SUD Module 3: SUD Treatment Principles and Application for Alcohol, Marijuana, Stimulant, and Opioid Use (2023 - 2024)
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Target Audience
Social workers and other clinicians focusing on mental health
Learning Objectives
At the end of this program the learner will be able to:
- Identify and describe the key treatment topics in a cognitive-behavioral skills-building approach to treating substance use disorders
- Develop skills for using social and recreational counseling.
- Develop skills for using Sobriety sampling
- Develop skills for using Coping with urges/cravings
- Develop skills for using Coping with social pressure
- Develop skills for using Risky thinking and decision making
- Develop skills for using Mood Managemen
This training was supported by a SAMSHA grant (Expansion of Practitioner Education; FG-20-001). It was developed by faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at the Boston University School of Medicine in consultation with the American Mental Health Counselors Association.
This training series was developed by faculty in the Boston University School of Medicine’s Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine program (BU MHCBM) in consultation with leaders of the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA). In this series, you will learn about SUD screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment, with a specific focus on alcohol, marijuana, stimulants, and opioids. You will learn core skills in clinical assessment of SUDs and treatment approaches that include motivational interviewing and cognitive behavior therapy. At the conclusion of the training, once you have passed the quizzes for each of the three modules, you will receive a certificate of completion.
Faculty/Planning Committee
Stephen Brady, PhD | Course Director
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Planner has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Eric Devine, Ph.D.
Director of the Clinical Studies Unit in the Department of Psychiatry at Boston Medical Center.
Speaker has no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product
Janice Furlong, MSW
Social Work Advisor
Clinical Associate Professor Emeritus, Boston University School of Social Work
Planner has no relevant financial relationships to disclose
Claire Grimble. CMP
Conference Operations Manager, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.
Manager has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
In support of improving patient care, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 3.5 clinical continuing education credits.
Other Learners: Other learners may claim a certificate of participation. Consult your professional licensing board regarding the applicability and acceptance of certificates of participation for programs certified for credit by organizations accredited by Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Education.
Available Credit
- 3.50 Social Work (ACE)
- 3.50 Participation