1. 939: Preventing Youth from Experiencing Opioid Use and Addiction

2. Section I: welcome and introductions

3. NAME Name Tent Personal goal for this training
Experience with anyone experiencing opioid use or addiction?
# of years as Resource Parent

4. Identify warning signs of opioid use and abuse
Learning Objectives:
Identify the impact of opioid use, addiction, and recovery on child development
Identify warning signs of opioid use and abuse
Recognize the resource parent’s role in preventing opioid use
Identify strategies to engage youth in conversations about opioids and drug use

5. Section II: Culture of Addiction

6. Our Culture of Addiction
Addiction is present in all cultures, but it is possible that the American experience is one that makes us more prone to the risk factors associated with addiction.

7. Our Culture of Addiction (continued)
Wide exposure to drugs with addictive potential
Heavy prescription drug use
4.3% world population over 80% of prescribed opiates
Illicit use of prescription drugs
Increasing heroin purity
Rise of synthetic drugs
(Pennsylvania Recovery Organizations Alliance, 2015)

8. Section III: The Impact of addiction on child development

9. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
Refer to pages in your Participant Guide. In the following five minutes, complete the Ace Score Questionnaire.
Once complete, consider your score and how your experiences have affected your development
Consider cases with which you have worked and the impacts you have seen drug use have on the development of children
In the next five minutes, share your experiences during a group discussion

10. Section IV: drug use and addiction

11. Consequences of Addiction
Physical
Spiritual Mental
Emotional
(Pennsylvania Recovery Organizations Alliance, 2015)

12. Consequences of Addiction Discussion
Discuss the consequences of addiction in each area of the following areas:
Physical
Mental
Emotional
Spiritual

13. Signs of Use and Addiction
Discuss how to observe signs of use and addiction
Create a list of the possible signs of drug involvement
Refer to page 21 in your Participant Guide, which lists several possible signs of drug involvement

14. Section V: role of the resource parent

15. Why Do Kids Use Drugs?

16. Prevention Activity Instructions
Discuss the assigned risk factors
Answer the following questions.
As a resource parent, what is my role in supporting and preventing opioid use for the youth in my care?
How can I help reduce and mitigate these risk factors?
(Clinical Tools, 2017)

17. References
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Prochaska, J.O., & DiClemente, C.C. (1984). The transtheoretical approach: Crossing traditional boundaries of therapy. Homewood, III: Dow Jones-Irwin.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2016). Opioids. Retrieved from: