Alcohol and Substance Use Among East Asian American Youth (1 credit hour)
Program Summary: This course describes differences in alcohol and substance use among East Asian American youth subgroups including Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean, and Japanese Americans. The course explores various factors that may influence substance use for EAA subgroups (stigma, acculturation, peers, norms) and challenges the Model Minority Myth. Culturally appropriate prevention and treatment preferences are discussed.
This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.
Reading 1: Alcohol and Substance Use Among East Asian American Youth Author: Adela Jansen Publisher: Columbia Social Work Review, Vol XXII
Reading 2: Urgent need for substance use disorder research among understudied populations: examining the Asian-American experience Authors: Sugy Choi , Sahnah Lim, Simona C. Kwon , Chau Trinh-Shevrin, Charles J. Neighbors, Stella S. Yi Publisher: Health Affairs Scholar
Course Objectives: To enhance professional practice, values, skills and knowledge by exploring alcohol and substance use among East Asian American youth.
Learning Objectives: Describe the Model Minority Myth. Identify variations in substance use across East Asian American subgroups. Describe culturally appropriate treatment approaches for EAA youth.
Free State Social Work, LLC, provider #1235, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/6/2021 - 9/6/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 1 cultural competence continuing education credit.
Free State Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP NO. 6605. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Free State Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
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G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course. She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience. She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City. She has practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work. The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.