December 9-10, 2024

8:30AM - 3:00PM Pacific Time


Virtual Two-day ASAM Criteria 4th Edition Skill Building Training

This is an exclusive training for State of Washington Health Care Authority. Please contact the hosting agency for registration details.

About the event

This two-day, application focused training will provide participants with an in-depth look at some the significant changes and improvements in the Fourth Edition. Participants will have opportunities to apply and practice key components of the Criteria, including but not limited to; the six dimensions, level of care assessment, application of Risk Ratings to each of the Five Dimensions, Dimensional Admission Criteria Decision Rules, shared decision making and an overview of Service Characteristic Standards, Discharge and Transition Criteria.

EACH PARTICIPANT WILL RECEIVE A .PDF VERSION OF THE TRAINING JOURNAL ISSUED BY TRAIN FOR CHANGE INC. THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS TRAINING.

*A COPY OF THE ASAM CRITERIA 4TH EDITION BOOK IS NOT REQUIRED BUT HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

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.

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