November 7, 2024
8:30AM - 1:00PM Pacific Time
Virtual Training on The Evolution of The ASAM Criteria: What’s New in the Fourth Edition
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 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
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
James Von Busch has been a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Idaho since 1993. He has worked in both the agency setting as well as private practice providing Mental Health Counseling and Substance Abuse Treatment. His emphasis for treatment is on personal and relational recovery and restoration. James has also worked in the field of higher education, serving as a faculty member for the University of Nevada - Reno. He is a national trainer on several topics related to mental health and substance abuse treatment; he is dedicated to improving the mental and behavioral health of people.
