Preparing your Health Center for SBIRT Implementation (SBIRT-I)
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 interactive learning and active participation, 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.
WHEN
Every Tuesday, November 3 – December 15, 2026, from 10:00-11:30am Mountain | 11:00am-12:30pm 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
INTENDED AUDIENCE
Community health workers, medical assistants, nurses, and behavioral health providers currently using SBIRT or in the process of implementing SBIRT in a healthcare setting
PARTICIPANT COMMITMENT & EXPECTATIONS
- Have access to the appropriate technology for using the Zoom videoconferencing platform (internet connection, webcam, laptop/tablet, speakers and microphone)
- Attend a one-hour online Orientation on November 3, 2026 at 10:00am Mountain | 11:00am Central
- Commit to 6-weeks of online training for 1.5 hours weekly from November 10 – December 15, 2026
- Complete weekly self-study learning activities
- Be prepared and actively engage while on camera during each weekly session
TRAINER/FACILITATOR
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.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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 the first content session 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. Registration is not transferable.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
This series has been approved by CASAT, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Reno, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 16.0 CEHs. NAADAC Provider #98165. CASAT is responsible for all aspects of its programming. This course applies to the following Counselor Skill Groups as defined by NAADAC: Counseling Services and Legal, Ethical, and Professional Development. CASAT has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6492. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.
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.
CONTACT US
Please contact Mountain Plains ATTC staff at mpattc@casat.org for questions.