Donald (Don) Scott Bartosik,
MS, LMFT (he/him)
Manager, Master Trainer Consultants
Meet Don
Don Bartosik provides thought leadership on The ASAM Criteria, Fourth Edition, creating and facilitating training and implementation modules that set industry standards. He produces high-quality ASAM content through publications, conference presentations, webinars and other media, while supporting workforce development and national growth initiatives.
Don's professional experience includes roles as trainer and consultant/implementation specialist at Duke University Department of Psychiatry, director of operations for a co-occurring mental health and substance use provider and clinical and quality assurance director for multiple behavioral health organizations. He brings specialized expertise in youth and adolescent treatment, family therapy, juvenile justice-involved clients, therapeutic foster care and recovery-oriented systems of care.
Facilitated Trainings: Understanding The ASAM Criteria, Fourth Edition, and Its Clinical Application Training, Treatment Planning Using The ASAM Criteria, Fourth Edition, Updates, Trauma Informed Care, Harm Reduction, Living Skills, My Ongoing Recovery (MORE) and Overdose Prevention/Naloxone Administration
Key Topics: Co-occurring conditions, seeking safety, trauma-informed care, trauma sensitive practices, The ASAM Criteria, Fourth Edition, integrated care (behavioral health and primary care), child welfare, departments of social services, adolescents, family treatment, family preservation, systems of care, and recovery-oriented systems of care
Publications & Speaking Engagements
Publications: "How to be an Anti-Racist: A Year in Review", FOCUS - Family Focused Treatment Association Online Magazine, 2021.
"How Do I Know if a Behavior is Related to Trauma?", Fostering Families Today magazine, March/April 2020.
"Trauma Informed Success Stories", "Surviving Homeschooling", "Self-Care Corner", Together Facing the Challenge Newsletter, various editions 2019-2021.
"Creating Cultural Sensitivity in Foster Care", Foster Families Today magazine, May/June 2017.
Speaking Engagements: 2025 NAATP National Conference (May 2025, Seattle, WA)
2024 Oklahoma Momentum Conference (December 2024, Norman, OK)
2024 Tennessee Association of Mental Health Organizations Conference (May 2024, Lebanon, TN)
2024 ASAM Conference (April 2024, Grapevine, TX)
2024 Alaska Family Services Training Center Brownbag Lunch Series (January 2024, online)
2024 Alaska Behavioral Health Association (January 2024, online)
2024 Open Minds Webinar (January 2024, online)
2023 Open Minds Technology & Analytics Conference (October 2023, Philadelphia, PA)