SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT AND RECOVERY AND IMPACTS ON FAMILY DYNAMICS

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SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT AND RECOVERY AND IMPACTS ON FAMILY DYNAMICS

Despite high rates of substance use among youth in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems, assessing needed evidence-based care can be difficult. This session will cover key principles for identifying and addressing substance use and co-occurring mental health needs with dually involved youth. Participants will hear from University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) researchers highlighting telehealth interventions and a discussion about research-informed ways to improve identification of substance use and co-occurring mental health needs and provide tools to aid in linkage to treatment. Additionally, participants will hear directly from a Parent Partner with lived experience about how best to support youth and families with substance use and co-occurring mental health needs either in treatment or exiting an STRTP. Lived experience provides keys to success: Support, Educate and Acceptance that there is not an easy solution. Together, we will make a difference.

Speakers:
Johanna Folk, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Evan D. Holloway, Ph.D.; Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Shawna Morris, MPA, Chief Executive Officer, Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families
Peter Gelber, Recovery Specialist, Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families
 
Moderator:
Kathy Martinez, CPOC Consultant, Retired Deputy Chief Probation Officer, Santa Clara County Probation Department