Substance of Change: Building Assets in Mentees Affected by Substance Misuse
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This training course is designed for mentoring programs interested in training their mentors about opioids, how opioids can affect the lives of mentees, and practical strategies mentors can learn and use in their everyday interactions with their mentees to be a positive change agent in their lives.
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This training course is designed for mentoring programs interested in training their mentors about opioids, how opioids can affect the lives of mentees, and practical strategies mentors can learn and use in their everyday interactions with their mentees to be a positive change agent in their lives.
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View GuideDescription of Resource: This on-line resource focuses on providing mentors with foundation information about opioids and factors leading to opioid use, helping mentors to learn about the issues that may be experiences by substance abuse-affected youth, and supporting mentors with development of skills to help mentees avoid misuse of substances, such as coping with stress in a healthy way and positive forms of community engagement. This is an asynchronous, on-demand course that is designed to be engaging with real-world scenarios and research- and practice-informed content, reinforcing quizzes, and actionable strategies and skills. Downloadable tip sheets and a certificate of completion are included. The required lessons take about 1.5 hours to complete and the entire course can be completed in about 2.5 hours.
Goals: Help mentors build skills to become more effective in their mentoring relationships with youth impacted by substance misuse, specifically opioid misuse.
Target Population/Eligibility or Target Sites: Mentoring program serving youth impacted by substance misuse.
Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice: Training
Key Personnel: Mentors
Publisher/Source: Mentoring Central
Author: Innovation Research Training
Date of Publication: 2022
Resource Type: Mentoring Training Resources
Evaluation Methodology: Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness
Evaluation Outcomes: Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness
External Validity: Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness
This training course can be accessed for a fee as described at this link.
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Overview Description of Resource: This on-line resource focuses on providing mentors with foundation information about opioids and factors leading to opioid use, helping mentors to learn about the issues that may be experiences by substance abuse-affected youth, and supporting mentors with development of skills to help mentees avoid misuse of substances, such as coping with stress in a healthy way and positive forms of community engagement. This is an asynchronous, on-demand course that is designed to be engaging with real-world scenarios and research- and practice-informed content, reinforcing quizzes, and actionable strategies and skills. Downloadable tip sheets and a certificate of completion are included. The required lessons take about 1.5 hours to complete and the entire course can be completed in about 2.5 hours.
Goals: Help mentors build skills to become more effective in their mentoring relationships with youth impacted by substance misuse, specifically opioid misuse.
Target Population/Eligibility or Target Sites: Mentoring program serving youth impacted by substance misuse.
Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice: Training
Key Personnel: Mentors
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Profile Publisher/Source: Mentoring Central
Author: Innovation Research Training
Date of Publication: 2022
Resource Type: Mentoring Training Resources
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Evaluation and Evidence Evaluation Methodology: Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness
Evaluation Outcomes: Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness
External Validity: Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness
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Access and Usage This training course can be accessed for a fee as described at this link.
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