Education & Training

Interdisciplinary training and curriculum development

Featured Manual:

Co-occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders in Adolescents

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Featured Training:

April 29 & 30, 2013
Motivational Interviewing in Brief Interventions

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Educational Content

Innovative NIDA Blending Products

As part of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Blending Initiative, IRETA participates in NIDA Blending Teams, which are composed of NIDA researchers, community-based substance abuse treatment practitioners and trainers from the ATTC Network who work closely together to develop 'products' (e.g. training curricula, supervisory manuals) from research conducted within NIDA's Clinical Trials Network (CTN) as well as other research supported by NIDA. To date, six separate blending products have been developed.

NIDA Blending Products

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Manual: Problem Solving Tools for Drug Court Professionals

In their daily work, drug court professionals are called upon to evaluate behaviors and communicate offender progress to other drug court team members. Co-authored by IRETA Director Peter Luongo, Ph.D, for the George Mason Center for Advancing Correction Excellence, this training manual proposes both content and process analyses to assist drug court teams to evaluate the usefulness and effectiveness of a participant’s treatment plan and progress.

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Webinar: Issues of Medication Assisted Treatment and Pregnant Women

Led by Jan Kusserow RN, BSN, CCM, this three-hour training focuses on the care of pregnant women in methadone treatment. Topics include basic information about methadone and pregnancy/postpartum safety issues, dosing, clinical issues, and how to support a Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) client.

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Curriculum: Effective Risk Management Strategies in Outpatient Methadone Treatment

This one-day training is designed to increase opioid treatment providers’ (both clinical and administrative staff) knowledge and skills on the most effective ways to conduct risk management strategies for opioid treatment centers.

Risk Management in Methadone Treatment