Substance Abuse & Child Welfare Practice Webinar Series
Webinar Series: Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Practice
Goal: To improve the use of evidence-based practices in the child welfare, courts, and treatment systems that will assist families impacted by substance abuse. Lunchtime LIVE was a webinar series (aired 2017-2019) designed to improve understanding of substance use disorders and their impact on child welfare practice. The series provided regular access to content experts and an opportunity to explore practice applications across systems. After the webinar, participants returned to this page for a summary handout of the session containing links and resources to encourage additional learning, and access to the webinar recording. Scroll down to view recordings of these webinars and access the handouts and resources. |
View Recordings of Historical Webinars:
Below are descriptions of previous webinars in the Lunchtime LIVE series. You can click "view online" to watch videos immediately in your browser (no credit is provided). Or you can click "view in E-Track" for instructions to view the webinar through E-Track for training credit. NOTE: The for-credit viewing option is only available to OCWTP constituents.
Originally Aired March 22, 2019
Protective Strategies for First Responders Exposed to Illicit Substances E-Track No: 317-24-DL2B-S Dr. Sophia Chiu
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SUMMARY HANDOUT
Presenter: Dr. Sophia Chiu is a Medical Officer in NIOSH’s Health Hazard Evaluations program. Many of her recent projects have involved evaluating potential occupational exposures to opioids among first responders. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University and completed medical school at the State University of New York—Stony Brook. She has been board certified in Occupational Medicine after residency training at the University of Iowa. |
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VIEW IN E-TRACK (for credit) Overview: The increase in the number of overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids (which includes fentanyl and fentanyl analogues) in Ohio and the United States has raised concerns about the potential for exposure to illicit drugs among child welfare caseworkers and other first responders (law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and emergency medical services personnel). The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), a part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has issued guidance for protecting first responders from fentanyl and its analogues along with strategies for responding to the threat of overdose. This webinar offers an opportunity to interact with national experts from NIOSH while learning about potential risks and exploring protective safety strategies. |
Originally Aired November 16, 2018
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SUMMARY HANDOUT
Presenter: Renee Lupi is currently employed by the ODJFS in the Office of Families and Children Child Protective Services Unit as a Policy Developer. Renee served as a Child Welfare Attorney and Supervisor for over 10 years in Morrow County, Ohio. Renee is a certified Guardian Ad Litem. Her expertise ranges from standards and accreditation to domestic relations and elder law/estate planning. As a law student she was a research assistant for the National Center for Adoption Law and Policy. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice/Sociology from Kent State University and a Juris Doctor from Capital University Law School. Presenter: Dr. Rick Massatti is the State Opioid Treatment Authority at the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS). Over the last 17 years, he has worked on substance use and mental health research, policies, and programs. Currently he oversees Ohio’s federally licensed opioid treatment programs (OTPs). He is coordinating the efforts to bring new opioid treatment programs into the state, update the OTP administrative code, and implement a workforce development strategy to increase physician interest in medication assisted treatment. Dr. Massatti also has been at the forefront of documenting the opioid epidemic in Ohio through his work with the Governor’s Cabinet Opiate Action Team, and has raised awareness about topics like naloxone use and neonatal abstinence syndrome. He has also been an advocate of coordinated healthcare for drug-dependent pregnant women as part of the Maternal Opiate Medical Supports project. |
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VIEW IN E-TRACK (for credit) Overview: The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) of 2016 is the first major federal addiction legislation in 40 years, and the most comprehensive effort undertaken to address the opioid epidemic, encompassing all six pillars necessary for such a coordinated response – prevention, treatment, recovery, law enforcement, criminal justice reform and overdose reversal. This webinar will address CARA from a child welfare and community partner perspective; explore cross-system collaboration opportunities opened by CARA; and identify strategies for improving outcomes for infants and families impacted by substance use. |
Originally Aired June 23, 2017
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Presenter: Dr. Nancy Young is the Executive Director of Children and Family Futures (CFF), a California-based research and policy institute whose mission is to improve safety, permanency, well-being and recovery outcomes for children, parents and families affected by trauma, substance use and mental disorders. Since 2002, she has served as the Director of the federally-funded National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare. In 2010, she began serving as the Director of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s technical assistance program for Family Drug Courts and the Statewide System Reform Program in 2014. |
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VIEW IN E-TRACK (for credit) Overview: Federal investments over the past decade have tested strategies to improve outcomes for families in child welfare affected by substance use disorders. These investments have generated a knowledge base that points to a set of common ingredients for improved family outcomes. This webinar notes these common ingredients, engagement strategies and collaborative practice models that child welfare, treatment and court professionals can implement in their communities. Attendees will participate in an application activity highlighting engagement and outreach strategies for families. |
Originally Aired May 26, 2017
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SUMMARY HANDOUT
Presenter: Orman Hall served as the executive director of the Fairfield County ADAMH Board for 21 years until his appointment by Governor Kasich as Director of the Ohio Dept. of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services in 2011. Orman retired from the Kasich administration in 2015 and assumed a position with the Supreme Court of Ohio overseeing the development of drug courts and other specialized dockets. In September of 2016, he left the Supreme Court to assume responsibilities with the Ohio HIDTA Program. As Public Health Analyst for the Heroin Response Project, Orman is responsible for assessing the scope of opioid addiction and evaluating treatment and law enforcement strategies. |
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VIEW IN E-TRACK (for credit) Overview: Collaborative practice among child welfare, substance use disorder treatment agencies, and the courts starts with understanding the data. This webinar presents a broad epidemiological view of opioid addiction in Ohio with a special emphasis on women of child bearing age. The scope of opioid addiction and its impact on the Ohio Child Welfare system will be examined along with practice reforms such as new SACWIS changes to capture screening information. Facilitated learning applications will look at how child welfare professionals can improve available data on opioid addiction and potential steps toward improving outcomes for opioid dependent parents. |
Originally Aired April 28, 2017
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SUMMARY HANDOUT
Presenter: Dr. Ted Parran is board certified in Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine. His group practice provides medical directorship services to several substance abuse treatment programs in northeast Ohio. He established the Addiction Fellowship Program at CWRU School of Medicine in 1994; teaches on the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship faculty and co-directs the current Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program at St. Vincent Charity Hospital. He is widely published and has been an invited speaker at national and international conferences for the past two and a half decades. |
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VIEW IN E-TRACK (for credit) Overview: The opiate epidemic brings with it additional safety alarms for parents, teens and young adult children. Even while engaged with medication assisted treatment, there are added concerns for safety and well-being. This webinar outlines specific safety issues as they relate to various modes of treatment and important strategies for protecting children and families. Improved information sharing protocols and practices is applied as a critical strategy for developing effective cross-system communications that protect children and families. |
Originally Aired March 31, 2017
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SUMMARY HANDOUT
Presenter: Dr. Brad Lander is a Clinical Psychologist and Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor. He began working in the mental health field in 1979 and began specializing in chemical dependency in 1985. In 2001, Dr. Lander became the Clinical Director of the Addiction Medicine Department at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Talbot Hall, as it is more commonly known, offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient substance abuse services. Dr. Lander has experience as an adolescent and family counselor and has presented the keynote address for Casey Family Programs annual meeting. |
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VIEW IN E-TRACK (for credit) Overview: The overwhelming problem of addiction causes great frustration for those working with families involved with the child welfare system. Expectations of what “they should be able to do and understand” cause grief and disappointment. Understanding addiction as a chronic brain disease helps it all start to make sense. This webinar looks at the effects of alcohol and drugs on the brain and offers a working definition of addiction that helps define how best to approach solutions with families. These early intervention and engagement strategies are applied to child welfare case studies involving multiple systems. |