June 24, 2026
10:30AM - 5:00PM Eastern Time
Virtual One-day ASAM Criteria: Fourth Edition Adolescent and Transitional Age Youth Criteria, The Pillars
About the event
Our new training equips participants with the foundational knowledge and practical skills needed to confidently make level of care decisions and support initial treatment plan focus for adolescents and transitional age youth.
This highly interactive session focuses on:
The Guiding Principles of the ASAM Criteria targeted toward ATAY.
Reviewing the expectations for integrated co-occurring care, medically-integrated care and medically focused care.
Describing the purpose and ATAY considerations for the Level of Care Assessment and Treatment Planning Assessment.
Developing knowledge of the dimensions and subdimension in relation to ATAY
Understanding Dimension 6, “Person-Centered Considerations” from a patient and family focus.
Understanding how the decimal system defines types and intensity of care via adolescent case study practice, identify Dimensional Drivers and apply
Dimensional Admission Criteria/Risk Ratings and Level of Care Decision Rules.
Identify key aspects of Continued Stay and Transition Criteria.
About the trainer
Dr. Bernard Showers, DSW, LCSW, earned his MSW at Shippensburg University in 2010, where he is now an Adjunct Professor. Mr. Showers also works as an Adjunct Professor for the University of Maryland School of Social Work in Baltimore, MD, and Simmons University School of Social Work in Boston, MA. In the fall of 2018, he was awarded the Dean’s Teaching Award at the University of Maryland due to instructional excellence. In September 2016, he attended the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers Train-the-Trainer event and is now one of 1,500 MINT members worldwide. Mr. Showers has trained aspiring and active independent practitioners at many colleges, universities, governmental agencies, and companies around the United States. In addition to Motivational Interviewing, Mr. Showers has developed, presented, and published several continuing education workshops on family involvement in substance use treatment, ASAM criteria, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and group therapy. Bernard earned his DSW as part of inaugural class of The University of Kentucky’s Doctorate of Social Work (DSW) program. In July 2021, Bernard Showers was the lead author on the manuscript "Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in Rural America: A Review of the Literature" published in the APA’s Journal of Rural Mental Health.
