AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ADDICTION MEDICINE (ASAM)

ASAM Basic Training

August 27, 1:00pm-4:00pm CST AND August 28, 8:30am to 12:30pm CST

This is a two-session ASAM Basic Training. Attendance is required at both dates.
​Free continuing education will be awarded.
Registering will give you the link for the first day. The link to register for the second day will be sent to those who complete the first day.
The ASAM Criteria Course is comprised of a comprehensive suite of competency-based learning activities in a distance learning delivery method and the live webinar delivery format that meet the learning needs of the multiple audiences and results in the appropriate use of the Criteria in practice.

​This is a practical training designed to help beginner, intermediate, and advanced counselors, social workers, administrators, and other clinical staff develop patient-centered service plans and make objective decisions about patient admission, continuing care, and transfer/discharge for individuals with addictive, substance-related, and co-occurring conditions. The workshop content is based on information found in The ASAM Criteria: Treatment Criteria for Addictive, Substance-Related, and Co-Occurring Conditions, Third Edition and incorporates an opportunity for participants to practice applying the information through case-based activities.


Who Should Participate?
  • Counselors 
  • Social Workers
  • Administrators 
  • Other Members on the Care Team
REGISTRATION
You must register in advance. Registration will close once we reach 250 registrants or 5pm Central Time the evening prior to the training.

When you register, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom with your individualized link to join the training. If you do not receive this email, search your mailbox in case it was forwarded to a junk or spam folder.  If your employer has a spam filter, work with your IT department to make sure emails from Zoom ([email protected]) will not be filtered out.  Save this email and review the information in the email prior to the training.  If you do not receive the link from Zoom, please send an email to [email protected] by 5pm Central Time the evening prior to the training to receive the information about how to connect.

​Emails received the day of the training will not receive a response.

CANCEL REGISTRATION
To cancel your registration, follow the “cancel your registration” link in the registration confirmation email from Zoom.
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