1. Review of National SBIRT
Strategic Plan
Behavioral Health is Essential to Health
Prevention Works | Treatment is Effective | People Recover

2. Four Strategic Areas of Focus
• Area 1 - SBIRT tools – creating and dissemination of
clinical and implementation tools for SBIRT.
• Area 2 - Compendium of SBIRT practices – developing
examples of SBIRT implementation in settings,
packaged examples of organizations that have
implemented SBIRT.
• Area 3 – SBIRT communications – developing and
disseminating information about SBIRT via multiple
communications channels.
• Area 4 – SBIRT Core Competencies

3. Area 1 - SBIRT tools – creating and dissemination
of clinical and implementation tools for SBIRT.
Action steps • Web-based applications – catalog of online
SBIRT tools, tools containing the core elements
necessary to implement SBIRT
• Toolkits for implementation – checklists and/or
decision trees to aid in implementing SBIRT in a
variety of settings

4. Area 2 - Compendium of SBIRT practices – developing
examples of SBIRT implementation in various settings;
packaged examples of organizations that have
implemented SBIRT.
Action steps • Case studies that outline organizations who
have implemented SBIRT and outline barriers
they have faced and how to overcame those
barriers
• Compendium of how organizations have
successfully implemented and sustained SBIRT

5. Area 3 – SBIRT communications – developing
and disseminating information about SBIRT via
multiple communications channels.
Action steps • N SBIRT ATTC website – a portal that houses
SBIRT content from a variety of sources
• Online and social media – communication channels
which focus on SBIRT – SBIRT Alert E-newsletter,
blog posts, facebook, twitter, and SBIRT wiki.
Potential new outlets such as Tumblr, Reddit or an
SBIRT email list-serv.

6. Area 4 SBIRT Core Competencies
Area 4: Develop SBIRT standards of
professional practice (core competencies)
Action Steps –
• Convene a small work group to begin this process
• Review items already created by other
organizations (NAADAC, EAPA, IntNSA, COPE)
• Work group will have a series of phone calls to
review our work as we progress (5 total calls and
email correspondence)

7. Area 4 SBIRT Core Competencies
Area 4: Develop SBIRT standards of
professional practice (core competencies)
Action Steps –
• Convene a small work group to begin this process
• Review items already created by other
organizations (NAADAC, EAPA, IntNSA, COPE)
• Work group will have a series of phone calls to
review our work as we progress (5 total calls and
email correspondence)