Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) Training
The University of Missouri – St. Louis, Missouri Institute of Mental Health will be responsible for this program and maintain a record of your continuing education credits earned. The Missouri Institute of Mental Health will award 5 clock hours or 6 contact hours (.60 CEUs) for hours 1-5 of this enduring online activity. You must fill out the evaluation at the end of the training to receive credit.
Please watch the below video before beginning the training.
Hour 1: Fundamentals of BASICS
This session reviews fundamentals of what “BASICS” entails, with an overview of one version of feedback that may be used by your campus (e-CheckUpToGo). Strategies for introducing a BASICS session and establishing rapport in an MI-consistent way (i.e., embodying MI Spirit) are also reviewed, setting the stage for the specific psychoeducation and skills training information contained in Sessions 2-5.
Hour 1 Downloads
BASICS Pre-Session 1 Questionnaire (.docx)
BASICS Session 1: Slide presentation (.pdf)
Hour 2: Personal Alcohol Use
This session reviews psychoeducation and skills-training elements related to personal alcohol use. Formulas for calculating the number of standard drinks in a single-alcohol beverage and a mixed drink are reviewed, as are the effects of alcohol at the full range of blood alcohol concentrations (BACs). Specific elements of the e-CheckUpToGo feedback related to personal alcohol use are described, as well as how to discuss these feedback elements with students.
Hour 2 Links
ReThinking Drinking – https://www.rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov/ToolsResources
Hour 2 Downloads
BASICS Session 2: Post-video Reflection (.docx)
BASICS Session 2 Exercise Worksheet (.docx)
BASICS Session 2: Slide presentation (.pdf)
Hour 3: Normative (Mis)perceptions and Alcohol Expectancy Effects
This session reviews psychoeducation and skills-training elements related to normative perceptions and alcohol outcome expectancies. How normative perceptions are formed, how they affect drinking, and how correcting normative misperceptions related to drinking is related to the efficacy of BASICS are described. Alcohol outcome expectancies are defined, and information on the design and outcome of BARLAB studies disentangling the pharmacological effects of alcohol from its expectancies effects are reviewed.
Session Downloads
BASICS Session 3: Post-video Reflection (.docx)
BASICS Session 3 Exercise Worksheet (.docx)
BASICS Session 3: Slide presentation (.pdf)
Hour 4: Alcohol Consequences
This session reviews psychoeducation and skills-training elements related to alcohol-related consequences, in particular, the effect of alcohol on sleep and the nature and potential dangers of drug interactions. The importance of considering an individual student’s evaluations of consequences is discussed as a foundation for navigating the various components of feedback that could be the focus of discussion during a BASICS session. The biphasic effect of alcohol and the “point of diminishing returns” are also discussed, as is how functional (vs. metabolic) tolerance is learned and unlearned.
Session Links
https://www.rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov/ToolsResources
Session Downloads
BASICS Session 4: Post-video Reflection (.docx)
BASICS Session 4 Exercise Worksheet (.docx)
BASICS Session 4: Slide presentation (.pdf)
Hour 5: Protective Behavioral Strategies & Negotiating a Change Plan
This session reviews psychoeducation and skills-training elements related to protective behavioral strategies. Various tips for reducing risks associated with alcohol use are discussed, and strategies for negotiating a change plan at the end of a BASICS session are reviewed.
Session Downloads
BASICS Session 5: Post-video Reflection (.docx)
BASICS Session 5 Exercise Worksheet (.docx)
BASICS Session 5: Slide presentation (.pdf)
Only for learners who are involved in delivery of BASICS on their campus:
Hour 6: Synchronous 1:1 practice with the instructor
- Learners will be asked to set up a session role-play a BASICS session with the instructor to receive individualized feedback
- Learners in this group will be asked to submit all exercises and reflections to the instructor in advance of this session to establish baseline learning
Hour 6: BASICS demonstration
All learners will be invited to view a synchronous demonstration of a BASICS session lead by the instructor. Email Joan Masters at mastersj@missouri.edu for the Zoom link for the next scheduled session.
The University of Missouri – St. Louis, Missouri Institute of Mental Health will be responsible for this program and maintain a record of your continuing education credits earned.
The Missouri Institute of Mental Health will award 1 clock hour or 1.2 contact hours (.12 CEUs) for this live online activity.
Only for learners who are involved in delivery of BASICS on their campus:
Hour 7: Synchronous 1:1 practice with the instructor
Learners will be asked to set up a session role-play a BASICS session with the instructor to receive individualized feedback. Email Joan Masters at mastersj@missouri.edu for the Zoom link for the next scheduled session.
Learners in this group will be asked to submit all exercises and reflections to the instructor in advance of this session to establish baseline learning
The University of Missouri – St. Louis, Missouri Institute of Mental Health will be responsible for this program and maintain a record of your continuing education credits earned.
The Missouri Institute of Mental Health will award 1 clock hour or 1.2 contact hours (.12 CEUs) for this live online activity.