**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description This webinar focuses on the use of self in relation to working with disadvantaged families and it provides strategies that would allow the therapist to connect with […]
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Substance and Medication Abuse/Misuse among Older Adults
**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description This webinar discusses substance and medication abuse among older adults, intervention mechanisms, specialized treatment options, and prevention strategies. Presenter Linda Shumaker, RN-BC, M.A. is a registered nurse […]
Short-Term Opioid Withdrawal Using Buprenorphine: Findings and Strategies from the NIDA Clinical Trials Network (CTN) Study
**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description This webinar will outline a comprehensive strategy for selecting and implementing a practice, discuss barriers and challenges to implementing a practice, review the need for organizational “self-assessment” […]
Selecting and Implementing an Evidence-Based Practice
Description This webinar will outline a comprehensive strategy for selecting and implementing a practice, discuss barriers and challenges to implementing a practice, review the need for organizational “self-assessment” to determine readiness for change, examine a framework for evaluating evidence-based practices, describe a model for technology transfer, describe the necessary steps for successful implementation of an […]
Buprenorphine Treatment: A Training for Multidisciplinary Professionals (Part 2 of 3)
Description This webinar demystifies opioid treatment, gives an overview of opioid addiction in the U.S., and describes medication-based opioid treatment. Presenter Lauren Broyles, PhD. is a research health scientist at the VA in Pittsburgh. She works at the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion. Her research is focused on nurse-delivered alcohol screening, and brief […]
You Can’t Fool the Bladder Police: Effective Use of Urine Drug Screening
**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description This webinar explains how to use drug screening as a clinical intervention, why drug screening is used, and examines the ways in which clients may attempt to mislead […]
Buprenorphine Treatment: A Training for Multidisciplinary Professionals (Part 1 of 3)
**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description This webinar demystifies opioid treatment, gives an overview of opioid addiction in the U.S., and describes medication-based opioid treatment. Presenter Lauren Broyles, PhD is a research health […]
Buprenorphine Treatment A Training for Multidisciplinary Professionals (Part 3 of 3)
Description This webinar demystifies opioid treatment, gives an overview of opioid addiction in the U.S., and describes medication-based opioid treatment. Presenter Lauren Broyles, PhD. is a research health scientist at the VA in Pittsburgh. She works at the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion. Her research is focused on nurse-delivered alcohol screening, and brief […]
How Substance Use Disorders Affect Physical Health
**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description This webinar will define the continuum of substance use disorders, define the risk levels associated with various stages of use, examine the general and specific health concerns […]
Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives (PAMI)
**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description In this session we will introduce the principles of motivational incentives used in the substance abuse treatment field. The trainers will discuss motivational incentives as a science-based […]