
Upcoming Events

Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcohol and Opioid/Substance Use: SELF-PACED ONLINE
Self Paced Online Course
The Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for Alcohol and Opioid/Substance Use Professionals course is designed as a comprehensive evidence-based approach for facilitating conversations between patients/clients and healthcare providers in medical and community health settings regarding alcohol and opioid/substance use. The course includes a didactic component on the topics of: Substance use among adults, adolescents, and pregnant persons; Substance use and mental health; categories of substance use; SBI cost effectiveness, Screening tools; Brief Intervention; Core motivational interviewing skills; and Referral to treatment. In addition, demonstrations on how to use SBI with patients/clients for both alcohol and opioid/substance use are provided.

A Brief Overview of Motivational Interviewing: SELF-PACED ONLINE
Self Paced Online Course
After attending this brief overview of Motivational Interviewing, participants will be able to: Define Motivational Interviewing, Gain knowledge about Motivational Interviewing principles and counseling strategies, Define the Stages of Change, and Learn interaction techniques and MI traps to avoid.

SBIRT for Health Professionals Project ECHO Series
Mondays (12:00-1:00pm), March 20-April 24, 2023
This series for Health Professionals will provide community health professionals with the training and support they need to manage substance use issues within health settings specializing in treating pregnant and non-pregnant persons of reproductive populations using an SBIRT model.

Using SBIRT to Talk to Adolescents about Substance Use Four-Part Webinar Series
Register for a scheduled event or watch the On-Demand Recording
This four-part webinar series introduces health professionals to the SBIRT model as a way to learn from adolescents about their substance use, talk about what might motivate them to make a decision to reduce or abstain (if needed), and execute a plan to do so.