Structured Approach to Substance Use Concerns

Aligns Ontario law, MCSS child-protection thresholds, and mediator ethical obligations with real-world decision-making.

Emphasis on Clarity and Professional Judgment

Focuses on threshold awareness and decision-making that holds up across practice, policy, and review contexts.

Proportionate and Defensible Decisions

Supports professionals in making decisions that are proportionate, defensible, and aligned with legal, ethical, and governance frameworks.

About the Course

This course provides a structured and proportionate approach to substance use concerns in family mediation, aligning Ontario law, MCSS standards, and governance-level risk management. It emphasizes clarity, threshold awareness, and professional judgment that holds up across various contexts. Enroll now to enhance your decision-making skills in mediation.

About the Creator

Learn from a practitioner with extensive experience in crisis intervention, behavioural risk assessment, and governance-level risk management. Gain insights from someone who has worked with organizational and oversight boards, offering you practical knowledge and real-world applications of the course content.

Course Curriculum

5 Chapters · 31 Lessons

  1. 1

    Understanding the Decision-Making Framework

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      Parental Substance Abuse

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      Substance use raises my uncertainties but yet is a risk

    3. Decision-Making and the Anchor Free preview
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      Mediator Roles and Responsibilities

  2. 2

    Assessing Substance Use in Mediation

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      What you think you know about addiction is all wrong

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      Identifying Substance Use Concerns in Mediation

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      What Information Is Legally Relevant and What Is Not

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      Managing Reactivity While Maintaining Professional Relevance

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      Legal Threshold Checklist Ontario Family Mediators (Private Family Mediation / Parenting Plans)

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      Check your knowledge!

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    Decision-Making

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      Making Proportionate Decisions

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      Substance Use through a Functional Lens

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      Child Protection Mediators

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      CPMED Assessment & Decision Pathways

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      Risk Factors and Subjective Professional Judgement screening

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      Myth: Parents Who Use Substances Inevitably Abuse Their Children or Partners

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      Applied Decision-Making: A Single Ontario Case

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      Survey

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      Check your knowledge

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      Legal Threshold Checklist Ontario Child Protection Mediators

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    Mediation Ethics and Role Boundaries

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      Substance Abuse and Family Law with Laura Roach

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      “Everything is fear based”: Mothers with experience of addiction, child removal and support services

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      Mediator Responsibilities Under Ontario Standards

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      The Decision Test - 4 Guiding Questions

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      Check your knowledge

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    Conclusion and Continuing Development

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      Risk Governance

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      Support from community

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      Pulling it all together- Case Scenario recommendations

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      Threshold vs. Myth

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      Closing reading

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      Check your knowledge

Ready to Enhance Your Mediation Skills?

Enroll now to gain a structured approach to substance use concerns in family mediation, focusing on clarity, professional judgment, and defensible decisions.

$179.00

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