PG Webinar: Screening for Gambling among Emerging Adults
Problem Gambling Webinar Series
Virtual Series Via Big Blue Button Platform
Mental health professionals including psychologists, clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, substance abuse counselors, pastoral counselors, school counselors, as well as clergy, school administrators, recreational therapists, peer support specialists and all those interested in learning about problem gambling.
Screening for Gambling among Emerging Adults, including College Students
Date: September 25, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Contact Hours: 1
Speaker: Michelle L. Malkin
Training Description:
While several gambling screens have been shown to be valid and reliable among different populations, the growth of gambling-related harms among emerging adults (18-24) presents a new challenge. Through research on this population, it was shown that emerging adults may experience gambling risk and harms different than other populations. In order to help emerging adults, including college students, understand whether they may be experiencing gambling-related harms, Dr. Michelle L. Malkin and Dr. Michele Stacey, of the GRPI, developed a new emerging adult gambling screen specifically relevant to the experiences of this population. The screen allows for identification of those who may need further assessment and possible treatment. This presentation lays out the new screen, its development, purposeful testing, and potential use.
Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will learn about the growth of gambling-related activities among college students and emerging adults.
2. Participants will understand how current gambling screens may lack relevance to emerging adults and college students
Registration Fee: No cost/Free but participants are required to pre-register for each training
Contact Hours: 1
UNC School of Social Work, Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building
325 Pittsboro St. Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Continuing education statements The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6642. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Each successfully completed webinar qualifies for 1 contact hour.
This course has been submitted the North Carolina Addiction Specialist Professional Practice Board for 1 SS contact hours.
For questions, please email us at bhs-support@unc.edu or call us at 919-843-6083
