This course provides students with the ability to provide support to high-risk populations in Canada. Throughout the course, students will be introduced to various techniques and strategies that will enable them to facilitate cross-cultural counselling effectively. You will also learn how to support clients exhibiting signs of substance misuse, focusing on understanding the unique challenges faced by individuals from diverse backgrounds. Additionally, the course emphasizes the importance of treating clients with respect and sensitivity when engaging them in different addiction treatments. Overall, this course prepares students to work effectively with individuals from high-risk populations and provides them with the necessary tools to make a positive impact in their lives. What will you learn: Identify substance/alcohol misuse concerns during pregnancy, homelessness, military service and other communities. Understand SUDs concerns in children, adolescents, college students and older adults; identify screening and assessment tools and diagnostic considerations. Explain codependency, enabling, and concerns about infectious diseases, bacterial infections, and STIs in people with SUDs. Identify co-occurring disorders of SUDs and other mental illnesses and diagnostic challenges for accurate diagnosis and treatment of co-occurring disorders.