Addiction, Treatment and Recovery

On April 6th, Elizabeth Devine, Clinical Coordinator for the Betty Ford Center Five Star Kids presented “Children’s Perspectives on Addiction in the Home: Considerations for Professionals” via webinar for the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children. Over 500 professionals from across the nation tuned in to see the artwork and writings of children that exemplify the experience of growing up in a home with familial addiction. The PowerPoint for this presentation, full-length webinars and other resources are available free of charge at http://www.nationaldec.org/training/trainingdownloads.html.

In the webinar, Elizabeth Devine offers insight regarding the mental and emotional perspective of children growing up with alcohol or drug addicted caregivers. Children within such a family system take on several different roles to cope and share many common characteristics and challenges. Additionally, ideas are presented on how to work with this population in a way that fosters resiliency.

The webinar is provided by the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children. The mission of the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children (National DEC) is to break the cycle of abuse and neglect by empowering practitioners who work to transform the lives of children and families living in drug and alcohol environments. National DEC provides these webinars at no charge to professionals working to improve the lives of children living in drug environments.

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