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Special Populations

Explore these online resources to learn more about the use of SBIRT with special populations, including adolescents, older adults, and women.

Can We Talk?

Provider perspectives on how SBIRT helps professionals to have conversations with young people about their substance use.

Getting Candid: Framing the Conversation Around Youth Substance Use Prevention

Toolkit and message guides for talking to young people

Adolescent SBIRT

NORC at the University of Chicago offers tools, resources and services to learn the skills to have essential conversations with adolescents about substance use

Tobacco Prevention Toolkit

Stanford REACH Lab developed collection of curriculum, lessons, program, and resources for preventing and reducing adolescent and young adult tobacco/nicotine use.

Tips for Talking to Older Adults about Substance Use

National Council on Aging brief on how to start conversations with older adults about substance use..

SBIRT+ for Special Needs of Older Adults

University of Iowa video (12:01) featuring information on unique risk factors with older adults

Substance Use During Pregnancy

Learn about substance use (including opioids, marijuana, tobacco, and alcohol) during pregnancy including resources for health professionals

Pregnancy and Substance Use: A Harm Reduction Toolk

User-friendly guide presenting perinatal harm reduction by substance prenatal through postpartum care including navigating health and legal systems

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More SBIRT

Many other states have implemented SBIRT initiatives which often offer helpful resources for you to learn more. *Please note states may differ in regard to training and billing requirements.

SBIRT Oregon

This website offers training resources, including information on SBIRT workflow, screening forms, clinic tools, training curriculum, video demonstrations, and billing and documentation.

SBIRT Colorado

This website offers training resources, including archived presentations, interactive online simulations, and downloadable clinician tools.

SAMHSA SBIRT

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)'s SBIRT website offers information and resources.

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Coding and Billing

Visit these websites to learn more about coding and billing for SBIRT services.

Coding for Screening and Brief Intervention Reimbursement

Information on SBIRT reimbursement through commercial insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid .

State of Kansas Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral for Treatment (SBIRT) Information

Kansas policy and purpose, steps to become a Medicaid approved SBIRT practitioner, and contact for more information

SBIRT Oregon

Information on billing codes and documentation, both nationally and in Oregon

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Substance Use

Visit these sites to learn more about commonly used substances, including illicit and prescription drugs.

Drugs A to Z

NIDA resource on commonly abused drugs that includes a brief description of each drug, effects, statistics and trends, and related publications and resources

Substance Use

SAMHSA website provides facts on common substance use disorders

NIDAMED: Clinical Resources

Science-based resources for health professionals about screening, addressing and treating substance use

Institute for Research, Education & Training in Addictions

Training resources, including live and archived webinars, online courses, and downloadable curricula.

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Medication Assisted Treatment

Explore these online resources to learn more about medications to help treat alcohol and opioid use disorders.

SAMHSA Substance Use Disorder Treatment Options

Information on medications for Substance Use Disorders, child safety, low barrier models of care, patient rights, and related resources.

American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)

Professional society offering evidence-based books, tools and resources

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Implementing SBIRT

Explore these online resources to learn more about systems-level implementation of SBIRT.

Addressing Alcohol Use: Practice Manual

Funded by the CDC, this manual describes evaluating the current system, defining a new system, standardizing practices to develop and maintain an alcohol screening and brief intervention plan.

Care for Substance Use Disorder

American Medical Association’s guide to align the team, evaluation, implementing treatment and financial considerations..

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Opioids

Guideline Recommendations and Guiding Principles

CDC 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain

National Harm Reduction Coalition

Provides a Guide to Developing & Managing Overdose Prevention along with case studies, training materials and a list of Naloxone kit materials

Providers Clinical Support System

SAMHSA funded program to provide evidence-based practices, training and mentoring to prevent and treat opioid use disorder

SCOPE of Pain (Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education)

Boston University School of Medicine online education training, resources and audio case studies for prescribing opioids for patients with chronic pain

Get Naloxone Now

Training and resources to respond effectively to an opioid-associated overdose emergency

The UMKC SBIRT website was developed through funded grants TI025355 and TI026442 from the Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). This site is maintained by the Region 7 Mid-America ATTC grant 5UR1TI080208-03 from SAMHSA. Updated 2025 by the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare in partnership with UMKC/SBIRT University of Missouri-Kansas City/School of Nursing and Health Studies