Consulting & Training

OVERVIEW

The ASAM Criteria, Fourth Edition presents a practical framework for providing patient-centered assessment and treatment planning services to individuals with addictive, substance-related, and co-occurring conditions.

This 4.5-hour training is designed to guide healthcare professionals through core concepts, standards, and processes of the recently released Fourth Edition of The ASAM Criteria, including:

• Principles of The ASAM Criteria
• Organization of the continuum of care
• Conducting multidimensional Level of Care and Treatment Planning Assessments
• Utilizing the new Dimensional Admission Criteria and level of care determination rules to make level of care recommendations

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Define foundational principles and key components of The ASAM Criteria, Fourth Edition.
2. Identify the treatment levels that make up the Fourth Edition’s continuum of care and explain how integrated care is incorporated within the different levels of care.
3. Understand the multidimensional assessment dimensions, subdimensions, and integrated Risk Ratings, and how they are applied within assessment and treatment planning contexts.
4. Utilize The ASAM Criteria Level of Care Assessment and apply the Dimensional Admission Criteria to make level of care recommendations.

Attendees of this two-day training will gain all the fundamental knowledge that the foundations course provides and will receive an additional deeper look at clinical application. Currently, the applications course is only available as part of the two-day bundled training.

OVERVIEW

During this 11.25-hour training developed for clinical professionals, participants will review core concepts of The ASAM Criteria, Fourth Edition, including the updated continuum of care, revised dimensions and new subdimensions, Risk Ratings, and the level of care determination rules.

Much of the training time will be spent practicing the application of these updated ASAM core components using diverse, ASAM-approved case scenarios.

Topics include:

• Assessing the need for addiction medications
• Addressing biomedical concerns
• Co-occurring conditions and co-occurring enhanced care
• Diverse population considerations
• Person-centered considerations
• Integration of harm reduction practices

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Understand the multidimensional assessment dimensions, subdimensions, and integrated Risk Ratings and how they are applied within Level of Care and Treatment Planning Assessments.
2. Practice applying the updated Dimensional Admission Criteria in a clinical setting and translating the standards into the appropriate level of care.
3. Appraise person-centered considerations, focusing on the application of person-centered, culturally humble, and trauma-responsive care using the new Dimension 6 within interactive patient case studies.
4. Identify readily accessible digital and print tools to inform Level of Care Assessment application through the content, functionality, and capabilities of the redesigned The ASAM Criteria.

CEs/CMEs available for Psychologists, Counselors, Mental Health and Family Therapy Professionals, Social Workers, Nurses, and Medical Professionals. Please check with your board to confirm credits.

For further details, visit our ASAM training information page.

Questions, ADA requests, or grievances, please contact Addison Jones, client relations manager by email at ajones@hazeldenbettyford.org or phone 651-213-4655.