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SBIRT Failure: ‘S’ Works, ‘BI’ for Low‐Risk Only, ‘RT’ Unknown Insurance Leader Foresees Centers Assuming Greater Risk with Changes Drug Courts Should Target Most Severe Cases: NADCP New CEO for TRI; Private Investment to Take Bigger Role Voices on the Death of Robin Williams Two Different Marijuana Reports from Colorado Briefly Noted Coming up     

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Wyoming Moves to Expand SBIRT to Include Follow‐Ups ICM Study Points to Importance of Long‐Term Recovery Supports Good News in Pennsylvania, But Work Still to be Done Stimulus Package: Contact Your Senators and Representatives Update: Field Coalition Meeting ‘Positive’ Sexual Health: A New Ally in Addiction Treatment Improvement Drug Czar at Last? Briefly Noted State News Coming up     

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AAP Recommends Pediatricians Use SBIRT for All Adolescent Patients Vt. Program Targets Mothers‐to‐Be to Address Opiate Treatment Gap CRAFFT Screen IC&RC Approves New Peer Recovery Credential IC&RC Advisory Council ASAM and NAADAC Affirm Opposition to Medical Marijuana Iowa's Problems Include Rx Abuse, K2, Spice, Bath Salts Briefly Noted In the States Pharma News Coming up     

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National Drug Strategy Focuses on Public Health Approach Mich. Providers Can Benchmark Client‐ and System‐Level Metrics Opioids and Florida: Rx ODs Down, but Heroin ODs Up Adolescent SBIRT Encouraged by National Council ‘Grants’ Veteran Methadone Treatment Provider Calls for Better Access Briefly Noted In the States Coming up     

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Va. Report: Treatment Cost‐Effective, but More Proof Needed Before Money will Flow CASA Report Links Marijuana Harms to Increased Potency Program Sued by EEOC for Firing Counselor on Methadone Odyssey House to Run Collaborative Program with New York Corrections Study of ‘Avoidable Costs’ of Alcohol Abuse Urges Interventions Briefly Noted State Watch Business Resources Names in the News Call for Applications Coming up     

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Recovery Coaches Help Women Get Treatment, Regain Custody of Their Children Study: Impact of Substance Disorders on Medicaid Costs has been Underestimated What Babies Get Tested for Drugs: A System that is ‘Ripe for Bias’ Wyoming Starts SBIRT in Medicaid‐Substance Abuse Partnership From Our Readers: Challenges and Plans for 2009 Still No Nominee for ONDCP or SAMHSA Posts Briefly Noted State Watch Resources Business Coming up     

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Federal Sentencing Reform May Not Mean Much to State Inmates Scathing California Audit Faults State Agencies for Allowing SUD Fraud Centers Still Trying to Maximize Impact of Scattered Social Media New Mass. Law Aims to Stop Lab and Sober Home Billing Fraud CDC Gives Five States $1 Million Each for Rx Drug OD Prevention Hypocrisy from the NFL: Passing Out Painkillers SAMHSA Says ‘RT’ in SBIRT Stands for Referral, Not Treatment Briefly Noted Coming up     

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No Money for Safe and Drug‐Free Schools Again, New ATR Vouchers House Subcommittee Considers Beefing up Treatment Language in Second Chance Act New ATR Voucher Program Substance Abuse Services and the Budget ‘Disproportionate Impact’ on African Americans FY 2006 Budget, Good and Bad Private Treatment Program for Methadone Detox Focuses on Buprenorphine SAMHSA Survey Looks at Role of Schools in Providing Services Applications Now Being Accepted for Director of Research and Program Applications Briefly Noted Resources Coming Up     

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Senate Appropriations Committee Rejects SAMHSA's ‘New Vision’ Program Founded to Treat Men Stays Above Fray in Florida Market Other Appropriations Issues: Workforce, NIDA Blending, and Re‐Entry Arrest of Owner and Closing of Vivitrol Clinics Raises OD Fears Non‐12‐Step Addiction Treatment Former ONDCP Senior Advisor on Marijuana and Harm Reduction Briefly Noted In the States Coming up     

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Treatment won't Suffer, may Benefit in Democratic Takeovers New Caron Residential Program Tailored to Young Adult Males No Peace Dividend Hazelden will Build Youth Facility on Veritas Villa Grounds Did a Tree Just Fall in the Forest? New ‘Alcohol‐Sniffing’ Ankle Bracelet Used by Corrections Study: Contingency Management Improves Treatment Outcomes Clarification and Correction Briefly Noted Resources Coming Up     

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Field Debates Pros and Cons of Suboxone Taper Using Film Arizona Center with Trauma Focus Moves to Up‐Front Pricing Model Calif. SSA Focuses on New County Financing and Demise of ADP ‘Recovery Wellness Rooms’ Make Presence Known at RNC, DNC This Needs to Change California Legislature Issues Report on Medical Ban in Treatment Programs How Combat‐Specific Does Treatment Have to be for Veterans? Briefly Noted Coming up     

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Providers Temper Hopes for Health Reform, but Predict Other Progress with New Leader Policy Experts Expect Federal Drug Policy Shift Toward Demand Reduction Study of Young Adults Shows Risks of Short‐Term Suboxone Parents Receptive to SBI in Pediatrician Offices SAMHSA Study: SBIRT Reduced Illicit Drug Use 67.7 Percent Briefly Noted State Watch Business Coming up     

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N.Y. Announces Residential, Outpatient Expansions as Part of Drug Law Reform Washington Merges Divisions and Revamps for Person‐Centered Care NSDUH: Drug Use Down, But Treatment Access Still Limited Two Treatment Giants Expand, Set to Enter New States President Obama Tells Congress There Will be Reform Joint Commission Requests for Comment on SBIRT Measures Briefly Noted State News Resources Names in the News Coming up     

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House Bill Focuses on Treatment Accountability, Harm Reduction State Grant and Employers Support New Private Treatment Program The Souder Report The ONDCP Annual Report Combat Methamphetamine Act Includes Treatment Provisions Advocacy Coalition Maintains Optimism on N.Y. Parity Measure Surveys: California Youths Discuss Appeal of ‘Alcopops’ Inhalants and Youth Briefly Noted Resources Coming Up     

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SAMHSA Issues Final Rule Allowing OTPs to Dispense Take‐Home Buprenorphine Vt. Hospital Program Manages Planned and Unexpected Growth Program to Screen Staff for Relapse Risk after DUI Tragedy Where Recovery Residences Fit in Health Care Reform Bill White ‘Retiring’ but Will Continue Work in the Field Study: Binge Eating in Teens Associated with Initiating Drug Use Resources Obituary Coming up     

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Will SUDs Get ‘Lost’ in New Three‐Part Alliance? Even after Final Rule on Parity, Providers May Have to Be Activists Outsider Comments on Alliance California Suspends 16 Programs from Medicaid Payments SAMHSA Warns of Fentanyl‐Laced Heroin and Cocaine ‘Sex Addiction’ May Not Be a Brain Disease: Research Weiss and Carnes Critique Study Briefly Noted State News Coming up     

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E-Therapy Seen as Having Many Applications on Treatment Continuum SAMHSA, Researchers Step Up Efforts to Treat Co-Occurring Disorders Manufacturers Focus on Tamper-Resistant Opioid Formulations SAMHSA Creates Customized e-Mails in New ‘eNetwork’ Program Profile Areas for eNetwork Hazelden Uses Equine Therapy for Some Extended-Stay Patients NREPP Briefly Noted State Watch Names in the News Resources Coming up     

Enhancing Social Work Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Substance-Using Clients Through SBIRT Training

ABSTRACT

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based protocol that addresses both moderate-risk and high-risk substance use problems for individuals. In an urban college’s master’s and bachelor’s social work programs with 218 students, SBIRT training was introduced into core course curricula, with many students subsequently using SBIRT in their field placements. Evaluation of the initiative demonstrated increases in the students’ knowledge and favorable attitudes regarding working with substance using clients. Students’ ratings of the usefulness and effectiveness of SBIRT were high. In response to studies indicating the lack of preparedness of graduating social work students to work with substance users, this study demonstrated the effectiveness of SBIRT training to educate students to work with this population.     

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New Jersey Drug Court Expansion: A Question of Timing and Scale Experience in Justice Leads TC to Work with Other Populations GAO Report Finds Plans Still Exclude Treatments for SUDs New York Moves to Eliminate ‘Stop‐and‐Frisk’ Marijuana Arrests Rx Database Law Signed in Tennessee Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up