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Adolescent Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment: Advancing Learning and Knowledge

This learning brief explores how the Hilton Foundation’s Initiative has advanced the knowledge base for adolescent SBIRT and discusses the Initiative’s contributions to youth substance use prevention policy and practice. The authors discuss findings including: successful implementation of the SBIRT framework in the settings that provide access to large numbers…

Adolescent Substance Use Prevention in School-Based Health Centers

The School-Based Health Alliance’s Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) toolkit is a step-by-step guide for school-based health centers (SBHCs) that uses an innovative, evidence-based approach to addressing drug and alcohol use with adolescents. The toolkit is a web-based resource that includes comprehensive training tools for school-based health care…

Adolescent SBIRT Implementation Checklist

The Adolescent SBIRT checklist was designed to provide organizations with a detailed but flexible step-by-step guide for integrating SBIRT into routine health care. The checklist features ten key steps: (1) gain commitment from senior leadership, (2) build a strong multidisciplinary implementation team, (3) conduct organization workflow analysis, (4) develop a…

Adolescent SBIRT Curriculum

NORC at the University of Chicago created an Adolescent SBIRT Curriculum that offers skills-based training on Adolescent Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). The curriculum includes an Instructor’s Toolkit and two web-based simulation programs – SBI with Adolescents and SBI with Adolescents: Comorbid Substance Use and Mental Health…

Advocacy Handbook

Tips, tricks, and downloadable templates for becoming a mental health and substance use treatment advocate in your community.

Adaptation of the Drug and Drug Problems Perception Questionnaire to Assess Healthcare Provider Attitudes Toward Adolescent Substance Use

Connors et al. examined the internal consistency and factor structure of an adapted form of the Drug and Drug Problems Perceptions Questionnaire (DDPPQ) to assess providers’ perceptions of adolescent substance use. Initial evidence suggests that the adapted DDPPQ is appropriate for use with pediatric providers. The adapted measure was deemed…

Post-Meeting Thank You Letter – Template

Instructions: Create this letter on your organization letterhead. You can email it to the staffer you worked with to schedule the meeting. Include any additional information you promised you would include. Send within a week of the meeting.

Site Visit Request – Template

Create this letter on your organization letterhead and email it to the legislator’s scheduler or submit it through their meeting request form online. Send three-to-four weeks in advance of when you would like the site visit to take place. Do not forget to attach the one-pager if you are able…

Requesting a Meeting – Template

Instructions: Create this letter on your organization letterhead and email it to the legislator’s scheduler or submit it through their meeting request form online. Send three-to-four weeks in advance of when you would like the site visit to take place. Do not forget to attach the one-pager if you are…

AAP Policy Statement: Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment

The enormous public health impact of adolescent substance use and its preventable morbidity and mortality show the need for the health care sector, including pediatricians and the medical home, to increase its capacity related to substance use prevention, detection, assessment, and intervention. The American Academy of Pediatrics published its policy…