A poster encouraging educators to work with student assistance professionals when they are concerned about a student’s health and wellbeing.

A poster encouraging educators to work with student assistance professionals when they are concerned about a student’s health and wellbeing.

A poster encouraging educators to work with student assistance professionals when they are concerned about a student’s health and wellbeing.

A poster encouraging educators to work with student assistance professionals when they are concerned about a student’s health and wellbeing.

A poster encouraging educators to work with student assistance professionals when they are concerned about a student’s health and wellbeing.

A poster encouraging parents to work with student assistance professionals when they are concerned about their child’s health and wellbeing.

These prevention core competencies and accompanying knowledge, skills, and abilities offer professional direction to the prevention field, affecting staff development and career ladders and pipelines, and providing guidance for training programs and service delivery qualification.

The EAP Prescription Drug Toolkit and Fact Sheets provide guidance related to counseling, referrals, and follow-up services (e.g., alternatives to prescription drugs, workplace drug misuse and relapse prevention, dangers of combined drug use, screenings, and evaluations before returning to work).

This updated TIP is designed to help providers and others better understand how to identify, manage, and prevent substance misuse in older adults. The TIP describes the unique ways in which the signs and symptoms of substance use disorder (SUD) manifest in older adults; drug and alcohol use disorder screening tools, assessments, and treatments specifically tailored for older clients' needs; the interaction between SUDs and cognitive impairment; and strategies to help providers improve their older clients' social functioning and overall wellness.

This issue brief presents recent data on prevalence of opioid misuse & death rates in the Hispanic/Latino population; contextual factors & challenges to prevention & treatment; innovative outreach & engagement strategies to connect people to evidence-based treatment; and the importance of community voice.