May 14, 2024

10:30AM - 3:00PM Central Time


Virtual Training on The Evolution of The ASAM Criteria: What’s New in the Fourth Edition

This is an exclusive training for Prevention First. Please contact the hosting agency for registration details.

About the event

The Fourth Edition of The ASAM Criteria builds on the past 30 years of The Criteria and provides an updated, streamlined, and pragmatic approach to assessment and treatment planning. This 4.5 hour session will provide a consolidated overview, in addition to some of the “why” in relation to the major changes in terminology, levels of care, dimensions and assessment processes.

Session Objectives:

· Understand the intent, revised descriptions, language and reordering of the 6 Dimensions

· Explore some of the numerous nuances of the revised dimension 6 “Person-Centered Considerations”

· Explore the three major assessment moments over the course of addiction care based on the ASAM Criteria

· Review the four broad levels of care and understand how the decimal system defines gradations of treatment intensity

· Discuss the universal service characteristic standards

· Understand how the risk ratings have been integrated into the Dimensional Admission Criteria to support consistency and simplicity for making level of care decisions

About the Trainer

Dianna has been in the Behavioral Health field for over 20 years as a Counselor, Clinical Supervisor, and Executive Director of Substance Use/Mental health agencies. Dianna holds two master’s degrees in Addiction Studies and Clinical Psychology. She is licensed as an LCPC, LMHC and certified as a CRADC, SAP and CEAP. Currently an owner/therapist of Acceptance Counseling, a private practice in the Western Suburbs of Chicago started in 2018. Dianna has been an adjunct professor in the Addictions Studies and Psychology Programs at Governors State University since 2005. In her consulting role, she conducts clinical training to agencies and groups, as well as Clinical Supervision. Dianna has been a member of the IABH board since 2016 and a member of the Governors State Behavior Health Advisory Board since 2005.

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