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Assignment:

To prepare:

1. Review the Learning Resources on ethics and substance use disorders.

2. Reflect on your own attitudes and opinions toward people with substance use disorders. Record answers to the following:

• Overall, how do you feel about people with substance use disorders?
• In your opinion, why does someone become addicted to substances?
• What messages have you heard about substance use disorders (these could be messages from your family, culture, friends, media, etc.)?

3. After recording these notes, download the PDF Full Text of the Short Understanding of Substance Abuse Scale posted in the Learning Resources. On page 2 is a list of statements about people with substance use disorders that reflect different practice orientations.

• Read through the statements and mark the ones with which you agree or sometimes agree. (Note that you will not need to share the specific ratings with others, so try to be honest in your responses.)
• Reflect on these statements and how they might support or hinder your practice with people with substance use disorders.

TASK

• Reflect on your experience responding to the Short Understanding of Substance Abuse Scale statements. To what extent do the responses align with the personal attitudes you noted earlier? What, if anything, surprised you?
• Consider the implications of your personal beliefs and attitudes in the context of social work with clients with substance use disorders. How might your attitudes influence your professional role as a strengths-based practitioner? In what ways might your attitudes support or conflict with social work values and ethics?
• Be sure to refer to both the NASW Code of Ethics and the NASW Standards for Social Work Practice With Clients With Substance Use Disorders in your paper.

Readings

• Adams, J. M., & Volkow, N. D. (2020, August). Ethical imperatives to overcome stigma against people with substance use disorders.AMA Journal of Ethics.
• National Association of Social Workers. (2013). NASW standards for social work practice with clients with substance use disorders.
• National Association of Social Workers. (2021). Code of ethics of the National Association of Social Workers.
• National Institute on Drug Abuse. (2021, June 23). Words matter: Preferred language for talking about addiction.
• Humphreys, K., Greenbaum, M. A., Noke, J. M., & Finney, J. W. (1996). Short understanding of substance abuse scale. PsycTESTS.