The impact of parental substance use on system-involved youth

Klasey Consulting is partnering with Lincoln Families to bring this training The impact of parental substance use on system-involved youth to Alameda, Solano, Mendocino, Lake, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Tuolumne and Calaveras providers. Some parents of system-involved youth have struggled or are struggling with substance use. It’s important for providers, foster parents, and natural supports to understand the impact parental substance use has on youths’ development. This training will provide an overview of how parental substance use impacts youths’ physical development, social development, academic development, and emotional development. Providers, foster parents, and natural supports will learn strategies for how to support system-involved youth when parental substance use is prevalent.

The learning objectives include:

• Participants will be able to identify at least 1 way parental substance use impacts system-involved youths’ emotional development
• Participants will be able to identify at least 1 way parental substance use impacts system-involved youths’ emotional development
• Participants will be able to identify at least 1 strategy to support system-involved youth whose parents abuse substance

Please note that in order to register for these FREE trainings your organization must directly work with foster, adoptive or probation involved children, youth and their families in Alameda, Solano, Mendocino, Lake, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Tuolumne and Calaveras only. Caregivers, including resource families, who serve youth in the above-mentioned counties are also eligible. Participants outside of these areas aren't eligible and will not receive the zoom lin

The training will be provided by Nancy Acosta of Klasey Consulting. You can learn more about Klasey Consulting at www.klaseyconsulting.com or on Instragram @klaseyconsulting

Dr. Nancy Acosta is a bilingual therapist who has 7 years of experience working with trauma at a sexual assault center. She has provided services to children and adults in various settings including outpatient community mental health centers, college counseling centers, crisis centers, and in an integrated behavioral health setting. She has completed training in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy as well as Cognitive Processing Therapy. She has experience providing training and supervision to doctoral level graduate students in trauma related topics including crisis intervention, vicarious trauma, and grounding techniques. In addition to developing a training manual for a student training program at a rape and crisis center, she also has experience supervising practicum students and providing support to staff and advocates. Nancy has experience working as a behavioral health consultant with multidisciplinary staff to improve recognition, treatment and management of behavioral problems and conditions.