Preparing your Health Center for SBIRT Implementation - Extended Online Professional Learning Series
About this event
Preparing your Health Center for SBIRT Implementation
Extended Online Professional Learning Series
Every Thursday, April 24 - June 5, 2025
8:00AM - 9:30 AM (PT)
About the training: Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is designed to provide universal screening, prevention, and early intervention and treatment within health care and community-based organizations for people who have risky or hazardous alcohol and/or drug use. This extended online learning series will use blended activities, self-study and performance feedback related to the utilization and implementation of SBIRT and expose participants to standardized SBIRT protocols. Through virtual-interactive learning, participants will receive real-time performance feedback related SBIRT implementation strategies with an emphasis on integrating brief interventions into current services and workflow. This is not a webinar series and active participant engagement to gain/improve skills are required.
This training is intended for the following audience: Community Health Workers, Medical Assistants, Nurses and Behavioral Health Providers located in Nevada. Currently using SBIRT or in the process of implementing SBIRT in a healthcare setting.
Participant Commitment & Expectations:
1. Access to appropriate technology to utilize Zoom videoconferencing platform (i.e., an internet connection, webcam, laptop/tablet, speakers and microphone)
2. Attend a live one-hour online Orientation Session on Thursday, April 24 at 8:00 am.
3. Commit to 6-weeks of training for 1.5 hours weekly from May 1- June 5, 2025 and complete ONE hour of weekly self-study learning activities.
Trainer/Facilitator: Christina Boyd, LSCSW, LCAC
This Series is Available to you at NO Cost. The first 35 registrants will receive a waiver that covers the entire $350 cost of participation.*Due to limited enrollment, if you cannot commit to the full participant requirements, please defer this registration opportunity to others.
Questions? Please email the Adopt SBIRT Staff at workwise@casat.org or by phone at 775-784-6265 or 866-617-2816 (toll-free). Click below to Register Now!
This course has also 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. (This event applies to the following Counselor Skill Groups as defined by NAADAC: Counseling Services, Treatment Planning, Case Management, Discharge and Continuing Care, and Legal, Ethical and Professional Development.)
Additional information
- Attendance type: Virtual – No in-person attendance is required.
- Cost: Free, must register in advance
- Event type: Training & Workshops, Health, Safety & Wellness, Professional Development