Competency 4: Prevention
Learning Objectives
After completing Competency 4, the learner should be able to:
- Recognize tools and techniques to identify addiction disorders in women of childbearing age and with risk factors for FASD
- Identify gender differences among individuals who abuse substances
- Identify strategies to facilitate access to treatment by reducing gender-specific barriers to substance abuse treatment
- Discuss techniques to engage women who abuse substances into treatment and recovery
- Recognize issues related to professional values and ethics
