Intentional Integration: How to Identify and Support Parents with Co-Occurring Disorders FTCs, like all drug courts, historically focused on treating substance use disorders (SUDs). However, FTCs cannot maintain this singular focus since 45% of adults with an SUD in the general population also live with [...]
Sustained Recovery: Don’t Make Aftercare an Afterthought Recovery is a process, and FTCs are a time-limited acute intervention in a family’s life. FTCs must blend aftercare planning into its program design to best support parents and their children after case closure. Aftercare plans, also [...]
Navigating Risk: Disrupting the Cycle of Substance Use for Children and Adolescents Substance use disorders can have a genetic component but are preventable. For adolescents with adverse childhood experiences, substance use may be a mechanism to cope with trauma or unaddressed socioemotional or mental health [...]
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