Delivering Substance Use Brief Interventions for Adults

This is a two part course, both parts need to be attended in order for you to complete the course.

This course is delivered over two sessions on how to deliver a substance misuse brief interventions with adults. It is a discussion based course learning evidence-based skills to engage people around their substance use and working with ambivalence. It also looks at how we manage substance use when it is beyond a brief intervention.

1. Why do people use drugs
2. Working with ambivalence, the cycle of change and motivational interviewing
3. Delivering brief interventions
4. When is it a problem, screening and working with risk.

This course is for any professionals who work with adults who are dealing with substance use issues.