Online Learning Center

Screening and assessing for substance use disorders (SUDs) throughout an individual’s involvement with the justice system is critical to facilitating successful integration back into the community. Early identification of SUDs enables timely, targeted interventions and case planning to reduce recurrence of substance use and recidivism, while supporting long-term recovery in the community. This webinar will review a range of standardized and validated screening and assessment instruments for detecting SUDs among people involved in the justice system. How these assessments contribute to more effective treatment plans, align with reentry support services, and promote recovery-oriented outcomes will also be discussed.

Presenter

• Roger H. Peters, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

This webinar will introduce participants to the ways in which decision making occurs for both emerging adults (those 18 to 25 years old) and maturing adults (those 26 to 40 years old); how substances interact with the brain; the distinctions between substance use and substance use disorders; and how substance use impacts the decision-making process, assessments of risk and reward, working memory, and communication.