Substance Abuse and Cultural Competence

Class 5: Substance Abuse and Cultural Competence

Class 5 PowerPoint

Pre-Work Instructions

Read Substance Abuse through Initial Case Notes for the Lavender Case in Chapter 5, and complete the following:

• Read about Drug Addiction through Opioid Painkillers at Drug Addiction Symptoms - Mayo Clinic

• Watch the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder video below or here. 

Lavender Case (Required reading before class)

• Questioner List

• CPS Caseworker: Lisa Kelly

• Attorney and Program Supervisor

• Child: Lavender Bass, and Foster Mother: Bonnie Matthews

• Father: John Bass

• Maternal Aunt: Leah Mailer, and Grandmother: Rebecca Mailer

• Maternal Aunt: Leah Mailer (Second Contact)

• Mother: Susan Mailer