May 13, 2024

10:30AM - 3:00PM Eastern Time

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

About the event

• Upon completion of the training, participants will earn 4.0 NAADAC Continuing Education Credits (CE’s).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

Glenn Duncan has been working in the behavioral healthcare field for 25 years. He has lectured nationally on many topics including the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, clinical supervision, emerging drugs of abuse and the ASAM Criteria. Glenn is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Licensed Clinical Alcohol/Drug Counselor, a Certified Clinical Supervisor, and an Approved Clinical Supervisor. Glenn has a Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Western Carolina University. Since 2003, Glenn has served as the Executive Director at Hunterdon Drug Awareness Program, Inc. in Flemington, NJ. Since 1999, Glenn has also specialized in, and has developed a lecture series on clinical supervision. He is a leading lecturer for both addictions and mental health professionals and trains nationally on issues regarding clinical supervision. Glenn authored a chapter on the use of live supervision in a community treatment organization for the book entitled “The Use of Technology in Clinical Supervision and Training: Mental Health Applications,” published in 2016.

Registration

This event is open to the public. Registration fee is $149.00/person and includes a printable electronic handout and/or an electronic training journal to use as a resource during the training. For more information, please contact: candacel@trainforchange.net or call 1-775-434-1562

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