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title: Unique Assessment Issues when Working with Relative Caregivers
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updated: "2026-07-31"
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# Unique Assessment Issues when Working with Relative Caregivers

**Module 7, Lesson 2**

[A Generation of Heroin Orphans](https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/A_Generation_of_Heroin_Orphans-1.pdf)

[Assessment Questions for Kinship Caregivers](https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Assessment-Questions-for-Kinship-Caregivers.pdf)

[Unique Assessment Issues when Working with Relative Caregivers transcript](https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Unique-Assessment-Issues-when-Working-with-Relative-Caregivers-transcript.pdf)

[Working with Kinship Caregivers](https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Working-with-Kinship-Caregivers.pdf)

 

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