Date
Thursday March 2, 2017
Time
Training is 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM PST Registration at 8:30
Lunch will be on your own
6 hours Continued Education Credit available for BRN and AOD Counselors. C.E. Hours are offered by CARS for $25. They must be paid in advance using the Online Registration. No payment accepted onsite.
CARS is an approved provider. CAADAC#4N-08-923-0603
CA Board of Registered Nurses - Provider #16303
Contact
Lynn Esposti, CPI Team
Center for Applied Research Solutions (CARS)
707-568-3800 x 204
lesposti@cars-rp.org
Event Host
Quarry Pak 415-242-2615 x 3248 at pakq@sfusd.edu
CPI Prevention Extension
Brief Intervention for Substance Using Adolescents
San Franciscso County
March 2, 2017
Facilitated by: Ira Sachnoff
Workshop Description
This training is to build skills of counselors working with adolescents. BI is a short-term counseling intervention that consists of 2 to 4 sessions aimed at adolescents who use alcohol, tobacco and/or other drugs. This approach uses motivational interviewing, cognitive behavior therapy and the stages of change model to meet the needs of adolescents.
IRA SACHNOFF
Ira Sachnoff was the Director for the San Francisco Peer Resource Programs from 1980-1996. In this capacity Ira was responsbile for the supervision and training of 25 Peer Resource Program Coordinators who trained over 1,000 youth who then served over 20,000 youth in the San Francisco Unified School District.
Ira was also the Founding President of the National Peer Helpers Association and was a Board Member of the California Association of Peer Programs for over 10 years.
Currently, Ira is the High School Alcohol & Tobacco Program Consultant for the San Francisco Unified School District and is also a consultant for the Alameda County Office of Education and the Contra Costa County Office of Education. Ira also has his own consulting company Peer resource Training and Consulting, where he has in the last ten years trained over 3,000 youth peer educators and over 500 adults in the art of setting up Comprehensive Prevention and Education programs for youth.
Training Agenda
8:30 am Registration and Networking
9:00 am Welcome and Introduction
Module 1 Introduction to Brief Intervention\
Module 2 Themes and Best Practices Supportive of Brief Intervention
10:30 am Break
Module 3 Pre-Session with the Adolescent
Module 4 Session 1: Building the Relationship
12:00 Lunch
1:00 pm Module 5 Session 2: Enhancing Motivation to Change
2:00 pm Break
Module 6 Working with Parent(s)/Guardian(s)
2:45 pm Questions
3:30 pm Evaluation and Adjustment
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