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SESSION: C5 |
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Thursday, June 18, 2015 |
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8:00am-10:30am |
| ABSTRACT CATEGORY |
Clinical Skills |
ABSTRACT TITLE |
Teen Intervene – Integrating an evidence-based curriculum to address substance use and abuse within your school-based health center
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ABSTRACT SUMMARY |
School-based health professionals provide an accessible, affordable, and confidential setting in which to address the growing problem of adolescent alcohol and substance use. Yet, so often these health care providers report feeling a lack of effective intervention strategies. In this workshop, you will learn how to deliver Teen Intervene, a three-session, evidence-based curriculum designed to address mild to moderate substance abuse issues with adolescents in a school-based setting.
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ABSTRACT DESCRIPTION |
Adolescent substance use and abuse is a growing problem, one often first identified within the school environment. In 2013, nearly 40% of 12th graders reported using alcohol and 25% reported using an illicit substance, such as marijuana, in the past thirty days. Yet, substance use is currently viewed as a preventable and treatable condition, with early intervention serving as the key to stemming the issue before true addiction takes hold. School-based health providers are uniquely positioned to address substance use in their student populations, yet often report feeling unequipped with the necessary knowledge of appropriate interventions and skills.
In this workshop, participants will learn how to deliver Teen Intervene, a three-session, evidence-based curriculum designed for use with teenagers (12-19 years old) who are suspected of experiencing mild or moderate problems associated with alcohol or other substance use. Use of this curriculum is appropriate in school-based health programs that are seeking to include substance abuse services to supplement current prevention and education programs. Teen Intervene was developed in order to address and minimize barriers often experienced regarding treatment of adolescent substance abuse. Providers frequently face a difference between the treatment needs of their patients and treatment resources available for adolescents, particularly those who have a mild or moderate substance abuse problem. This gap in service access is in part the result of tightening treatment eligibility criteria by third party payers or a general lack of accessible, affordable, teen-friendly programs, leaving providers with a lack of options to assist their adolescent patients.
Teen Intervene utilizes brief interventions grounded in motivational interviewing techniques to guide adolescents through a series of conversations and exercises, all aimed at exploring the underlying reasons for their substance use and establishing realistic goals moving towards cessation of use. These brief interventions have been found to be effective with adolescents due to the use of self-guided, nonjudgmental, and nonconfrontational behavior change strategies. The intervention techniques utilized by Teen Intervene are relatively simple and concise, thus allowing school counselors, social workers, health educators, and other youth-serving professionals to take advantage of this method and integrate it into their standard practice.
Participants will be taught implementation of both adolescent sessions (Session 1 and 2) as well as the parent session (Session 3) within the school setting. They will also have the opportunity to practice each exercise, thus developing the necessary skills in motivational interviewing and increasing their capacity to deliver Teen Intervene effectively. Participants will hear directly from behavioral health providers currently delivering Teen Intervene as part of a larger, national initiative to integrate adolescent-specific substance abuse prevention services in school-based health centers using the evidence-based approach, SBIRT (screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment). The school-based providers will share their experiences and lessons learned while implementing Teen Intervene as part of their comprehensive substance abuse service delivery system, giving them an additional tool to address this widespread issue with their adolescent patients.
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PRESENTER(S) |
NAME: Gina Silva BA, MSW ORGANIZATION: Lifeworks NW/Merlo High School
NAME: Jessica Vu MSW ORGANIZATION: Native American Health Center
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AUDIENCE |
ADMINISTRATORS: N |
PRIMARY HEALTH: Y |
MENTALHEALTH: N |
ORGANIZATIONAL: N |
PUBLIC HEALTH: N |
EDUCATION: N |
YOUTH: N |
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