Counseling At Risk Populations
Select a group identified as being at high-risk for substance abuse and answer the following questions:
- What are some of the factors that have been found to contribute to the group’s risk for substance abuse?
- How would you determine if a risk factor(s) is relevant to your client? Specifically, what questions would you pose, which assessment instruments would you use and/or what collateral sources would you contact?
- Use these resource:
Read Chapters 11 and 12 of the text Substance Use Counseling: Theory and Practice.
Read Chapters 6, 10, and 11 of the text Learning the Language of Addiction Counseling.