatively you may receive a credit to attend a future training. Cancellations less than 7 days prior to the workshop are non-refundable. If at anytime you are unable to attend, you are welcome to transfer your registration to another individual at no extra cost. In this case, please notify CTRI of the name of the alternate person who will be attending.

We reserve the right to cancel workshops due to unforeseen circumstances or under-enrolment. Liability is limited to a refund of workshop fees only. Please make travel arrangements with this in mind.

Limited Seating

Register Early! To better facilitate group interaction, seating is limited to 60 participants in most workshops.

You Will Receive

A spiral bound training manual and workshop certificate as well as morning and afternoon refreshments. Participants are on their own for lunch from noon to 1:00 PM.

Concerns and Grievances

If concerns arise throughout your interaction with the CTRI office or our workshop please contact the CTRI office directly at 204-452-9199 or info@ctinstitute.com

Special Accommodations
for Disabilities

Please contact the CTRI office directly at 204-452-9199 or info@ctrinstitute.com to discuss any special needs accommodations you may require to have a positive learning experience.

Continuing Education

This workshop is approved for credit with Canadian Counseling Association and Canadian Professional Counselors Association.

Credit hours: A two day workshop earns 11 continuing education hours and a one day workshop earns 5.5 hours. A certificate will be awarded upon the completion of the workshop.

Intervention attempts with youth who are struggling with substance abuse are often met with resistance.  While some youth choose not to use substances or their use stays as experimentation, for others, their use quenches a much larger unmet need and a pattern of use and abuse develops.  Participants of this workshop will examine the needs underlying youth's choices to use substances.  They will also consider issues that make working with youth different than working with adults and explore short term and longer term intervention strategies.

Register for this workshop Online -or- by Mail or Fax

Workshop Outline

  • Overview and History of the Issue
  • Why Youth Start and Why Some Continue to Use
  • Identifying Youth at Risk
  • Differentiating Use – Experimentation vs. Addiction
  • Changing Perspectives – Understanding Use From a Youth Point of View
  • Adolescent Development 101
  • Impact on Families
  • Foundations of Change
  • Role of Attachment in Maintaining or Changing Behaviour
  • Addressing the Underlying Needs – Setting the Stage for Recovery
  • The Role of Parents and Caregivers in Nurturing Change
  • Short Term Intervention Strategies
  • Creating Longer Term Outcomes

Target Audience

This is an intermediate level workshop intended for social workers, teachers, parents, social service and health care professionals, youth corrections officers, support workers and anyone working in a helping role with youth struggling with substance abuse.

Method of Delivery

Lecture, personal reflection, video, case study review and small group discussion

Learning Objectives

At the end of this workshop, participants should be able to:

  • Describe the role of substance abuse in youth.
  • Learn how to assess and differentiate between experimentation and addiction.
  • Understand how to identify and meet the underlying needs of youth.
  • Have new strategies of how to support youth and families.
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