Latest Past Events

Supporting Parents with Co-occurring Disorders in Child Welfare (Part One of a Three-Part Training Series)

Beltrami County Administration Building 701 Minnesota Ave. NW, Bemidje

Parents with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders are overrepresented in child welfare cases. An estimated 50% to 80% of all confirmed child neglect and maltreatment cases involve a parent struggling with substance use disorders (National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University [NCASAC], 1999). In a collaborative effort between MNCAMH and [...]

Effective Strategies for Working with Involuntary Clients: International Perspectives WELCOME

Monash University Prato Centre Palazzo Vai, Via Pugliesi 26, Prato

This international conference on working with involuntary clients, gathering ideas from research, policy, and practice about strategies for effective practice in child welfare, corrections, social welfare and family services, health/mental health substance use/abuse and domestic violence. Issues related to the dynamics of working with this population will be discussed, with an emphasis on the importance [...]