The one-day training “Effective Risk Management Strategies in Outpatient Methadone Treatment” is designed to increase opioid treatment providers’ (both clinical and administrative staff) knowledge and skills on the most effective…
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Substance Use Education for Nurses: Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
This curriculum has been used to successfully train over 500 undergraduate student nurses at the University of Pittsburgh. It is available free of charge in hopes that others will utilize…
Co-occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders in Adolescents
This curriculum is designed to assist those who provide training to counselors working with adolescents in substance use disorder treatment programs by addressing the unique challenges that counselors may have…
SBIRT Training of Trainers
The goal of this training course is to help participants develop their knowledge and skills as substance use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) trainers. IRETA developed this…
The ASAM National Practice Guideline for the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid Use
ASAM’s National Practice Guideline provides information on evidence-based treatment of opioid use disorder, and is the first to address all of the FDA-approved medications available to treat addiction involving opioid…
Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPs) by SAMHSA
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) publishes a series of best-practice manuals for the treatment of substance use disorders and other related topics. The 60+ Treatment Improvement Protocols…
Management of Benzodiazepines in Medication-Assisted Treatment
These clinical guidelines were prepared for the City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disability Services by IRETA with support from Community Care Behavioral Health. The project was…
Co-occurring Disorder Toolkit
This toolkit is a compilation of resources for individuals and organizations who treat clients with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. For Organizations For Counselors Multimedia For Organizations Behavioral…
The ASAM Appropriate Use of Drug Testing in Clinical Addiction Medicine
IRETA worked with ASAM to develop the Appropriate Use of Drug Testing in Clinical Addiction Medicine document to provide guidance about the effective use of drug testing in the identification,…
World Health Organization: Management of Substance Use
The World Health Organization (WHO) is in international entity that works with governments and other partners to ensure the highest attainable level of health for all people. Several treatment guidelines…