May 17th & May 21st
10:00AM - 2:00PM Pacific Time
Virtual One-day ASAM Criteria Adult 4th Edition, The Pillars
About the event
*Participants may not take Part A in one session and Part B in another.
*This session is worth a total of 7.0 credits.
Get fluent in the ASAM Criteria, Adult Fourth Edition—in just two sessions. This practical, skills-focused training opens with a high-impact overview of the most meaningful updates to the levels of care and the six dimensions, then moves quickly into an engaging case-study deep dive so participants can confidently translate the Criteria into real-world level-of-care decisions. Participants will learn, apply, and practice core components of the Criteria, including assessment guided by the six dimensions; application of Risk Ratings/Dimensional Admission Criteria Decision Rules; and use of the Level of Care Decision Rules to finalize clear, level-of-care recommendations. The training also includes a brief overview of Service Characteristic Standards, Continued Stay Criteria, and Transition Criteria.
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.
