AAP Substance Use Treatment ECHO

Substance Use Treatment Frameworks

Participants will be able to:

• Introducing key frameworks for substance use treatment
  • Trauma-informed care
  • Harm reduction
  • Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT).
• Describe the scope of the problem of substance use in adolescents and recognize the impact of substance use on the developing adolescent brain.
• Practice applying key skills with an initial case.

Adolescent Tobacco/Nicotine (and Cannabis) Use

Participants will be able to:

• Understand and be able to recognize different forms of nicotine/tobacco and other drugs
• Understand harms associated with use.
• Increase awareness of prevention and intervention curricula and resources and how to use them in practice. 

Alcohol and Cannabis

Participants will be able to:

• Describe the scope of the problem of alcohol use and cannabis use in adolescents and recognize the impact of substance use on the developing adolescent brain.
• Leverage key frameworks for substance use treatment (trauma-informed care, harm reduction, and SBIRT) in the treatment of cannabis use.
• Practice applying these skills with an initial case.

Opioids: Overdose Prevention and Treatment

Participants will be able to:

• Describe the recent trends in youth overdose and opioid use disorder
• Identify 2 strategies to reduce the risk of overdose
• Discuss 3 benefits of medication treatment for opioid use disorder.

Stimulants and Treatment

Participants will be able to:

• Discuss the trends in stimulant use among adolescents.
• Identify the impact of stimulant use on adolescent health.
• Understand emerging pharmacotherapy for stimulant use disorders. 

Treating Polysubstance Use Disorders

• Identify commonly misused substances in adolescents.
• Discuss the impact on adolescents’ physical and mental health.
• Describe an approach to treatment and potential treatment options.