Brief Intervention is an approach that uses motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, and the Stages of Change Model, to meet the needs of adolescents who use alcohol and/or other drugs.
Learning Objectives
Examine the counselor’s attitudes and relationship with teens
Learn to teach adolescents how to take a more active and reflective role in decisions about their behavior
Identify strategies that would support an adolescent drive to make decisions they see as beneficial
Increase knowledge about drug and alcohol, and tobacco use among teens
Utilize motivational interviewing to empower rather than enforce
Identify how Brief Intervention can be used as an alternative to suspension
Training is sponsored by the Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE) Program. TUPE is a comprehensive evidence-based tobacco-use prevention, youth development, intervention, and cessation program. The TUPE Program provides support, training, technical assistance, and information to districts in the development and implementation of tobacco-free policies and practices in schools.
***6 CEU’s offered to RN, MFT, LCSW, LEP, LPCC ($25.00) through Center for Applied Research Solutions
CANCELLATIONS - Participants must cancel ten (10) working days prior to the event by phone or email to avoid being billed for the registration fee. Workshops are subject to rescheduling or cancellation if a minimum number of participants have not registered by the registration deadline.