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Free American Society of Addiction Medicine Training

UPDATE: 8/23/2022 – Details about the September training are now available:

About the training:

This application-focused workshop offers a practical approach to the ASAM Criteria and how it supports and drives individualized service planning. Participants will understand the relationship between the treatment plan and the use of The ASAM Criteria’s admission, continued stay, transfer and discharge criteria.

In addition, participants will learn how to write measurable, individualized treatment plans based on the individualized needs of the client and the dimensional analysis. Behavior change principles will be discussed to enhance trainees’ understanding of how and why people change, and explore ways in which the client’s stage of change impacts and drives a person-centered service plan. Participants’ abilities to develop individualized service planning will be strengthened through core motivational interviewing skills as a way to have better conversations about individualized needs and increase client readiness for and engagement in treatment.

Registration information:

Two-day ASAM Motivational Interviewing and Individualized Service Planning

Date: September 8-9, 2022

Training Location: Online

Training Times: 8:30AM – 3:00PM

Maximum Capacity: 40

Trainer: James Von Busch

Registration Link:https://www.trainforchange.net/events/register/62cf1f353708b

Event Administrator: Svea Maxwell, Svea@ahv317.co.athens.oh.us, 740-593-3177

(Live-Virtual- 8:30am-3:00pm, 5.0 credit hours/day: 10 credits total)

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. James served as Administrative Faculty for the University of Nevada, Reno as a Senior Certification Specialist and Trainer, providing analysis and technical assistance for clinicians and supervisors. He is an approved trainer for numerous NIDA/SAMHSA Blending Initiatives, utilizing his expertise to equip professionals in the areas of Medication Assisted Treatment, Motivational Enhancement Strategies, theory and strategies of systems change, individualized treatment planning as well as The ASAM Criteria.

The 317 Board will offer a FREE virtual session of the Two-Day American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria Skill Building Training in August of this year (workbooks are included). This two-day course will explore important considerations in developing individualized treatment plans, evaluating progress versus nonprogress in treatment, and determining when it is appropriate to initiate transfer or discharge of a patient from treatment. Registration information for the August session can be found below:

Two-day ASAM Criteria Skill-building Training

Date: August 22-23, 2022

Training Location: Online

Training Times: 8:30AM – 3:00PM

Maximum Capacity: 40

Trainer: Glenn Duncan, MA

Registration Link: https://www.trainforchange.net/events/register/62cf1f3c402b1

Event Administrator: Svea Maxwell, Svea@ahv317.co.athens.oh.us, 740-593-3177

(Live-Virtual- 8:30am-3:00pm, 5.0 credit hours/day: 10 credits total)

This two-day, application-focused training provides participants with an in-depth look at the theoretical foundations of the Criteria, including clinically driven services, biopsychosocial assessment, the six dimensions, continued stay and transfer/discharge criteria. Incorporating the use of the new edition of The ASAM Criteria, participants have opportunities for skill practice at every stage of the treatment process: assessment, engagement, treatment planning, continuing care and transfer or discharge. As part of the training, all participants receive an in-depth Training Journal to guide the training experience and as a resource for continuing skill application.

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.

A free, two-day ASAM Motivational Interviewing and Individualized Service Planning training will be offered in early September. Registration information will be released in the near future.


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