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PD VI. Client, Family, and Community Education
Definition: The process of providing clients, families, significant others, and community
groups with information on risks related to psychoactive substance use, as well as available
prevention, treatment, and recovery resources.
Competency 99:
Provide culturally relevant formal and informal education programs that
raise awareness and support substance abuse prevention and the
recovery process.
Knowledge
XX Cultural differences among ethnically
and racially diverse communities.
u Cultural differences in attitudes toward
consumption of psychoactive substances.
u Delivery of educational programs.
u Research and theory on prevention of
substance use problems.
u Environmental strategies and prevention
campaigns.
u Learning styles and teaching methods.
u Public speaking.
u Benefits of working with community
coalitions.
Skills
uX Delivering prevention and treatment
educational programs.
u Facilitating discussion.
u Identifying, creating, and modifying
relevant educational materials to meet
the needs of the intended audience.
u Making public presentations.
Attitudes
uX Awareness of and sensitivity to cultural
differences.
u Awareness of the potential need to adapt
educational materials to respond to
cultural differences.
u Appreciation of the difference between
educating and providing information.
u Appreciation of the historical, social,
cultural, and other influences that shape
the perceptions of psychoactive
substance use.
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