Substance Use Interventions for Adolescents and Transitional Age Youth
Description & Learning Objectives:
- Describe the steps involved in conducting screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT);
- Review key behavioural and medication treatment for young adults with substance use disorders; and
- Discuss the role of family and community support in caring for young adults with substance use disorders.
The Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network (ATTC) has partnered with NORC, at the University of Chicago and the Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction (AMERSA) to bring this series of virtual events examining special topics for working with adolescents and transitional age youth that relate to substance use and mental health conditions. The teen and young adult years are an important time for early intervention into substance use and mental health. There are many evidence-based practices and promising interventions that can be used effectively.
The goal of this series is to provide evidence-based and cutting-edge information on substance use prevention and intervention to an interprofessional audience of behavioral health practitioners for working with adolescents and transitional age youth (18 – 25).