Supplemental ASAM Training for Adolescent Populations

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Developmentally Informed Assessment of Substance Use Disorders: Supplemental ASAM Training for Adolescent Populations

Course Description

The ASAM criteria are designed to determine the appropriate treatment of clients based upon their level care for both initial placement and ongoing services. This is an introductory online training is designed to supplement face-to-face trainings on how to use the ASAM Criteria and DSM-5 diagnoses. The goal of this on-demand course is to give providers a developmental framework to understand how substance use disorders (SUDs) present in adolescents. The course will review how SUDs manifest differently in adolescents compared with adults, especially in terms of substance use history, co-occurring complexities, and motivation. The course will also give provide specific considerations for conducting more effective assessments for adolescent populations.

At the end of this on-demand course, participants will be able to:

1. Identify at least two (2) examples of how symptoms of substance use disorders (SUDs) can present differently in adolescent clients.

2. Recognize at least three (3) specific considerations for conducting SUD assessments for adolescent populations.

3. Explain at least three (3) ways to use Motivational Interviewing to improve the assessment of adolescent clients and enhance engagement.

Trainer:

Rachel Gonzales-Castaneda, MPH, PhD, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs and Azusa Pacific University

Recommended Audience:

This on-demand course is free and is open to staff who are interested in ASAM Assessment for Adolescent Populations, including: Psychologists, LMFTs and LCSWs, Registered Nurses, Certified Substance Use Disorder Treatment Counselors, Other Behavioral Health Specialists/Clinicians, and Clinical Supervisors/Clinical Trainers.

Continuing Education:

The training course meets the qualifications for the provision of one (1.0) continuing education credit/contact hour (CE/CEH). UCLA ISAP maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

UCLA ISAP is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs (Provider #64812). UCLA ISAP maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for one and one-half (1.5) hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. UCLA ISAP is also an approved provider of continuing education for RADTs I/II, CADCs-CASs, CADCs I/II, CADCs-CSs, and LAADCs (CCAPP, #2N-21-339-1225) , CATCs (ACCBC/CAADE, #CP40 872 C 0825), and CAODCs (CADTP, #151).

CE credit will be awarded at the conclusion of the training. Upon completing the final module, you must pass the final test with a minimum of 80% correct. Once you pass the final test, it will display a link to complete a course evaluation and submit the required information for your CE certificate. Upon completing this required course evaluation, you will receive your CE certificate via email within six to eight weeks.

If you have any CE-related questions, please contact Darren Manley at dmanley@mednet.ucla.edu.

Course Co-Sponsors:

UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, Substance Abuse Prevention and Control

Instructions for Requesting Accommodations for Disability:

If you need a disability-related reasonable accommodation/alternative format for this event, please contact Darren Manley at dmanley@mednet.ucla.edu.

Instructions for Filing a Grievance Concerning UCLA ISAP’s Continuing Education Program:

Please contact Dr. Thomas E. Freese, CE Program Administrator, in writing:(UCLA ISAP, 10911 Weyburn Ave, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90024) or by phone (310-267-5397). Alternately, you may contact Dr. Gloria Miele or Dr. James Peck, ISAP-affiliated doctoral-level psychologists responsible for program planning for the ISAP CE Program. Drs. Miele and Peck can be reached in writing at: 10911 Weyburn Ave, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90024 or by phone at: 310-267-5888 (Miele) or 310-267-5346 (Peck).