Distance Learning

Distance Learning Resources

NEW - Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare

Supporting Recovery in Parents with Co-Occurring Disorders in Child Welfare: Training Videos - In partnership with the Minnesota Center for Chemical and Mental Health (MNCAMH), CASCW created a three-part video series titled, Supporting Recovery in Parents with Co-Occurring Disorders in Child Welfare. This video series features experts discussing the unique challenges and resources needed to support parents struggling with CODs.

Family Drug Court Learning Academy - The FDC Learning Academy consist of a series of web-based trainings that assess the needs, initiate strategic planning, implement program improvements, evaluate performance, and sustain FDCs. Launched in 2010, the Learning Academy is comprised of four levels of "learning communities" that are responsive to the developmental stages of FDCs.

Identifying Substance Use as a Risk Factor in Child Welfare Cases and Understanding How to Respond - This webinar covers practice principles to guide screening and assessment protocols for working with child welfare involved families who are affected by substance use disorders. A brief background on the UNCOPE, a 6-item screening tool is provided along with challenges and considerations for use of the UNCOPE in child welfare practice.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

SAMHSA has made available 12 National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) webinars on its YouTube Channel. The free webinars highlight hot topics, including medication-assisted treatment and the treatment of opioid use during pregnancy, and a series on evidence-based practices, trauma-informed care, and building collaborative practice for the care of pregnant women with opioid use disorders. Child- and family-serving systems across the country are working to develop policies and practices to address prenatal exposure to opioids.

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)

Adolescent Trauma and Substance Abuse Online - This Adolescent Trauma and Substance Abuse online course was developed to provide training and materials for mental health clinicians, substance abuse treatment providers, parents, caregivers, and youth on the complexities between psychological trauma and co-occurring substance abuse and dependency. The course is comprised of the following training components: 1) a 90 minute interactive online training entitled Understanding Traumatic Stress and Substance Abuse Among Adolescents 2) a one hour featured lecture presentation by Dr. Robert Pynoos entitled Youth with Trauma Histories, PTSD, and Co-Occurring Substance Abuse 3) a four part Train-the-Trainer video series entitled Trauma and Co-Occurring Disorders: Understanding and Working with Youth and Their Caregivers and 4) product information on the NCTSN training toolkit entitled Understanding the Links Between Adolescent Trauma and Substance Abuse: A Toolkit for Providers (2nd Edition). This ATSA online course also offers a Learning Community where participants can share their experiences using and disseminating these materials in the field, receive guidance and feedback, and obtain additional resources and training. This project was funded by SAMHSA.

National Center for Substance Abuse and Child Welfare

Online Tutorials - The free tutorials focus on the subjects of substance abuse and child welfare; they support and facilitate collaboration between the child welfare system, the substance abuse treatment system and the courts. Continuing Education Units are available upon successful completion of a tutorial.

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