COE Family Involvement in COE Services 8.13.25 - JHF

August 13, 2025

Participants will receive an overview of family and impacts of SUD, with a focus on engaging families, including the benefits of family engagement and cosiderations for effective outreach and integration into the spectrum of COE care.

Agenda:

  1. Introduction
  2. Why are we Discussing Family Involvement in COEs
    1. Truths about Individuals and Services
    2. Tangible Benefits of Involving Families
    3. Intangible Benefits of Involving Families
    4. Where Can Family Involvement be Beneficial
    5. Better Outcomes
    6. Impact of Family Perceptions of OUD Treatment
    7. Pitfalls of Not Serving Families
    8. Fidelity to the COE Model
  3. Definition of Family and Impacts of SUD
    1. Definitions of Family
    2. Effects of SUD on Families
    3. Individualized Factors that Impact Effects on Family
    4. What Can Interventions for Families Accomplish
  4. Experience of Families in the SUD System
    1. Stigma Against Families
    2. Blaming of Families
  5. Involving Family in COEs
    1. Identifying Family
    2. Determining How to Involve Family Members
    3. Potential Questions for Identifying Family
    4. Considerations for Including Family
    5. Challenges to Involving Family
    6. Needs of Family Vary Over Course of Services
  6. Interventions for Family from COE
    1. Inclusion of Family in Care Planning
    2. Participation in Care Management
    3. Information for Families
    4. Education for Families
    5. Existing Resources/Referrals for Families
    6. Family Peer Recovery Specialists
    7. Overdose Education and Naloxone Rescue Kits
    8. Offering Care Management Services to Families
  7. Referrals Outside of the COE
    1. Treatment/Support Referrals for Families
    2. Benefits of Significant Other Involved Therapies for Clients
    3. Benefits of Significant Other Involved Therapies for Supports
  8. Key Takeaways

Target Audience

  • Nurse
  • Physician
  • Social Worker

Learning Objectives

  • Outline the effects of an individual’s SUD and the SUD system on the family.
  • Identify how to assess family involvement in COE services.
  • Describe what should be considered when involving family members.
  • Outline the benefits of family involvement in care management.
  • Describe the way families can be included in the recovery process for individuals with OUD.

Additional Information

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.25 ASWB
  • 1.25 Attendance
Course opens: 
08/13/2025
Course expires: 
12/31/2025
Event starts: 
08/13/2025 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
08/13/2025 - 1:30pm EDT
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Participants will receive an overview of family and impacts of SUD, with a focus on engaging families, including the benefits of family engagement and cosiderations for effective outreach and integration into the spectrum of COE care.

Agenda:

  1. Introduction
  2. Why are we Discussing Family Involvement in COEs
    1. Truths about Individuals and Services
    2. Tangible Benefits of Involving Families
    3. Intangible Benefits of Involving Families
    4. Where Can Family Involvement be Beneficial
    5. Better Outcomes
    6. Impact of Family Perceptions of OUD Treatment
    7. Pitfalls of Not Serving Families
    8. Fidelity to the COE Model
  3. Definition of Family and Impacts of SUD
    1. Definitions of Family
    2. Effects of SUD on Families
    3. Individualized Factors that Impact Effects on Family
    4. What Can Interventions for Families Accomplish
  4. Experience of Families in the SUD System
    1. Stigma Against Families
    2. Blaming of Families
  5. Involving Family in COEs
    1. Identifying Family
    2. Determining How to Involve Family Members
    3. Potential Questions for Identifying Family
    4. Considerations for Including Family
    5. Challenges to Involving Family
    6. Needs of Family Vary Over Course of Services
  6. Interventions for Family from COE
    1. Inclusion of Family in Care Planning
    2. Participation in Care Management
    3. Information for Families
    4. Education for Families
    5. Existing Resources/Referrals for Families
    6. Family Peer Recovery Specialists
    7. Overdose Education and Naloxone Rescue Kits
    8. Offering Care Management Services to Families
  7. Referrals Outside of the COE
    1. Treatment/Support Referrals for Families
    2. Benefits of Significant Other Involved Therapies for Clients
    3. Benefits of Significant Other Involved Therapies for Supports
  8. Key Takeaways

 

Zoom Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

PERU (Elizabeth Schrage)

imageIn support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Jewish Healthcare Foundation. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.25 continuing education credits.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.25 contact hours.

Social Work (ASWB)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Social Work Education activity is 1.25 contact hours.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.25 ASWB
  • 1.25 Attendance
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