Adolescent SBIRT

Helping social workers and nurses prevent adolescent substance use

SBIRT Teaching Resources

Please find on this page resources for educators on incorporating adolescent SBIRT into a course, training session, or any other learning activity.

Social Work

Specialized Practice Curricular Guide for Substance Use Social Work Practice

Developed by the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)

Mapping CSWE 2015 EPAS to SBIRT

Developed by NORC at the University of Chicago in collaboration with the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)

2018 Webinar Mapping SBIRT to the 2015 CSWE EPAS

CSWE SBIRT Resources Page

Practitioner Education in Substance Use and Misuse: Competency-Based Resources

Nursing

AMERSA’s Core Competencies – Specific Disciplines Addressing Substance Use

Nursing Competencies:

Finnell, D.S., Tierney, M., & Mitchell, A.M. (2019). Nursing: Addressing substance use in the 21st century. Substance Abuse. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2019.1674240.

Publication on Nursing Curricula Mapping to the AACN Essentials:

Mitchell, A.M., Mahmoud, K., Finnell, D.S., Savage, C.L., Weber, M. (advance online). The Essentials competencies: A framework for substance use-related curricula. Nurse Educator, 45 (4).

Integrating SBIRT Education into Nursing Curriculum:

Finnell, D.S., Nowzari, S. et al. (2014). Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) as an integral part of nursing practice. Substance Abuse, 35(2), 114-118.

Knopf-Amelung, S., Gotham, H. et al. (2018). Comparison of instructional methods for screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for substance use in nursing education. Nurse Educator, 43(3), 123-127.

Adolescent SBIRT Curriculum Materials

Suggested Readings by Module (coming soon)

Sample Syllabus 1.0 (coming soon)

Sample Syllabus 2.0 (coming soon)

Sample Homework Assignments

Sample IRB Language