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Teenage Turbulence

Screening and Treatment for Substance Use Disorder in Adolescents
1 hour
2025
ASWB
ANCC
ACCME
Nationally Accredited

From screening to treatment, this course explores evidence-based strategies for managing adolescent SUD and highlights the vital role of interprofessional collaboration.

Learners explore treatment options and the power of interprofessional teamwork united to give teens a chance at recovery.

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Teenage Turbulence

About this course

This training aims to increase the understanding and effective management of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) in adolescents and discusses the health burden and cost that SUD imposes on them. The screening process is examined along with an array of tools used to detect the disorder in its early stages; including an in-depth review of the SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment) process. Various treatment options are covered. The role of the interprofessional team in managing and treating SUD in adolescents is explored. Participants will understand how physicians, mental health counselors, school educators, nurses, social workers, and addiction specialists can collaborate to provide effective treatment.

What you will learn

At the completion of this activity, healthcare providers will be able to: 

  • Define substance use disorder in adolescents
  • Explain the health burden and cost of SUD in adolescents
  • Detail the screening process and tools for SUD in adolescents
  • Describe the SBIRT process and treatment options for adolescents with SUD
  • Delineate the roles for members of the interprofessional team regarding best practices and resources for adolescent SUD treatment

Course content

3
sections
1h
total length
Teenage Turbulence - Screening and Treatment for Substance Use Disorder in Adolescents
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Burden of Adolescent SUD
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12m 40s
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Screening and Diagnosis
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10m 1s
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Treatment and Interventions
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41m 37s

Course details

Release Date:
1/31/2024
Activity Type:
Enduring Material
Expiration Date:
1/31/2027
Activity Format:
Online

Accreditations

This course has been reviewed and approved through the rigorous standards of leading accrediting organizations, ensuring your continuing education credits are formally recognized and respected across professions and states.

ASWB

ASWB Continuing Education Credits
Association of Social Work Boards

Accredited for social work continuing education

ANCC

ANCC Contact Hours
American Nurses Credentialing Center

Accredited for nursing continuing education

ACCME

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education

Accredited for physician continuing medical education

Additional Information

  • Automatic reporting to CE Broker for participating states
  • Instant certificate generation upon course completion
  • Credits accepted for license renewal
  • Meets state requirements for continuing education

Course Faculty

Learn from leading experts who bring their real-world experience and evidence-based practices to this comprehensive training.

Mary Ellen Biggerstaff

Mary Ellen Biggerstaff

Assistant Professor, Frontier Nursing University; Family Nurse Practitioner
DNP, MPH, FNP

Family nurse practitioner and educator with focus on adolescent health, substance use, and behavioral health integration.

Areas of expertise:
Family Practice
Adolescent Health
Substance Use
Public Health
Rhonna Nelson

Rhonna Nelson

Clinical Therapist & Addiction Specialist
LMSW, ACSW, CAADC

Licensed social worker with expertise in adolescent behavioral health, substance use, and family therapy.

Areas of expertise:
Adolescent Health
Substance Use
Mental Health

Disclosure

Disclosures

PACE requires every individual in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity are listed below and have been mitigated according to PACE policies. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships.

  • Mary Ellen Biggerstaff, DNP, MPH, FNP
    Assistant Professor, Frontier Nursing University
     •  has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose
  • Rhonna Nelson, LMSW, ACSW, CAADC, P.C.
    Clinical Therapist
     •  has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

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Product Details

$23.00
1 hour
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Requirements & Compliance

This course meets your continuing education requirements across multiple states and professions, ensuring you stay compliant with the latest regulations.

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Requirements

Meets Requirement
National

DEA Mate Act

Training on treating and managing patients with opioid and other substance use disorders.

Compliance Guaranteed

This course is regularly updated to ensure compliance with current state and federal requirements.

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Accreditations

ASWB

Association of Social Work Boards

ANCC

American Nurses Credentialing Center

ACCME

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education

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