National Psychology Training Consortium

This day long workshop will provide each individual with the understanding of SBIRT and how to perform a brief intervention. The interactive workshop will require participants to engage in discussion, practice and application of core content. Provider Training: SBIRT for Healthcare Professionals-The goal of this training is to prepare a healthcare professional to provide SBIRT services. This includes skill development for each of the phases of the SBIRT process: Screening, Brief Interventions and Referral to Treatment. This 8-hour training is highly interactive and includes clinical practice to improve fidelity for the SBIRT process. Target audiences is mental health professionals who may discuss alcohol and substance use risks with their clients and potentially address behavior change in these areas.

Information provided is aligned with evidence-based practice, endorsed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and is informed by updated literature. Materials are based on primary care settings; it will be less utilized by individuals in alternative settings. SBIRT requires implementation by organizations and therefore the information presented may be limited in the applicability within organizations that are not implementing SBIRT. The risks include potential personal objection or conflicts with our own belief about how to define risk and discomfort if this includes their own level of risk being higher than previously believed. 

We will include discussions of diversity throughout all of the practice and screening application.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to describe the range of risks associated with alcohol & drug use.
• Participants will be able to explain the rationale behind SBIRT and the role that substance abuse prevention plays in healthcare.
• Participants will be able to accurately apply recommended screening tools used in the application of SBIRT.
• Participants will be able to analyze criteria for each intervention following the screening process.
• Participants will be able to demonstrate best practices in the implementation of a brief intervention using motivational interviewing.
• Participants will be able to analyze the efficacy and outcomes of SBIRT.

Presenter Information

Kaitlyn Follmer (Reho), PhD, MPH, MCHES, is a Senior Public Health Specialist at Prevention Insights, a non-profit center at Indiana University-Bloomington. Kaitlyn has worked in prevention for over a decade and has extensive experience in the development and facilitation of online and in-person trainings, specializing in Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) and Motivational Interviewing. She also has first-hand experience working with various health care organizations to implement SBIRT as a standard of care. More recently, the focus of Kaitlyn’s work has transitioned to evaluation and research. This has included a national evaluation of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Technology Transfer Center (TTC) Network, as well as various smaller-scale program evaluation projects. Her current work includes evaluating a suicide prevention program in a state-wide health care system, along with leading a state-wide survey on substance use, mental health, and gambling behaviors in Indiana college students. Kaitlyn’s research interests include health behavior, technology transfer, and scale development and validation. 

Video Homestudy Format

CE’s for this homestudy training will be earned through completing the following tasks:

• Watch the presentation video and review all provided documents in their entirety.
• Pass the post-test questionnaire with at least 80% correct.

A program evaluation form will be provided to all who registered following the training. Please be sure to complete this form since your feedback helps direct future CE programming from our organization.

Registration Cost

This cost includes video links, materials, and tests required to obtain CE’s. Your CE certificate will be made available to you upon successful completion of the training (80% or higher on exam).

National Psychology Training Consortium (NPTC) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. NPTC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.