1. Chicago Southland YouthBuild SBIRT and BioPsychoSocial Assessment Adriane Harris, CADC

3. Substance Abuse Situation

4. Real Life YB Scenarios Students using substances as a coping mechanism Students having to grow up early Students having to become a parent to their siblings

5. 1.Assessment – Street Version: What’s the matter? 2.Intervention – Plan: What are we going to do about it? 3.Evaluation – What happened and what do we do? Steps Toward Change

6. 1.Assessment – Street Version: What’s the matter? 2.Intervention – Plan: What are we going to do about it? 3.Evaluation – What happened and what do we do? Steps Toward Change

7. SBIRT and BioPsychoSocial Screening Brief Intervention Referral Treatment

8. SBIRT and BioPsychoSocial Biologoical History Psychology History Social History

9. Findings Anger – I am angry at my parents for becoming hooked on drugs – I am angry at my father for being abusive toward family members Resentment – I have raised myself and siblings and learn from people on the streets how to survive – Deep rooted resentments at my mother for choosing crack cocaine over me – Resentful at my parent(s) for not being apart of my life Abandonment – My parents left me with other people – My parents were incarcerated – My parents were around but they couldn’t take care of me due to drugs and alcohol Trust – I don’t trust you because I don’t know you – Empty promises

10. 1.Assessment – Street Version: What’s the matter? 2.Intervention – Plan: What are we going to do about it? 3.Evaluation – What happened and what do we do? Steps Toward Change

11. Techniques and Intervention Establishing Trust Express empathy-seeing the world through the students eyes, feeling things as the client feels them Motivational Interviewing Ambivalence-begin by discussing the behavior and what is positive and negative about it Early Problem Identification Happens after biopsychosocial assessment is completed Solutions to problems

12. SBIRT as a strategy Continuum of Services Quality Improvement – This OCS staff is responsible for monitoring both the internal and external operations of the participants and providing status reports to staff on a regular basis. Evidence-based Practice – The OCS encourages treatment services that can be empirically supported in mental health and substance abuse literature for specific target populations and presenting problems. Support-OCS as a leader is working with youth and families enabling them to reach their potential. Development-Today's youth face challenges and pressures that were not prevalent even a decade ago. CSY gives youth tools they can bring with them and live life more fully. Strategy-We use positive mentoring to show youth their potential and let them set worthy goals.

13. 1.Assessment – Street Version: What’s the matter? 2.Intervention – Plan: What are we going to do about it? 3.Evaluation – What happened and what do we do? Steps Toward Change

14. YB Students View of SBIRT

15. Services Toward Change Building on Strength Using IDP Best Practices

16. Generational Poverty A paradigm shift in possibilities “I believe that college is now possible.” “YouthBuild honestly changed my life”

17. Positive Outcomes Statistical Facts:

21. Questions

22. Thank you! Adriane Harris, CADC Social Service Counselor OAI, Inc. (708) 339-8173 aharris@oaiinc.org www.oaiinc.org