Substance Use Disorder affects many people from varying walks of life. Addiction remains one of the prevalent reasons that contributes to youth coming into the foster care system. As a CASA/GAL Volunteer, it is vital and helpful to understand the impact that substance use disorder has on children and their parents.
Articles & Books:
- Sage Journal: Study on long-term adverse effects of parental drinking
- Family treatment courts and substance use disorder
- Frontiers: Attachment theory and maternal drug addiction
Podcasts
- The diagnosis & the drug: use of physchotropic medication in the foster care system
- The effects of methamphetamine on children
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Webinars
- Module one, primer on substance abuse issues for child welfare professionals
- Module two, engaging families in substance abuse treatment
- Module three, substance use disorder treatment and recovery
- Fentanyl, sizzurp, vaping and other current drug trends
- The juvenile journey from marijuana to heroin
- The opioid crisis in Illinois