Virtual Event
The history of pain management in the US is fraught with changes in practice and finding new and more holistic ways to work with individuals with chronic pain for social workers and other non-prescriber providers. In this webinar, learn about the history of pain management, how to assess risk of developing opioid use disorders, health promotion factors for people who use opioids, including overdose reversal, and macro approaches to the risks of substance misuse.
Date & Time
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Eligible for Continuing Education Credit
Part of the PCSS-MOUD Webinar Series
Learning Objectives
After the webinar, participants will be able to:
- Understand the three phases of policies and practices regarding pain management in the US as well as risk for drug overdose death
- Practice a risk assessment for opioid use disorder for individuals prior to starting opioid use
- Familiarize yourself with withdrawal tools for opioid withdrawal (Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Scale)
- Develop awareness of social workers role in behavioral strategies being implemented for individuals with pain management and/or opioid use disorders
Moderator
Dr. Patricia Stoddard Dare, PhD, MSW
Patricia Stoddard Dare is a distinguished professor of Social Work at Cleveland State University, where she serves as the coordinator of a substance use disorder counseling certificate program. She earned her MSW and PhD from Washington University and completed a multi-year Mental Health Services Research fellowship with the National Institute of Mental Health, as well as a postgraduate certificate in AI in Healthcare Leadership at Harvard Medical School.
An award-winning teacher and scholar, she is the author of over 40 peer-reviewed publications. Her research focuses on vulnerabilities experienced by children, youth and families such as substance use disorders, mental health issues, delinquency, limiting health conditions, maltreatment, and food insecurity. Her scholarship has been featured in high‑impact journals and widely cited by researchers, policymakers, advocacy organizations, and prominent media outletssuch as US News & World Report and the New York Times.
Her research has been cited in numerous federal laws, and the Economic Report of the President of the United States, and has directly informed state and local laws, and national public health strategy. She was honored with a Champions of Recovery Award for co-creating a CDC-funded web-based system that helps individuals rapidly connect with substance use treatment matched to their unique needs.
Speaker
Jennifer Harrison, PhD, LMSW, CAADC
Jennifer Harrison, PhD, LMSW, CAADC is a social worker, chemical addictions counselor, and professor in the School of Social Work at Western Michigan University. Her primary areas of research include behavioral health workforce development, evidence-based practice implementation, and outcome measurement. Dr. Harrison is the Co-PI with colleagues from social work, counseling, and occupational therapy for over $7.5 MM in federally funded workforce development grants focused on the interprofessional workforce, I-PEER, MY-PROUD, and SUPPORT. She has researched and received foundation and state grant support for the implementation of outcome measurement in clinical and educational practice and with colleague Dr. Ann Chapleau has co-developed a secure digital application using Goal Attainment Scaling called Goal Scaling Solutions,Inc.
Her research scholarship is published in national and international journals and texts including Social Work Research, American Journal of Occupational Therapy, Community Mental Health Journal, Substance Use &Misuse, the International Journal of Teaching in Business, and Criminal Justice and Behavior. Dr. Harrison is a member of the Michigan Fidelity Assessment and Support Team (MiFAST) and has served on several work groups to develop tools with SAMHSA and Pew Research Trust. Dr. Harrison recently completed a Fulbright Specialist appointment with Profesia Labs in Slovakia integrating Motivational Interviewing for supported employment for individuals with disabilities.
About PCSS-MOUD
The Providers Clinical Support System for Medications for Opioid Use Disorders (PCSS-MOUD) is a program funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). It is led by the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) in collaboration with a wide coalition of national professional and healthcare organizations. PCSS-MOUD aims to increase the knowledge and skills of healthcare and counseling professionals about available evidence-based treatment approaches for substance use disorder (SUD) with a particular focus on opioid use disorder (OUD). PCSS-MOUD provides free training and mentoring to practitioners on the use of medications for OUD (MOUD) and the integration of these services into mainstream health care.
The overarching goal of PCSS-MOUD is to increase healthcare professionals’ knowledge, skills, and confidence in providing evidence-based practices in the prevention, treatment, and recovery of OUD. PCSS-MOUD expands education and training beyond the prescriber to include multidisciplinary teams, healthcare providers, and clinical health professionals to increase their awareness and how to overcome stigma, racism, and discrimination as they play a role as social drivers of health disparities and barriers to treatment.
For more information on Providers Clinical Support System–Medication for Opioid Use Disorder, please visit the PCSS-MOUD website.
Funding Information
Funding for this initiative was made possible by cooperative agreement no. 1H79TI086770 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.