Including Children and Families in the Healing and Recovery Process

RISE23 came to an emotional close with National Association for Children of Addiction Senior Clinical Advisor Jerry Moe, who provided a stirring presentation on the impact of parental addiction and recovery on children. The session offered powerful testimony about the need to ensure that children receive appropriate support as they navigate the recovery process of a parent or caregiver. He highlighted resources available through Sesame Street in Communities to assist with difficult conversations and offered case studies from his own work as a national director of children’s programs with Hazelden Betty Ford. “Let’s break that intergenerational cycle of substance use disorders, mental health disorders, trauma, and incarceration,” he said. “Let’s continue to save lives and reunite families and make our communities healthier and safer. Remember, together we are stronger.”

Indeed, together, we All Rise.