Preparing your Health Center for SBIRT Implementation (SBIRT-IP)

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is designed to provide universal screening, prevention, and early intervention and treatment within health care settings for people who have risky or hazardous alcohol and/or drug use. This extended online learning series will provide 16 hours of instruction for healthcare providers establishing or currently implementing SBIRT in their agency. Through virtual, interactive learning, participants will receive real-time performance feedback related to their current use and implementation strategies of SBIRT with an emphasis on integrating brief interventions into current services and workflow.  This is not a webinar series and active participation to gain/improve skills are required.

WHEN

Every Tuesday, May 27 – July 8, 2025 from 12:30-2:00pm Mountain | 1:30-3:00pm Central

OBJECTIVES

• Learn foundational knowledge on core aspects essential to SBIRT
• Identify drug and alcohol screening tools for use in general, pregnant or adolescent populations in a health care setting
• Demonstrate a brief intervention utilizing the FLO algorithm.
• Understand and utilize a warm handoff to facilitate referral for high risk substance use behavior.
• Identify at least two implementation strategies towards integration that could be used in a health care setting.
• Discuss sustainability of SBIRT in a Health Care setting.
• Identify the signs of compassion fatigue in the workplace.

This training is intended for the following audience:

Health Workers, Medical Assistants, Nurses, and Behavioral Health Providers located in the HHS Region 8 states (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming) using SBIRT or in the process of implementing SBIRT in a healthcare setting.

PARTICIPANT COMMITMENT & EXPECTATIONS

• Access to appropriate technology to utilize Zoom videoconferencing platform (internet connection, webcam, laptop/tablet, speakers and microphone)
• Attend a one-hour online Orientation on May 27, 2025 at 12:30pm Mountain | 1:30pm Central
• Commit to 6-weeks of online training for 1.5 hours weekly from June 3 – July 8, 2025
• Complete weekly self-study learning activities

TRAINER(S)/FACILITATOR(S)

Christina Boyd, LSCSW, LCAC

THERE IS NO COST TO PARTICIPATE

The first 35 registrants will receive a waiver that covers the entire $450 cost of participation. Due to limited enrollment, if you cannot commit to the full participant requirements, please defer this registration opportunity to others.

Please Note: Registrants enrolled in this series are expected to attend all sessions. If you cannot attend the orientation and first session, you will forfeit your attendance. In addition, it is expected that participants will have access to the appropriate technology by Week 1 in order to fully participate and be on camera at least 90% of the time. This is not a webinar series and active participation to gain/improve skills are required. Due to limited enrollment, if you cannot commit to the full participant requirements, please defer this online training series opportunity to others.  Registration is not transferable.   

Continuing Education This series has been approved for a total of 16 contact hours (includes 1 hour for the Orientation Session) through the National Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC), International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC), and has been approved by CASAT, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Reno, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 16 CEUs. NAADAC Provider #98165. CASAT is responsible for all aspects of its programming. No credit will be awarded for non-attendance or partial attendance.

The knowledge and skills learned should be applied within the framework of any applicable Operating and/or Credentialing regulations in your State of practice.

QUESTIONS

Please contact Mountain Plains ATTC staff at mpattc@casat.org