Avera Friday Forum- Vaping, Alcohol, and Drug Use and Abuse

Instructions to Receive Credit

Friday, December 13, 2024, 8:00 AM - Monday, January 13, 2025, 5:00 PM

We recognize the need for ongoing education on behavioral health topics for disciplines who provide care to children and adolescents. This educational session is specially designed to educate Nurses, Counselors, Social Workers, and other disciplines who work with children and adolescent youth, particularly in the school setting, on behavioral health topics. This session will focus on youth substance abuse.

1. Discuss how a multidisciplinary approach can support the mental health needs of youth support
2. Discuss how prevalent substance use is in youth.
3. Describe how substance use presents in youth.
4. Identify signs of substance uses in adolescents.
5. Discuss helpful tips on how parents can talk with teens about substance use.
6. Identify coping skills and tips to address substance use in youth.
7. Integrate professional advice regarding substance use to practice
8. Discuss counseling and professional help resources, and care options for children and families working through substance use.

All educational materials provided during and after the course are for your personal use only and should not be reproduced or distributed in any manner.

 

ADA Statement:

ADA accommodations will be made in accordance with the law.  If you require ADA accommodations, please indicate what your needs are at the time of registration.  We cannot ensure the availability of appropriate accommodations without prior notification.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Avera is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

 Continuing Education Credit Designation(s)

IPCE (Team-based): This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.50 IPCE credit(s) for learning and change.

 

  

Nurse CE: Avera designates this activity for a maximum of 1.50 ANCC contact hour(s). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Work: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Avera is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.50 General continuing education credit(s).

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Avera adheres to the Joint Accreditation’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

Individuals in a position to control the content of this CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.