Supporting Families and Children Impacted by Substance Use for Peer Recovery Specialists
  • Type Learning
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Hours
  • Cost Paid

Supporting Families and Children Impacted by Substance Use for Peer Recovery Specialists

Issued by Winona State University

This badge certifies the recipient's professional development training as a Peer Recovery Specialist, expanding their skills to support families and children affected by SUD. Substance use disorder greatly harms families, especially children. Limited support exists for these innocent victims. Peer recovery specialists, trained to work with SUD individuals, can also help families as an untapped resource.

  • Type Learning
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Hours
  • Cost Paid

Skills

Earning Criteria

  • Explore the multiple and complex ways that SUD affects individuals and families including children.
  • Describe strategies to provide support, facilitate adaptive coping and develop resilience for family members as they attempt to deal with challenges created by substance use in a family member.
  • Discuss strategies adults may use to facilitate resilience, promote healthy coping and support children impacted by parental SUD
  • Describe a framework using risks and protective factors for the prevention of SUD.
  • Explore evidence-based approaches families may use to support and communicate with family members with SUD.
  • Identify community resources that may be beneficial for families.