SCREENING, BRIEF INTERVENTION, and REFERRAL TO TREATMENT (SBIRT)
SBIRT is a comprehensive public health approach for delivering prevention, early intervention and referral to treatment services to people using substances in a harmful or risky way. During this training we will be discussing the conceptual framework of SBIRT as a public health model and its impact as a system change initiative. We will also review the skills necessary to provide screenings, brief interventions, and extended brief interventions.
1. Identify SBIRT as a system change initiative.
2. Discuss the need to change how we think about substance use behaviors, problems and interventions.
3. Distinguish between the information screening does and does not provide.
4. Define brief intervention/brief negotiated interview.
Billie Jo Smith, MS, LPC
Billie Jo currently serves as a Program Manager for the Behavioral Health Integration team at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Health Plan. Billie Jo has worked in the addiction treatment field for over 15 years, first as a clinician, and later a supervisor and manager in various clinical settings including residential and outpatient treatment facilities. Billie Jo trains and consults with providers in the behavioral and physical health fields across the United States. Billie Jo conducts all levels of Motivational Interviewing (MI) training up to and including coaching and supervision. Billie Jo trains MIA-STEP (Motivational Interviewing Assessment: Supervisory Tools for Enhancing Proficiency), SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment), Technology-Based Clinical Supervision and other topics relevant to the treatment of substance use and co-occurring disorders. Billie Jo has been a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2018. Billie Jo is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Pennsylvania.
