Prescription Stimulant Misuse and Prevention Among Youth and Young Adults (1 credit hour)
Program Summary: This course examines the prevalence of prescription stimulant use and misuse among youth and young adults. Short and long term health effects of prescription stimulant use are explored along with risk and protective factors. Opportunities for prevention are discussed, and considerations for screening, assessment, and treatment are given.
This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.
Course Reading: Prescription Stimulant Misuse and Prevention Among Youth and Young Adults
Publisher: SAMHSA
Course Objectives: To enhance professional practice, values, skills and knowledge by examining prescription stimulant misuse and prevention among youth and young adults
Learning Objectives: Describe the prevalence of prescription stimulant use and misuse among youth. Identify risk and protective factors associated with substance use and prescription stimulant misuse among youth. Describe the process for screening, assessment, and treatment, including SBIRT.
Review our pre-reading study guide.
Free State Social Work, LLC, provider #1235, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/6/2021 - 9/6/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 1 clinical continuing education credit.
Free State Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP NO. 6605. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Free State Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course. She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience. She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City. She has practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work. The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.