As a mental health worker, it is important to know the effects substance abuse and addictions can have on the family system. This assignment will help you learn this concept.

Conduct research in your community for an on ground or online meeting place that deals with substance abuse/addiction.

You will need to attend a meeting and write about it to complete this assignment. 

Be sure to contact the group ahead of time to discuss the rules of student visitors (i.e., no notetaking, no communicating with attendees) When you contact the group leader, explain that you will not be sharing, just observing the meeting.

 Access and complete the Meeting Observation Worksheet.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a scoring guide. Please review the scoring guide prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

Submit the completed assignment by the end of Topic 7.

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