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The Impact Of Brief Intervention Workshops On Addiction Provider Knowledge, Skills, And Attitudes Toward Evidence-Based Practices, Diana M. Doumas, Susan Esp, Raissa Miller
The Impact Of Brief Intervention Workshops On Addiction Provider Knowledge, Skills, And Attitudes Toward Evidence-Based Practices, Diana M. Doumas, Susan Esp, Raissa Miller
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This study evaluated the impact of Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) workshops on post-training knowledge, skills, negative attitudes, and interest in implementing evidence-based practices (EBPs). Participants (N = 70) were primarily mental health counselor (41.4%), social workers (20.0%), substance abuse counselors (15.7%), school counselors (5.7%) and nursing professionals (4.3%) who selected the one or two day workshop for continuing education credit. Participants attended either a Basic MI training workshop (one day) or a Basic MI training plus an Advanced MI/SBIRT training workshop (two day) to assess if exposure to two EBPs would improve …