Extending Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment

Watch the 70-minute Recorded Presentation: Extending Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Using Principles of Motivational Interviewing, presented by Pam Pietruszewski, Integrated Health Consultant with the National Council for Behavioral Health. https://zoom.us/rec/share/ovJ5IIzZtT9LSdbr5UjEeIEtPZnfT6a8gCVN_6cMz0lDo87IeaxMfEL4l2rOvILZ
Answer the following questions:
a. What is SBIRT and what is the “paradigm shift” discussed in the webinar?
b. What are OARs and give 2 examples?
c. What is the difference between change talk and sustain talk?
d. How can motivational interviewing be used to avoid making assumptions about clients and improve social workers’ cultural competence and cultural humility?
e. What are harm reduction strategies and why are they important to use when working with clients?
f. List 5 tools/skills you learned about from the webinar that you can use when working with clients.
g. What is the Sandwich Approach and how is it used when talking with clients?