Alcohol - brief interventions

Times	Session Content	Methods
9.30	Introductions. Domestics. Course outline. Group learning agreement.
9:45 10:15	How much information do you need to know about alcohol? A pint sized history of alcohol use in society Patterns of substance use and dependence. The five main definitions of drinking behaviour	Exercise in pairs
11.00	Break
11:15 12:00	Alcohol in focus - The physical, psychological & social effects of alcohol Brief interventions. What are they and who is appropriate? The cycle of change	Presentation and discussion Individual exercise and group discussion
12:30	Lunch
1:15 1:45 2:15	Delivering Brief Interventions The AUDIT screening tool Brief Intervention Tools Simple Advice Extended Brief Interventions Skills required: Active Listening, Engagement, Asking Questions, providing Information, Screening, eliciting change talk, Goal setting	Presentation Small group exercises Skills practice and explanations
3:00	Break
3:15	Case studies Documenting your work and putting brief interventions into practice	Presentation Group exercise
4:15	Review
4.30	Close

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