Effects and Durability of an SBIRT Training Curriculum for First-Year MSW Students

Impact of Brief Intervention Workshops on Addiction Provider Knowledge, Skills, Negative Attitudes, and Interest in Implementing Evidence-Based Practices

“…Results from a recent meta-analysis indicate MI training workshops are more effective in developing MI skills than self-study programs, and that postworkshop feedback and coaching can sustain acquired skills (Schwalbe et al., 2014). Similarly, results of several studies suggest that SBIRT training is effective in increasing both knowledge and skills in SBIRT (Carlson et al., 2017; Schram et al., 2015; Stoner, Mikko, & Carpenter, 2014; Zatzick et al., 2014). Thus, providing training to substance abuse treatment providers through MI and SBIRT professional training workshops is one way to address the research-practice gap.…”

Teaching Social Work Students About Alcohol and Other Drug Use Disorders: From Faculty Learning to Pedagogical Innovation

“…In response to this call and the pressing need to address the nation’s AOD challenges, we have developed and implemented the first year of an immersion faculty training program focused on providing clinical faculty with state-of-the-art training in AOD identification and treatment methods as well as training designed to increase faculty confidence in teaching social work students about AOD (see Lundgren et al ., 2018a). To be sure, our program is but one among a number of ongoing efforts to help social work educators understand the importance of AOD in behavioral health, integrate evidence-based content effectively into social work instruction, and provide social work students with training in key modalities that are relevant to AOD identification and treatment (Begun, 2005; Carlson et al ., 2017; Truncali et al ., 2012; Sacco et al ., 2017; Senreich, Ogden, & Greenberg, 2017).…”

The Alcohol and Other Drugs Education Program for Social Work Faculty: A Model for Immersion Training

“…To be certain, we are well aware that our program is part of a broader effort to improve the quality of social work instruction in AOD use disorder identification and treatment, and to advance the skill development of social workers. Such efforts include programs designed to provide social work faculty with ready-made materials for teaching on an array of AOD-related topics (Begun, 2005), to stimulate interest in AOD-related training and research among future social work practitioners and educators (Truncali et al, 2012), and to train students and professional social workers in topics such as motivational interviewing (Hohman, 2015), Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (Carlson et al, 2017; Sacco et al, 2017; Putney, O’Brien, Collin, Levine, 2017; Senreich, Ogden, & Greenberg, 2017), harm reduction (Estreet, Archibald, Tirmazi, Goodman, & Cudjoe, 2017) and other AOD identification and treatment methods (McNeece & DiNitto, 2011).…”