CFC #12020
Venmo @NacoaVoice4Children
CFC #12020
Venmo @NacoaVoice4Children
This 2 day online training is designed for professionals and volunteers interested in learning more about the impact of parental substance use on youth, and how to implement an educational support group to help them heal.
Nacoa‘s Children‘s Program Kit is a powerful tool to help children impacted by parental addiction. Designed for school-aged kids and teens (K-12) with parents struggling with substance use disorders, the kit provides over 100 skill-based and developmentally appropriate lesson plans, along with everything needed to offer a strong and effective educational support program. Improved affective and behavioral changes are noticeable as children complete programs using this comprehensive program kit.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
1. Explain the impact of substance use disorder on children and family systems, including the emotional, behavioral, developmental, and relational effects.
2. Identify common survival roles children may adopt in families impacted by SUD (e.g., hero, scapegoat, lost child, mascot, caregiver/parentified child) and understand how these adaptive strategies can influence long-term wellbeing.
3. Articulate the rationale for providing educational support groups for children, grounded in research on resilience, protective factors, and early intervention.
4. Describe why every addiction treatment provider should incorporate programming for children and families, recognizing children as integral members of the recovery ecosystem and key stakeholders in long-term family healing.
5. Apply implementation guidelines from NACoA’s Children’s Program Kit, including group structure, facilitator considerations, cultural responsiveness, and developmentally appropriate delivery.
6. Integrate trauma-informed and stigma-reducing language practices in alignment with national best practices, including person-first language as outlined in the Shatterproof Addiction Language Guide.
7. Design programming that addresses seven core topic areas:
o Understanding the addiction
o Identifying and expressing feelings
o Developing healthy coping skills
o Strengthening problem-solving abilities
o Understanding treatment and recovery
o Identifying safe and supportive people
o Processing grief and ambiguous loss
8. Incorporate evaluation and outcome measurement strategies to ensure program effectiveness, continuous improvement, and sustainability.
9. Develop strategies to interrupt intergenerational cycles of addiction, strengthening protective factors and promoting long-term family resilience.
CEUs through NAADAC will be awarded upon completion.
Cost of the training:
$1095 training for those with a Children’s Program Kit purchased in 2020 or more recently
$1595 training and two year subscription to curriculum
Curriculum is needed throughout the entire training.
Trainings Available:
Spring 2026 Training: April 28 – 29
Fall 2026 Training: September 30 – October 1
Each training consists of two consecutive six-hour training days: 9 am – 12 pm and 1 pm – 4 pm ET, with appropriate morning/afternoon breaks as needed.
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