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| | | | You are invited to register for FREE upcoming training events on evidence-based student substance use prevention and intervention strategies. The National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH), with support from the Maryland Behavioral Health Administration and the Maryland State Department of Education, offers an array of training and support opportunities for school-based staff and community providers serving school-aged children and youth in Maryland.
All training events are FREE to Maryland providers and all interventions are adaptable for virtual implementation.
See below for details and upcoming workshops! |
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Botvin LifeSkills Training (LST) Provider Workshop |
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** FREE ** for all Maryland teachers, health educators, counselors, social workers, and nurses!
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Kognito Screening & Brief Intervention (SBI) Online Training Simulation
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** FREE ** for all Maryland school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and nurses!
Kognito SBI Online Training is a unique self-paced learning experience that uses avatars to teach and reinforce SBI skills. In this 60-minute interactive training, middle and high school support staff learn how to identify, support, and provide referrals for students who display behaviors that indicate potential substance use. Participants then apply SBI skills in three engaging simulated interactions with a student. Each training component can be revisited and practiced as often as desired.
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Screening, Brief Intervention, & Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for Schools |
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** FREE ** for all Maryland counselors, social workers, psychologists, and nurses!
SBIRT Training for Schools is a full-day live training in which school-based providers learn about SBIRT as a public health approach to supporting students. Using SBIRT as a systems-change initiative, providers learn how to screen for substance use, reinforce healthy lifestyle choices, utilize the steps of the brief intervention, and facilitate referrals to appropriate treatment. SBIRT is evidence-based, brief, highly accepted among school staff, and benefits students at all levels of substance use (including abstinence).
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Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA)
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** FREE ** for all mental health providers serving Maryland school-aged children and youth!
Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA) is an evidence-based behavioral intervention that seeks to reduce environmental factors that promote substance use and build resilience with pro-social behaviors. Clinicians assume a flexible approach to reduce adolescent substance use by choosing from a menu of 19 different A-CRA procedures that address areas such as problem-solving skills, communication skills, and relapse prevention.
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