Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network's CMHLS

Presents:

Future-Ready Care: Empowering Youth to Heal from Trauma and Navigate Substance Use

With:

Marika Orme, MSA, MS, LLP

Date: September 18, 2025

Time: 9:00 am-11:00 am

Location: Virtual- Zoom

Course Description:

This training provides an in-depth exploration of the intersection between trauma and substance use in adolescents, with a focus on developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed, and future-focused care strategies. Participants will examine the neurobiological and behavioral impacts of trauma on youth, understand how trauma contributes to the onset and progression of substance use, and explore practical interventions that support recovery and resilience.

The session includes a brief review of current evidence-based practices such as Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Seeking Safety, and Risk Reduction through Family Therapy (RRFT), as well as emerging approaches leveraging technology, peer engagement, and creative expression. Through interactive case-based learning and structured discussion, participants will apply trauma-informed principles to real-world youth scenarios and consider how to integrate future-facing tools into clinical and community practice.

Objectives:

1. Describe the relationship between trauma exposure and substance use in adolescents.
2. Identify at least three evidence-based interventions for addressing trauma and substance use in youth.
3. Explain how trauma and substance use affect adolescent brain development and behavior.
4. Apply trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate strategies to engage youth in care.
5. Evaluate the potential of emerging and creative approaches—including tech-based tools—to enhance youth outcomes.

Time Agenda:

9:00 am-9:30 am- Introduction to training goals, overview of trauma’s role in adolescent substance use, discussion of neurodevelopment, executive function, and risk-taking in trauma-impacted youth.

9:30 am-10:30 am- Review of current evidence-based practices and their effectiveness in working with youth who have experienced trauma and are using substances, explore emerging and future-focused practices (tech-based tools, creative engagement).

10:30 am-10:45 am- Engage in a shore case activity to apply learned strategies to a youth case scenario

10:45 am-11:00 am- Group Debrief and Integration Discussion, wrap-up, and Q&A

Registration / Walk-In Policy

Registration is required. Walk-ins WILL NOT be permitted. Register to ensure your attendance.

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