IRETA offers a free webinar series every month. The webinars are designed to support Addiction and Allied Health and Human Service Providers, Policy Makers, Advocates, and Researchers interested in evidence-based approaches to substance use.

Upcoming Webinars

Youth Substance Use Prevention Messaging in the Age of COVID-19 
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 – 1:00 – 2:00 PM EST

COVID-19 has caused great disruption to the delivery of substance use prevention education within school systems, leaving youth-serving providers to fill a vital gap.

Join Pam Pietruszewski and Alexandra Plante of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing as we explore substance use prevention messaging and techniques for productive conversations

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Pam Pietruszewski is a Senior Advisor with the National Council for Mental Wellbeing with specialties in Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). She has more than 20 years’ experience designing and implementing programs to integrate behavioral health and primary care services.

Alexandra Plante is a Director at the National Council with a specialty in substance use disorder. She previously worked at the Recovery Research Institute out of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and currently heads the national Substance Use Interest Group.

This near-monthly, free webinar series is open to all addiction and allied health and human service providers, as well as policymakers, advocates and researchers interested in evidence-based approaches to substance use.

Please sign up for our Upstream Interventions newsletter to be notified of upcoming webinars.

CEU Instructions for Online Courses and Webinars

All CEUs and certificates can be found in your myIRETA profile. Please follow the steps below to access your certificate.

1. Log in to your myIRETA account at https://my.ireta.org/onlineEd/login/index.php Once you are logged in, you should be on your “Dashboard” page where you will see all the courses that you are currently enrolled in.
2. Select the webinar or course for which you are attempting to access a CEU or certificate.
3. Once you are on the webinar or course page, scroll down towards the bottom of the page.
4. If you have successfully participated in the webinar or course, you will have access to a Certificate of Completion, NAADAC certificate, PCB certificate and information on how to obtain a Social Work certificate (if applicable). Please click on the certificate of your choice.
5. If you wish to get a certificate other than social work, the next page will have a blue button that says “Download Certificate.” Click on that button and a PDF window will pop-up with your certificate.

*Please note that it may take our system up to 48 hours to cross-check and verify your attendance on the webinar so you may not be able to access your certificate right away.*  

6. If you are requesting a Social Work certificate, you will be prompted to pay the $10 fee and then be redirected to complete your request by letting us know how you would like your name to appear on the certificate, as well as a physical mailing address to send the certificate to. The certificate will arrive via mail from The University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work. Please allow 6-8 weeks for processing.

If you have any questions or need further assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out to info@ireta.org.