5th Edition of Addiction World Conference 2026

Speakers - AWC 2024

Patti Petrucka, Addiction World Conference, San Francisco, CA, USA

Patti Petrucka

Patti Petrucka

  • Designation: Ranch Ehrlo Society
  • Country: Canada
  • Title: Family Centered Addiction Program

Abstract

The Family Centred Addiction Program is focused on keeping families intact, safe, and healthy while participating in an intensive addiction residential program. Individuals seeking treatment for addiction recovery and relapse prevention can attend therapy with their family members. They will attend daily structured holistic programming focusing on trauma, mental health, co-dependency, family function, and addictions psychological education. Weekly programming is offered to children and youth impacted by parental habits. Highly trained staff provide daily support in the family home to assist in relationship building, parenting skills, and overall positive family functioning. Another treatment is geared to the needs of the families, including safety in parenting, child behavior management, parent education and support on discipline, and child development and relationships. Families are also offered services in nutrition, household management, self-care, and employment/educational skills.

The program, although still in its infancy, has shown significant outcomes of families remaining safely intact one-year post-discharge. There the number so families served was xxx; the number of children preserved or reunified with the family was xxx

We work with referring agents from each province and territory in Canada.