Introduction to Screening and Brief Intervention for Problem Drinking
 

About the Program

Workplaces are underutilized for the delivery of alcohol prevention and early intervention programs.  Yet, they offer the opportunity to reach people in a place where they spend most of their day.  Workplace resources, including employee assistance, health promotion, and occupational heath programs, are ideal settings to identify and intervene when drinking behavior becomes risky.


This webinar is designed specifically for helping professionals and will provide an introduction to promising, feasible approaches to implementing evidence-based alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) methods in work-related settings.  The presenter will outline how to ask clients about their drinking habits using validated screening tools, enhance internal motivation to change their behavior using motivational strategies if identified to be at risk, and the evidence to support use of SBI in workplace settings.


This webinar is one component of The BIG Initiative and a joint production of the Employee Assistance Professional Association (EAPA), Employee Assistance Society of North America (EASNA), NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals, American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) and the Center for Clinical Social Work to adapt alcohol screening and brief intervention protocols originally developed by the World Health Organization for workplace program including use in employee assistance programs.  This webinar will present highlights from a larger training curriculum. 


Learning Objectives:
As a result of participating in this webinar you will be able to:

  • utilize an evidence-based screening tool to identify risky alcohol use;
  • associate level of alcohol use risk to appropriate level of brief intervention;
  • identify core components of brief intervention; and
  • discuss the evidence that supports screening and brief intervention for alcohol use.

About the Presenters

Tracy L. McPherson, PhD - Over the last 13 years, Dr. McPherson has led numerous workplace substance abuse, mental health and health promotion projects funded by NIH, NHTSA and SAMHSA involving the development and evaluation of training programs. Over the last five years, her work has focused on improving access to screening, brief intervention, referral to treatment and follow-up care through evidence-based practice change in workplace settings. She co-leads the Brief Intervention Group (BIG) EAP Initiative, chairs EASNA's Knowledge Transfer & Research Committee, has co-authored numerous publications and presentations and serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, Journal of Substance Use, American Journal of Health Promotion, and Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Training Materials

  • Listen to Recording
  • Download Presentation (pdf)
  • Training Evaluation

    • Achieve Solutions Resources *Note: To find these resources an a client Achieve Solutions site replace the "xyzeap" with the company handle.

    Quiz: Alcohol Use Questionnaire https://www.achievesolutions.net/achievesolutions/en/xyzeap/Content.do?contentId=13979

    Audio: Cutting Down on Drinking https://www.achievesolutions.net/achievesolutions/en/xyzeap/Content.do?contentId=18807

    Article: Alcohol Usually Makes a Bad Problem Worse https://www.achievesolutions.net/achievesolutions/en/xyzeap/Content.do?contentId=3350

     

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