Dr. John Baer is the Director of Training with the Washington Node of NIDA's Clinical Trials Network, housed at ADAI. He has been active in basic research on the etiology of alcohol problems, and has collaborated with Dr. Marlatt in the study of early interventions for heavy drinking. Dr. Baer is also currently the Director of Interdisciplinary Fellowship Training in the treatment of addictive disorders at the VA National Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System. In the Department of Psychology he developed and provided graduate level coursework and clinical supervision in assessment and treatment of alcohol problems for over five years. In addition, Dr. Baer performs several two-day workshops each year teaching clinicians techniques of assessment, early intervention, and motivational interviewing. He has been certified as a motivational interviewing trainer, having completed "Training for Trainers" with Dr. William Miller.

Primary Research Interests:

• Brief and preventive interventions for substance use
• Process and outcome of addiction treatment
• Motivational interviewing
• Training evaluation

Current Projects:

• Brief Substance Abuse Treatment for Homeless Adolescents.
  This four-year research program will develop and test a brief motivational enhancement and service-linking intervention tailored to the special needs of homeless youth and aimed at encouraging them to question social influences and assumptions about substance use, to consider treatment for drug problems, and to make use of available social services. more...

• Development and Evaluation of Context Tailored Training. This research is designed to provide standardization and preliminary data-based support for the "context-tailored" training model, which theorizes that changes in practice behavior are more likely to occur in response to training that is tailored to the invididual's professional needs and accompanied by contextual processes that reinforce and support changes in clinical practice. more...

• NIDA Clinical Trials Network: Washington Node. A multisite network of regional research and training centers working in conjunction with community-based treatment programs to implement and evaluate behavioral and pharmacological interventions with demonstrated efficacy in community-based programs. more...

View all ADAI projects Dr. Baer has participated in, both current and completed.

Recent and Representative Publications:

1. Ginzler JA, Garrett SB, Baer JS, Peterson PL. Measurement of negative consequences of substance use in street youth: an expanded use of the Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index. Addict Behav 2007;32(7):1519-25. (Pubmed abstract) (GIN 07-01)

2. Baer JS, Ball SA, Campbell BK, Miele GM, Schoener EP, Tracy K. Training and fidelity monitoring of behavioral interventions in multi-site addictions research. Drug Alcohol Depend 2007;87(2-3):107-18. (Pubmed abstract) (BAE 07-01)

3. Peterson PL, Baer JS, Wells EA, Ginzler JA, Garrett SB. Short-term effects of a brief motivational intervention to reduce alcohol and drug risk among homeless adolescents. Psychol Addict Behav 2006;20(3):254-64. (Pubmed abstract) (BAE 06-02)

4. Saxon AJ, Malte CA, Sloan KL, Baer JS, Calsyn DA, Nichol P, Chapko MK, Kivlahan DR. Randomized trial of onsite versus referral primary medical care for veterans in addictions treatment. Med Care 2006;44:334-342. (Pubmed abstract) (BAE 06-01)

5. LaForge RG, Borsari B, Baer JS. The utility of collateral informant assessment in college alcohol research: Results from a longitudinal prevention trial. Journal of Studies on Alcohol 2005; 66:479-487. (Pubmed abstract) (BAE 05-01)

6. Baer JS, Peterson PL, Wells EA. Rationale and design of a brief substance use intervention for homeless adolescents. Addiction Research & Theory 2004;12(4):317-334. (BAE 04-02)

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