Collected Resources

Careers of Substance collects resources from trusted organizations in order to support the substance use workforce in a variety of areas. If you would like to suggest a resource, please contact us.

Maternal Opioid Use During Pregnancy Toolkit

This toolkit provides guidance related to the medical, psychological and social needs of pregnant women with opioid use disorders, to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes. It was developed to help advance clinical interventions by offering screening, treatment engagement & coordinated care.

Prevention Treatment Recovery Population-Specific
On-demand training

Medication Specialist Supervisor Training

This training prepares supervisors to oversee the supervision and continued professional development of Medication Specialists and direct care staff who handle resident and patient medications in residential and congregate care programs licensed and/or contracted by BSAS.

Addictions Workforce Development
Tool

Microlearning Toolkit: Vaping Prevention 101

Brush up on your cannabis knowledge with this series of short lessons on vaping and prevention! Each lesson consists of a 5-10 minute video followed by a brief quiz. Topics include: effects of nicotine on the adolescent brain, public health implications of youth ENDS use and why vaping/e-cigarette use appeals to youth.

Author: New England PTTC

Publisher: New England PTTC

Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF)
On-demand training

Military Culture Course

A free, interactive course "Military Culture: Core Competencies for Healthcare Professionals" by the Center for Deployment Psychology, offered as part of the Veterans Administration's Community Provider Toolkit.

Tool

MOAPC Logic Model Development Guide

This guide provides guidance for developing a logic model specific to the MOAPC grant, a logic model examples, as well as a logic model template.

Author: Center for Strategic Prevention Support

Publisher:

Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF)
On-demand training

Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)/Medscape Continuing Education

These continuing education courses allow clinicians to earn credits and support the improvement of patient care. Medscape, LLC is jointly accredited by ACCME, ACPE, and ANCC to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Addictions Workforce Development Prevention Treatment Recovery
Report/Research

Moving Beyond Change Efforts: Evidence and Action to Support and Affirm LGBTQI+ Youth

This report provides behavioral health professionals, researchers, policymakers and other audiences with a comprehensive research overview and accurate information about effective and ineffective therapeutic practices related to youth of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity.

Author: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Publisher: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Equity
Website

NAADAC

COVID-19 resources from the Association for Addiction Professionals.

COVID-19
Organization offering training

NAADAC - The Association for Addiction Professionals

NAADAC represents the professional interests of over 100,000 addiction counselors, educators and other addiction-focused health care professionals in the US, Canada, and abroad. Members are addiction counselors, educators and other addiction-focused health care professionals.

Advocacy Professional and Para-Professional Organizations
Tool

Narrative Design Toolkit

This guide will help you get started in thinking about narrative, articulating your narrative strategy, and designing and implementing your narrative projects. By narrative project, we mean any activity that advances narrative goals, including messaging campaigns, social media campaigns, videos, art installations, street theater, deep canvassing, direct actions, mass mobilizations, and more. 

Author: Butterfly Lab

Publisher: Race Forward

Communications