HSER 220 - ASAM Criteria and Treatment Placement3 Credits Provides an overview of how to develop multi-dimensional assessment skills using the ASAM criteria to guide individualized treatment decisions.
Instructor Permission Required Yes Fees
Quarters Typically Offered Designed to Serve Practicing mental health professionals credentialed at the master’s level who qualify to benefit from alternative licensing requirements as established by the Washington State DOH.
Active Date 20190612T13:19:48
Grading Basis Decimal Grade Class Limit 36 Contact Hours: Lecture 33 Total Contact Hours 33 Degree Distributions: ProfTech Course Yes Restricted Elective Yes Course Outline I. ASAM Criteria
II. Intake and Assessment
III. Service Planning and Placement
IV. Withdrawal and intoxication Management
V. Level of Care Placement
VI. Application to Adult Special Populations
VI. Emerging Understandings of Addiction
Student Learning Outcomes Describe basic principles of ASAM and language changes in the new edition.
Accurately determine ASAM Levels of Care.
Incorporate ASAM's definition of substance use disorders into treatment decisions.
Apply multidimensional assessment and treatment skills and report writing.
Distinguish between treatment driven and program driven treatment.
Employ the team approach in treatment interventions.
Explain how evidence-based treatment impacts successful outcomes.
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