Making the Most of the ASAM CONTINUUM Assessment Tool

When: 11/19/2025 - 11/19/2025,
From: 9:00 AM to 12:15 PM
Location: Webex - Pre-Registration is Required!
Visit: https://lacountyph.webex.com/weblink/register/rff9f05f8646d0bf81158b07fac1d1abf
Description:

IMPORTANT

The training will begin promptly at 9:00am. Please log in 10-15 minutes prior to the training to ensure your audio and visual connections are working properly.

After registration you will receive an email confirmation with your own unique link to use the to log into the training (do not share this link). The email will come from messenger@webex.com (please check your spam/junk email folders).

Who Should Attend
This three-hour fifteen minute (3:15) live virtual training is a free introductory training and is open to SAPC Network providers including:
• Registered and Certified Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Counselors
• LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs & Licensed Eligible (LE) AMFTs, ACSWs, APCCs
• Psychologists & Registered Psychological Associates
• Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN) & Licensed Psychiatric Technicians (LPT)
• Registered Nurses & Nurse Practitioners

Training Description 
This special training will provide a detailed review of the ASAM Continuum Assessment, with specific considerations for the practical uses of the assessment to determine, SUD Diagnosis, appropriate level of care and aid in initial treatment planning. By reviewing the ASAM Continuum Assessment question categories and specific questions, participants will learn various strategies for effective administration and interpretation of the ASAM Continuum Assessment. Case examples will be used to illustrate how to integrate findings from the ASAM Continuum Assessment with clinical insights from the treatment provider and recommended approaches to reconcile discrepancies between ASAM Continuum Assessment findings and clinician recommendations regarding level of care. This training will also provide updates to the ASAM CONTINUUM and provide real time demonstrations.

Participants will develop a better understanding of the intent and purpose of the ASAM Continuum Assessment, including how to effectively use the tool within the LA County Substance Abuse Prevention and Control’s SUD continuum of care.

Through group discussion, chat, and polls participants will be engaged throughout the training

Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of the training, participants will be able to:
1. Demonstrate the application of at least three (3) clinical and motivational interviewing 
techniques to the ASAM Continuum assessment tool.
2. Formulate Level of Care considerations for patients utilizing the ASAM criteria, ASAM 
Continuum assessment recommendations.
3. Effectively recognize, assess, and diagnose (when appropriate) Substance Use Disorders 
based on DSM 5 criteria using information provided by results of the ASAM Continuum 
Assessment.
4. Discuss three (3) distinct effective ways to integrate information from the ASAM Continuum into appropriate and required documentation.