The Family Recovery Journey: Recognizing the Grief Process
As the substance use disorder (SUD’s) field addresses family involvement in SUD’s services, innovative and different approaches may be needed. Whether the outcome for a parent is a recovery journey, incarceration, or sadly, death, the families often feel grief and frustrated. Managing the next move can be difficult when working with children and family involved in the legal system. It is important that providers and families understand the grief and resilience process involved with moving past the chaos. The workshop will provide an awareness of the disorder and grief generated by a family members SUD’s. As a CASA worker, strategies of support and awareness of the underlying issues creates a supportive system for the children and their safety. A variety of strategies that assist families in moving forward will be explored.
