Youth and Substance Use | 1/16/27
Date/Time
Time: 8:45 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern
Location: LIVESTREAM
Cost: $99.99
Credits: 5 CE Credits
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Presenter(s)
CEU Creations presents:
Youth and Substance Use | 1/16/27
FEATURING:
- Rhonda DiNovo, LMSW, MSW, ADC-IP, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, College of Social Work
- Current trends in adolescent substance use and evidence-based treatment services
EVENT INFO:
8:45 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern
Webinars open 15 minutes before the hour, except for 3-hour courses, which open 30 minutes before the hour. Registration ends 30 minutes before the webinar opens.
COST:
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS:
Social Workers:
ASWB ACE – 5 Clinical CE credits
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work – 5 Contact hours
Psychologists:
APA – 5 CE credits
Counselors:
NBCC ACEP – 5 Contact hours
NY State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners – 5 Contact hours
Addiction Professionals:
NAADAC – 5 Contact hours
Nurses:
California Board of Registered Nursing – 5 Contact hours
Case Managers:
CCMC – This course is not eligible for CCMC CE Contact hours.
Long-Term Care Administrators:
This course is not approved for NAB/NCERS participant hours.
Attendance or applied credit certificate available for other credentials.
Please make sure to check with your own state board to ensure the transferability of CE credits.
Counselors: If this course awards Ethics hours, please note that some states do not recognize Ethics hours; in those cases, Contact hours will be awarded.
Target Audience: Social workers, psychologists, counselors, and nurses
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Counseling Skill Group:
1. Clinical Intake and Screening
2. Clinical Assessment
3. Treatment Plan
4. Counseling Services
OVERVIEW:
Adolescents go through many important biological and developmental changes. Their brains are growing rapidly and they are constructing imperative cognitive and emotional processes. They inherently seek novelty and risk, which can often lead to experimentation with substance use and the development of addictive behaviors. Statistics show that the earlier an adolescent begins using substances, the greater likelihood they will develop addiction. Unfortunately, only about 30% of all treatment facilities in the United States today have specialized services for adolescents. Furthermore, treatment of adolescent substance use and addictive behaviors can be challenging due to unique treatment issues such as identity formation and addiction conceptualization. Presented by Rhonda DiNovo, LMSW, ADC-IP, a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina College of Social Work, this workshop will examine the connection between adolescent development and substance use; substance use trends and prevalence among adolescent populations; various risk, protective, and system factors that impact adolescent substance use; and current treatment services.
OBJECTIVES:
By attending this training, you will be able to:
1. Discover the complexities of adolescent development.
2. Summarize the current trends in and prevalence of adolescent substance use.
3. Examine risk and protective factors influencing adolescent substance use.
4. Identify the unique substance use patterns and treatment needs of diverse adolescent populations.
5. Describe the theoretical models of addiction and current laws used to guide adolescent behavioral health care systems, treatment services and recovery support.
AGENDA (all times are Eastern):
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Youth and Substance Use, part 1 | Rhonda DiNovo, LMSW, MSW, ADC-IP
12:00 p.m. – 12:40 p.m. Midway Reset
12:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Youth and Substance Use, part 2 | Rhonda DiNovo, LMSW, MSW, ADC-IP
PRESENTER BIO:
Rhonda DiNovo serves as Clinical Assistant Professor, MSW Program Coordinator, and Coordinator of the Graduate Drug and Addictions Studies Certificate Program in the College of Social Work at the University of South Carolina. She teaches students important theoretical and practical approaches in interdisciplinary health and mental health, as well as principles and practices of motivational interviewing and cognitive behavior therapy. Rhonda also serves as Field Supervisor and Director of the West Columbia Outreach Program, a police social work outreach service offered through the West Columbia Police Department that provides brief screening, assessment and referral to treatment services and community resources to those in mental health and substance use crises. Prior to becoming a full-time faculty member in the College of Social Work, Rhonda served 3 years as Director of Substance Abuse Prevention and Education for USC and 8 years as Prevention Specialist for adolescents and their families at LRADAC. Rhonda was recently awarded “Professor of the Year” for the College of Social Work at South Carolina by Garnet Media Group.
Rhonda DiNovo serves as Clinical Assistant Professor, MSW Program Coordinator, and Coordinator of the Graduate Drug and Addictions Studies Certificate Program in the College of Social Work at the University of South Carolina. She teaches students important theoretical and practical approaches in interdisciplinary health and mental health, as well as principles and practices of motivational interviewing and cognitive behavior therapy. Rhonda also serves as Field Supervisor and Director of the West Columbia Outreach Program, a police social work outreach service offered through the West Columbia Police Department that provides brief screening, assessment and referral to treatment services and community resources to those in mental health and substance use crises. Prior to becoming a full-time faculty member in the College of Social Work, Rhonda served 3 years as Director of Substance Abuse Prevention and Education for USC and 8 years as Prevention Specialist for adolescents and their families at LRADAC. Rhonda was recently awarded “Professor of the Year” for the College of Social Work at South Carolina by Garnet Media Group.
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FINE PRINT
SOCIAL WORKERS: CEU Creations, #1239, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/24-11/22/27. Social workers completing this course receive 5 Clinical CE credits.
CEU Creations, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0616. This activity is approved for 5 Contact hours.
PSYCHOLOGISTS: 5 CE credits. CEU Creations is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CEU Creations maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
COUNSELORS: 5 Contact hours 
CEU Creations has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6941. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CEU Creations is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. CEU Creations, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0199. This activity is approved for 5 Contact hours.
ADDICTION PROFESSIONALS: This course has been approved by CEU Creations, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 5 CEs. NAADAC Provider #324725. CEU Creations is responsible for all aspects of the programming.
NURSES: 5 Contact hours. CEU Creations is an approved provider of nursing CEs through the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider number: CEP17905. All states retain their own licensing authority through their own boards. Please make sure to check with your own state board to ensure transferability of the CE credits.
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