Organizational Level Planning for Survival Behaviors in Prevention and Outreach Initiatives

Organizational Level Planning for Survival Behaviors in Prevention and Outreach Initiatives

People who have experienced significant hardship in childhood often survive on account of the survival behavior they rely upon to help them navigate their challenges. These behaviors can become their go-to responses in times of distress. There is a strong correlation between childhood crises and substance use disorder. 

Organizations that are working with people living with substance use disorder should safeguard their practices to minimize the level of distress their policies, procedures, and settings might cause as this may result in survival behavior in their clients and derail care. This training is a general overview of macro-level interventions and considerations that an organization seeking to effectively support clients whose maladaptive responses to childhood crises may result in disruptions to access and utilization of care.

At the end of this training participants will be able to:

• Describe the common practices, policies, and procedures that result in survival behavior in people living with substance use disorder.
• Recite at least four alternatives to those common practices, policies, and procedures to avoid or minimize survival behavior in their service population.
• Explain how they may enact or champion these alternatives in their own practice sites and organizations. 

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For trainings that indicate Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available, contact the organizer and/or the Vermont Office of Professional Regulation to verify that the credits will count toward the continuing education requirements of your licensure or certification.