Badge earners are familiar with foundational concepts related to youth emotional functioning & the systems that make up youths’ environment and can identify & evaluate appropriate supports from family environments. The course covers how these environments & family factors are affected by substance misuse, including how to identify problems in family functioning & begin to identify the needs of affected youth.
Earning Criteria
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Student currently works as a para-professional in behavioral healthcare. Student submits and is accepting in the program based on a reviewed essay indicating an interest in specializing in supporting children, youth and caregivers impacted by substance use disorders.
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Student consistently engages in 8-week asynchronous online course activities. These activities include course readings and pre-recorded lectures, participation in online discussions boards, submission of reflection papers, and authoring a paper identifying risk and protective factors to a case study.
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Earning this badge requires a passing grade of C- (70%) in this course. Grade breakdown: 20% is weekly viewing of pre-recorded lectures, 30% is discussion board comments and posts, 25% is 2-3 page paper connecting course material to students current work, and 25% is a case study paper.
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