Date/Time
Date(s) - Tuesday, August 4, 2020
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Categories
The purpose of this training is to develop a deeper understanding of substance abuse to better serve families who may be experiencing it. Through the scenario, trainees will learn about the difficulties that come from serving families and their children where substance abuse is present and common pitfalls in working with these families.
Participants will learn:
- The challenges of engaging families where substance abuse is present
- Stages of change, why people use, and why relapse happens
- How to approach and engage a person who may be using substances
This training has been approved for 2 hours of foster parent training credit.
Instructor: Kersten Borer, M.S.W
She completed her Masters in Social Work in 1999 at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and currently holds professional licenses as an independent mental health practitioner, Master’s level social worker, and an alcohol and drug counselor in the State of Nebraska. She provides outpatient substance abuse treatment (ASAM Level I) to adolescents and adults. She also offers urinalysis drug and alcohol testing. She is on the approved provider list to complete chemical dependency evaluations in the State of Nebraska. She also sees many friends and family members of persons with addictions. Many people want guidance of how to help those with addictions as well as how to take care of themselves in the process. Therefore, she sees many couples, where one partner has a history of addiction. She has extensive history seeing adolescents with behavioral disorders. She works with the adolescent and parent on improving their communication and helping to provide realistic expectations in the home. She sees adults and adolescents with mild to severe mental health disorders and believes in a strengths-based approach. She is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and has found success in using this to treat people who have a history of trauma and/or anxiety disorders.
RSVP/Registration
Please print and fill out this certificate and bring it to the training. Have your caseworker and training facilitator sign the form to ensure you receive the CEUs available. Always notify your caseworker or recruiter of your intention to attend any of the training or support group events on this calendar. Acceptable proof would also include the signature of the trainer on either training materials or notes that includes the title and date of the training. Register here.