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Up to 4.5 Category A/I continuing education credit hours provided for eligible counselors, substance use counselors, social workers, and psychologists.
Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based practice used to identify, reduce, and prevent problematic use, abuse, and dependence on alcohol and illicit drugs.
Through this SBIRT provider training, providers learn how to screen adolescents for substance use, reinforce their healthy lifestyle choices, utilize the steps of the brief intervention, and facilitate referrals to appropriate treatment. SBIRT is brief, highly accepted among providers, and benefits individuals at all levels of substance use (including abstinence).
SBIRT for Adolescents teaches participants how to apply SBIRT in a variety of general adolescent-serving roles.
SBIRT Consists of Three Major Components:
Screening – a provider (nurse, counselor, social worker, psychologist) assesses a student for risky substance use behaviors using standardized screening tools.
Brief Intervention – the provider engages the student in a short conversation providing feedback and advice related to substance use.
Referral to Treatment – the provider offers a referral for therapy or additional treatment to individuals in need of additional supports or services.
Audience: Maryland counselors, social workers, psychologists, and nurses
Location: Virtual
Sponsored By: Maryland Family and Youth Interventions for Substance Use (Maryland FYI) of the Maryland State Opioid Response, funded by SAMHSA.
Cost: Free
For questions email Melissa Ambrose, LCSW-C at mambrose@som.umaryland.edu