Screening for Substance Use Disorders

Readings

Use The Substance-Related Disorder Assessment: A Roadmap to Effective Treatment Planning to read the following:

• Chapter 4, “Screening for Substance-Related Disorders,” pages 37–52.

Review the following resource from the Uni library:

• Finding Test and Measurement Instruments.

Use the Internet to read the following:

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (n.d.). Screening tools. https://www.integration.samhsa.gov/clinical-practice/screening-tools
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2012). Screening and assessing adolescents for substance use disorders: Treatment improvement protocol (TIP) series 31. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK64364/pdf/Bookshelf_NBK64364.pdf
  • Chapter 1, “Introduction,” pages 1–8.

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Screening for Substance Use Disorders

After reviewing Chapter 4, “Screening for Substance Related Disorders,” in your course text, select a screening instrument and analyze the chosen instrument’s purpose. Discuss the information that is collected from the screening tool. Also, what recommendations would you make for a client based on the possible outcome of the chosen screening tool?

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Studies

Readings

• Use your Learning the Language of Addiction Counseling text to complete the following:
  • In Chapter 9, “Elaboration on Specific Therapies and Techniques Relevant to Addiction Counseling.”
    • Read the section, “Motivational Interviewing,” pages 278–284.
• • In Chapter 8, “Strengths- and Evidence-Based Helping Strategies.”
    • Read the section, “Motivational Interviewing,” pages 328–333.

Other Required Resources

Use the University Library to view the following:

• Schere, I., & Rogers, J. D. (Producers). (2011). Introduction to motivational interviewing [Video]. Hanover, MA: Microtraining Associates.
  • Run time: 44 minutes.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

• Research historical impacts of theory and treatment.

Motivational Interviewing Unit 3 Discussion 1

Review the video, Introduction to Motivational Interviewing, linked in the Resources. Each scenario provides examples of how a motivational interviewing approach opens the dialog for change. As our course texts point out, motivational interviewing is likely a better fit for clients who are still early in the treatment process.

Select one of the clients from the video scenario:

1. How would the stage-of-change influence your approach?
2. How could motivational interviewing be beneficial?

• Consider appropriate models and theories of addiction.