Recovery-Oriented Care for Substance Use Training
November 17, 2023 – The Wynfrey Hotel, Birmingham
$30 registration fee
12:45 pm – 5:15 pm (4 hours of instruction)
Click on the above button, then click on “Meeting Information” to register. REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 5:00 P.M. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH. NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ALLOWED ON-SITE.
Objectives: After attending this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the impact of stigma, trauma, and the social determinants of health on substance use and recovery.
- Explore strategies to incorporate evidence-based screening tools for substance use disorder (SUD) risk.
- Explain person-centric language and evidence-based communication strategies
- Discuss lived experience in active use and in the recovery community.
- Examine the stigma of medication for addiction treatment (MAT) in the recovery community.
- Demonstrate how to apply the “clinically-useful” definition of addiction to the patient with a SUD who may present in the primary care setting.
- Discuss effective treatment of patients with opioid and other substance use disorders, in light of the National Institute of Drug Abuse’s (NIDA) evidence-based Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment.
- Examine evidence-based behavioral and pharmacological approaches to managing patients with a SUD.
Description: Alabama continues to see a surge in substance use disorder (SUD) and SUD-related health problems as well as an increasing need for screening and access to medication for addiction treatment (MAT). Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is a public health framework approach used to identify and deliver services to those at risk for substance-use disorders, depression, and other mental health conditions. Primary care is the first entry to the healthcare system for many patients, and SBIRT offers the potential to identify these patients early and assist in their treatment. MAT supports recovery from SUD through the use of medications such as buprenorphine, naltrexone, and methadone for opioid use disorder and naltrexone, acamprosate, and disulfiram for alcohol use disorder, in conjunction with behavioral health interventions.
Who Should Attend: This course is designed for physicians, certified registered nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, physician assistants, nurses, counselors, and social workers who are interested in supporting the total health and well-being of their patients.
Continuing Education
ABEC – The Alabama Department of Mental Health and VitAL have been approved by the Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling to offer 4 counseling contact hours for this training.
ASBSWE – The University of Alabama, School of Social Work is an approved provider of continuing education by the Alabama Board of Social Work Examiners. This training offers 4.oo contact hours for social workers.