Workshop Description

Clinicians involved in planning and managing care often lack a common language and systematic assessment and treatment approach that allows for effective, individualized treatment plans. The Patient Placement Criteria of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) first published in 1991, provided common language to help the field develop a broader continuum of care. The second edition (PPC-2) was published in 1996 and a revised second edition (ASAM PPC-2R) was published April 2001.

This one-day workshop is designed to explain the underlying principles of the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria (PPC); update participants in new developments in the ASAM PPC and apply the ASAM Criteria role in individualized treatment and care management.

Specific hands-on exercises will help participants begin to implement the ASAM Criteria through careful assessment, tailored treatment planning and broadening services to provide a more flexible continuum of care.

Workshop Objectives

Participants will:
1. Review the underlying concepts and principles of the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria.
2. Discuss changes made in the revised second edition of the ASAM Criteria, ASAM PPC-2R. These changes include criteria for those with co-occurring mental and substance-related disorders.
3. Apply the ASAM PPC-2R in clinical work to broaden services and better meet the needs of clients, including co-occurring disorders clients.

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Workshop Description

Many clinicians already have some understanding about the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria. They strive to implement concepts of continuum of care, levels of care, and clinically-driven, individualized treatment. Yet they still struggle with how to use complex placement criteria. There is a continuing need for clinicians to improve skills:
  > to carefully assess clients in a multidimensional way
  > to document a more targeted, focused individualized treatment plan
  > to effectively state their case with supervisors, managed care and utilization review

This workshop is designed to build skills in assessment, documentation and the implementation of a continuum of care using the newly revised Second Edition of the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria (PPC-2R). Greater explanation of the criteria and guidelines for Co-occurring Mental and Substance-Related Disorders plus the fully revised Adolescent Criteria will be given. In addition, specific hands-on exercises will be utilized to help clinicians practice implementation of the ASAM Criteria. Nowadays there is increasing pressure for more specific documentation to justify reimbursement of services and to demonstrate careful assessment and tailored treatment planning. In this regard, participants will practice documentation skills that promote quality care, plus meet external expectations of managed care, CARF, JCAHO, and licensure requirements.

Workshop Objectives

Participants will:
1. Learn how to organize assessment data to make proper placement decisions
2. Use client case material to practice individualization of problems and treatment plans
3. Learn how to improve the range of treatment services and develop service tracks using the assessment dimensions of the Criteria. Emphasis will be placed on those clients in early stages of readiness to change, and on co-occurring disorder clients.

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Workshop Description

Clinicians involved in planning and managing care often lack common language and guidelines that allow for effective, individualized treatment for those with co-occurring psychiatric and substance use problems. The Revised Second Edition of the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria (ASAM PPC-2R), published April 2001, includes such criteria and common language.
This workshop is designed to explain the co-occurring diagnosis criteria and service guidelines of the Second Edition Revised of the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria (ASAM PPC-2R). It will help participants use the co-occurring criteria and also understand the experimental matrix that assists in matching services to the client's needs.
Using the structure of the co-occurring service descriptions, participants will explore ways to improve and expand services to better meet the needs of people with co-occurring mental and substance-related disorders.

WorkshopObjectives

Participants will:
1. Review the ASAM PPC-2R approach to Co-occurring Disorders criteria and service descriptions.
2. Identify the changes made in the criteria to better address those with co-occurring mental and substance-related disorders.
3. Apply co-occurring disorders criteria and service types in ASAM PPC-2R to better meet the needs of co-occurring disorders clients.

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Workshop Overview

In health care, alcohol or other drug abuse is often intimately involved in the etiology and/or treatment of many presenting problems. Because clinicians often lack training in addiction treatment, clients with co-occurring physical, psychiatric and addiction illnesses are frequently caught in the gaps in health care systems and end up receiving inadequate care.
Clinicians have often not had the training in undergraduate or graduate school concerning addiction assessment and treatment. They can feel ill equipped to face the increasing population of multi-problem, complex, dual diagnosis clients, as well as addiction patients.
This workshop is designed to increase clinicians' awareness about their attitudes towards addiction; key concepts in substance use disorders; the clinical dilemmas in identifying, assessing and treating addiction clients; and ways to engage clients into treatment and recovery.
Reference will also be made to the Patient Placement Criteria of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM PPC-2) and its multidimensional assessment dimensions to better target and focus care in a person-centered manner. This workshop will also address treatment systems issues that could increase access for definitive addiction treatment and promote better continuity of care.

Workshop Objectives

Participants will:
1. Identify attitudes about use, abuse and dependence of psychoactive substances that can interfere with assessment and treatment of addiction.
2. Discuss key concepts about substance use disorders and screening and diagnostic strategies to identify and determine treatment options and interventions for clients with addiction or co-occurring mental and substance-related disorders.
3. Understand multidimensional assessment models as a vehicle for common language that enhances a biopsychosocial, holistic, person-centered approach to assessment and treatment. 4. Apply models of change and strategies to engage clients in collaborative care.

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Workshop Overview

A large proportion of individuals suffering from alcoholism and drug dependence also suffer from psychiatric problems and vice versa. Because clinicians often lack training in both addiction and mental health treatment, clients with co-occurring mental and substance-related disorders frequently receive inadequate care, caught in the gap between the mental health and addiction treatment systems. Clinicians can feel ill equipped to face the increasing population of multiproblem and dual diagnosis patients.

This workshop will address clinical dilemmas in treating clients with the dual problems of psychiatric and addiction illness:

•   How to decide whether there is a substance-induced psychiatric disorder or an actual co-occurring mental and substance-related disorder?
•   Is the substance use a result of a psychiatric disorder or an attempt to self-medicate a mental disorder?
•   Are the mental health symptoms a result of substance use problems? Which is primary and which is secondary, or doesn't it matter?
•   Should there be a period of abstinence before a mental health evaluation or before medication is given?
•   Or should medication be given regardless of a period of abstinence?

The workshop will focus on diagnostic and treatment strategies to address these dilemmas. The issues of motivation, resistance and poor follow through with treatment will be addressed. Because many dual diagnosis patients are not ready to change their substance use and/or follow their mental health treatment, there will also be some focus on motivational interviewing and engaging people into participatory treatment.

•   What if the client accepts the mental health problem, but not the substance use problem?
•   Should the substance use be overlooked until a better relationship has been formed; or should further mental health treatment be contingent on the client accepting abstinence first?
•   How does the therapist understand and deal with poor follow through with medication and recovery activities?
While there are no simple answers for this complex population, there are concepts and clinical strategies grounded in research findings and clinical experience that can help the clinician approach dual diagnosis with some sense of direction, proactive interventions and hope.

Workshop Objectives:
1. Identify the attitude and value system changes required to work with dual diagnosis clients.
2. Discuss assessment strategies, techniques and priorities to determine treatment options and interventions.
3. Apply treatment and motivational strategies necessary to develop a treatment plan that meets the client's individual multidimensional needs and stage of change.
4. Identify staff, program and systems issues in providing less fragmented services for those with co-occurring mental and substance-related disorders.

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Workshop Overview

The addiction and mental health treatment fields have arisen from very different roots. This has accounted for the ongoing fragmentation that has been aggravated by different training, systems and funding. Clients and clinicians are separated by ideology and treatment orientations that do not serve well the co-occurring disorders client. This workshop will review the obstacles to integrated services and offer solutions to these cultural clashes.

Even though many are committed to best practices in integrated dual disorders treatment, it is difficult to actually change clinician attitudes and skills to provide truly integrated services. This workshop will address clinical dilemmas in treating clients with the dual problems of psychiatric and addiction illness: How to decide whether there is a substance-induced psychiatric disorder or an actual co-occurring mental and substance-related disorder? Is the substance use a result of a psychiatric disorder or an attempt to self medicate a mental disorder? Are the mental health symptoms a result of substance use problems? Which is primary and which is secondary or doesn't it matter? Should there be a period of abstinence before a mental health evaluation or before medication is given? Or should medication be given regardless of a period of abstinence?

Workshop Objectives:
1. Identify the major ideological differences that divide addiction and mental health systems.
2. Discuss assessment strategies, techniques and priorities to determine treatment options and interventions.
3. Apply treatment and motivational strategies necessary to develop a treatment plan that meets the client's individual multidimensional needs and stage of change.
4. Identify staff, program and systems issues in providing less fragmented services for those with co-occurring mental and substance-related disorders.

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Workshop Overview

The addiction and mental health treatment fields have arisen from very different roots. This has accounted for the ongoing fragmentation that has been aggravated by different training, systems and funding. Clients and clinicians are separated by ideology and treatment orientations that do not serve well those affected by co-occurring disorders. Too often children, families, adults and older adults fall between the service and system cracks.

This workshop will present an integrated treatment model that incorporates evidence-based practices that have been found effective for people suffering from mental health and substance use problems.

Even though many are committed to integrated co-occurring disorders treatment, it is difficult to actually change clinician attitudes and skills to provide truly integrated services.

This workshop will also focus on ways to change assessment, services and systems to make integrated treatment really work in daily practice. One of the goals of the training is to help participants identify how well they are serving those with co-occurring disorders and to assist in planning how to move to the next stage to change services for the better.

Workshop Objectives
Participants will:
1. Review the context and background of the behavioral health field that has created attitudinal and values differences contributing to fragmentation.
2. Identify specific practices for integrated services with demonstrated effectiveness in services research.
3. Define ways to increase the flexibility of services to better meet the multiple needs of people with co-occurring disorders. 4. Assist counselors, therapists and agencies to develop an individualized staff and agency development plan that honors each person and program's readiness and stage of change.

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Workshop Overview

It is a challenge to integrate addiction and mental health systems. The historical roots, funding traditions, differences in ideology and values have created a clash of cultures that impacts people with co-occurring disorders. This workshop will review these culture gaps and offer solutions to understand and address the differences.

Even though many are committed to best practices in integrated dual disorders treatment, it is difficult to actually change clinician attitudes and skills to provide truly integrated services. This workshop will also focus on ways to change assessment, services and systems to make integrated treatment really work in daily practice. The ultimate goal of the day is to help you and your team to identify how well you are serving those with co-occurring disorders; furthermore to assist you in planning how to move to the next stage to change services for the better.

This workshop will also help practitioners deliver individualized, person-centered mental health and addiction services. It will provide the opportunity to practice assessment and treatment planning to better meet the needs of clients. It will offer the common language of the Revised Second Edition of the ASAM Criteria, ASAM PPC-2R, which includes criteria for co-occurring mental and substance-related disorders to encourage more targeted service planning and documentation.

Workshop Objectives:
1. Identify the major ideological differences that divide addiction and mental health systems and the negative clinical implications for people with co-occurring disorders.
2. Apply unifying principles and strategies to resolve fragmentation and improve outcomes.
3. Discuss essential assessment data, and practice how to organize data in focused and targeted ways to improve individualization of priorities and service plans.
4. Define ways to increase the flexibility of services to better meet the multiple needs of clients and families.

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Workshop Overview

Clinicians involved in planning and managing care often lack common language and guidelines that allow for effective, individualized treatment for those with co-occurring psychiatric and substance use problems. The Revised Second Edition of the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria (ASAM PPC-2R), published April 2001, includes such criteria and common language.

This workshop is designed to explain the dual diagnosis criteria and service guidelines of the Second Edition Revised of the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria (ASAM PPC-2R). It will help participants use the dual diagnosis criteria and also understand the experimental matrix that assists in matching services to the client's needs.

Using the structure of the dual diagnosis service descriptions, participants will explore ways to improve and expand services to better meet the needs of people with co-occurring mental and substance-related disorders.

Workshop Objectives

Participants will:
1. Understand the ASAM PPC-2R approach to dual diagnosis criteria and service descriptions.
2. Learn about the changes made in the criteria to better address those with co-occurring mental and substance-related disorders.
3. Understand the clinical application of the dual diagnosis criteria and service types in ASAM PPC-2R; and the implications for broadening services to better meet the needs of "dual diagnosis" clients.

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Workshop Overview

The addiction and mental health treatment fields have arisen from very different roots. This has accounted for the ongoing fragmentation that has been aggravated by different training, systems and funding. Clients and clinicians are separated by ideology and treatment orientations that do not serve well those affected by co-occurring disorders. Too often children, families, adults and older adults fall between the cracks of the service and the system.

This workshop will present an integrated treatment model that incorporates evidence-based practices that have been found effective for people suffering from mental health and substance use problems.

Even though many are committed to best practices in integrated dual disorders treatment, it is difficult to actually change clinician attitudes and skills to provide truly integrated services. This workshop will also focus on ways to change assessment, services and systems to make integrated treatment really work in daily practice. The ultimate goal of the day is to help you and your team to identify how well you are serving those with co-occurring disorders and to assist you in planning how to move to the next stage to change services for the better.

Workshop Objectives:
1. Review the context and background of the behavioral health field that has created attitudinal and values differences that contribute to fragmentation.
2. Identify specific practices for integrated services with demonstrated effectiveness in services research.
3.Define ways to increase the flexibility of services to better meet the multiple needs of children and adults and their families.
4. Assist counselors, therapists and agencies to develop an individualized staff and agency development plan that honors each person and program's readiness and stage of change.

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Workshop Overview

Denial and resistance are expected parts of many individuals' presentation. People are often not ready to embrace strategies to improve their mental health, physical health and substance use problems. Helping adults and adolescents change involves engaging them into a participatory and accountable service plan. Central to this is to quickly join with the client as a "customer" and build a therapeutic alliance.

This workshop is designed to increase skills in engaging adults and adolescents with co-occurring disorders, physical health and/or other behavior problems as active participants in developing a service plan that makes sense to the client. For some that may require a harm reduction plan as a first step to engagement and lasting change.

The workshop will also provide the opportunity for participants to practice ways to help quickly engage clients into treatment and encourage change with honesty, not game playing; accountability, not arguing. There will be opportunity to discuss case examples. Participants are encouraged to bring clinical situations and vignettes for role-playing and case consultation.

Workshop Objectives:

Participants will:
1. Review how people change and motivational enhancement therapies to engage the client as an active participant in treatment.
2. Apply ways to better assess people's readiness to change and quickly develop the treatment contract.
3.Demonstrate skills to help engage, motivate and retain clients in treatment.
4. Improve the flexibility of services and documentation to promote accountable participation in treatment.

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Workshop Overview

An increasing number of clinicians are familiar with stages of change work and motivational enhancement models and strategies. They embrace Motivational Interviewing, stages of change and other models that emphasize individualized treatment, person-centered care and empowerment of individuals. However, skills and services still limit how well many of the concepts are implemented in the "real clinical world."

This workshop is designed to increase clinicians' skills in engaging clients into treatment and in helping people change. Building on initial understanding and awareness of William Miller's Motivational Interviewing principles and practices, this workshop provides the opportunity to improve skills in building motivation for change and strengthening commitment to change.

Reference will also be made to the principles of Motivational Interviewing; small and large group exercises will allow participants to practice techniques and strategies to implement those principles. The workshop will encourage discussion and consultation concerning difficult dilemmas and case presentations.

Workshop Objectives:

Participants will:
1.Briefly review key concepts about Motivational Interviewing and models of stages of change.
2. Discuss stage-wise practice, strength-based assessment and service planning.
3.Apply skills to strengthen commitment to change and develop individualized service plans.

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Slips, use and relapse are expected events in addiction recovery. Not every person striving for recovery must inevitably relapse, and we would always hope that a client never has to use again. Yet the reality is, that many clients do slip or experience a full-blown relapse. This workshop examines the dilemmas about what to do when a client in treatment uses or relapses and how to decide when a client is making progress or just "doing time."

There has been understandable concern about creating a using environment; enabling a person to not experience the negative consequences of use; or sending a message to others seeking recovery that there are no consequences of use in treatment. This has led to discharge policies that often create dilemmas about how to support the person who has used; prevent a further slide into hopeless, guilty full-blown relapse and find continuing resources for care. How client relapse affects the counselor and caregiver will be highlighted and strategies provided to help clinicians cope and stay healthily detached.

The danger of dropout from recovery and even potential death if slips and relapse are poorly managed compels the field to re-think how to deal with slips, slides and relapse. This workshop is designed to help counselors improve their understanding about assessment and treatment of continued use, slips, slides and relapse in addiction and how to engage clients as a participant in their treatment, even if court-ordered or mandated to care.

Workshop Objectives:

Participants will:
1.Identify attitudes, values and dilemmas in traditional addiction treatment concerning how to deal with slips and relapse while in treatment.
2. Review Models for Change and the interaction between stages of change and slips, continued use or relapse.
3.Describe approaches to balance the individual's needs with those of the other clients and the safety of the treatment environment.
4.Explain the implications for policies, individual and group therapy, a range of services and strategies to deal with slips, continued use or relapse.

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While community corrections departments across the nation are implementing risk/need assessment tools, a service gap has developed between assessment data and its effective application in the field of supervision. Community corrections departments have consistently identified this service gap "case planning" as a critical training need. This workshop will improve participant skills for developing focused, targeted, individualized case plans for community supervision of offenders.

Learning Objectives:

1.Review principles of individualized case planning and how to engage the offender in a supervision contract
2. Identify how evidence-based principles of effective correctional intervention are incorporated into workable and accountable case plans
3.Apply methods to individualize problems, goals and strategies into case plans that have offender "buy-in" and collaboration

Presentation Overview:

Behind every learning opportunity there is a facilitator, an individual who assists us in exploring ideas and feelings, assessing, analyzing and implementing new ways of thinking and behaving. Certainly these individuals have special gifts, but underneath all that magic are some easily identifiable basic skills that make it all work. This presentation identifies these skills and explores how they can be incorporated into the delivery of behavior change curricula. Special attention is given to the role of the facilitator as a change agent and the specific skills that best assist individuals in making positive behavior changes.

Learning Objectives:

1.Describe the role of the facilitator in the delivery of behavior change curricula
2. Identify coordination, presentation and facilitation skills essential to effective facilitation
3.List strategies to assist participants in the acquisition of new skills/behaviors

Presentation Overview:

What good is the research if you can't implement it in a practical, user-friendly way? This 60-90 minute workshop focuses on the use of Interactive Journaling® as an effective delivery mechanism for applying evidence-based approaches with offender populations. Moving beyond traditional educational materials, the Interactive Journaling® process is an application-focused strategy that assists offenders in using core cognitive-behavioral skills in making positive and lasting life changes. Capitalizing on the processes of change and motivational enhancement strategies, Interactive Journaling® meets participants where they are and helps guide them through change while offering facilitators a structured method of maintaining consistency within their programs.

Learning Objectives:

1.Gain an understanding of the research on structured writing and its application with substance abusing and offender populations
2. Specific offender curricula for co-occurring, residential and outpatient populations will be briefly discussed along with resources for re-entry and transitional settings
3.Models of care including cognitive-behavioral strategies and motivational enhancement techniques will be addressed in relation to their application within the Interactive Journaling® process

Presentation Overview

12-Step Programs have proven effective in helping people make changes in their lives, but not everyone is comfortable attending meetings and working with a sponsor. Interactive Journals can bridge the gap and guide individuals through the 12-Step process. This workshop defines the effectiveness of 12-Step Programs and demonstrates how Interactive Journaling® can support your program efforts.

Learning Objectives

Participants will:
1. Assess the evidence of 12-Step success in treating addictions
2. Discover how Interactive Journaling® can bridge the gap between your current program and traditional 12-Step curricula

Workshop Overview

Professionals working in the behavioral health field have always been aware of the interaction between the professional's needs and feelings and those of the clients they serve. Concepts of transference and counter-transference, "enabling", and the use of the therapeutic milieu as a change agent are part of the behavioral health field's history and body of knowledge. The pressure in today's healthcare environment for accountability, efficiency, performance and outcomes has greatly increased the demands on clinical managers, supervisors and administrators in all aspects of behavioral health. Many have become managers through the door of clinical work but feel unprepared for the personal and systems' pressures they face.

This workshop is designed to heighten participants' awareness of the need for self-care. It will suggest ways to approach difficulties that arise in communication, conflict resolution and personal coping. Concepts and strategies will be offered to improve the functioning of the whole team, whether clinical, supervisory, fiscal or administrative.

Participants will have the opportunity to discuss obstacles and strategies to balance personal needs with those of the organization, the treatment and administrative team and the clients and community. Attention will be paid to a methodology to convert frustrations directed at other team members' failures into systems solutions that can empower, encourage hope and improve personal and team functioning.

Workshop Objectives:

Participants will:
1.Identify pressures that impact the health and functioning of the behavioral health team and understand the importance of self-care in both clinical and management positions.
2. Review communication, conflict resolution and coping strategies that promote team cohesiveness and improve self-care.
3.Apply methods for developing systems solutions to frustrations that can erode trust and productivity both personally as a manager and for the whole team.

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Creating a system of care where "every door is the right door" and that truly functions as "one team, and one plan for one person" also creates new stresses and strains. Integration of mental health and substance treatment is easier said than done. Even if everyone agrees with integration, the changes necessary personally, professionally and programmatically greatly increase the demands on counselors, clinicians, clinical managers, supervisors and administrators. Many feel unprepared for the personal and systems' pressures they face.

This workshop is designed to help participants survive effectively the difficulties that arise in communication, conflict resolution and personal coping with integration and systems' change. Concepts and strategies will be offered to improve the functioning of the whole team, whether clinical, supervisory, fiscal, or administrative. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss obstacles and strategies to balance personal needs with those of the organization, the treatment and administrative team and the clients and community. Attention will be paid to a methodology to convert frustrations directed at personal other team members' failures into systems solutions that can empower, encourage hope and improve personal and team functioning.

Workshop Objectives:

Participants will:
1.Identify how change affects us; why conflicts arise; and what underlies the tensions.
2. Review communication, conflict resolution and coping strategies that promote team cohesiveness and improve self-care functioning.
3.Describe principles and strategies that enhance both understanding and empathy for the other's position.
4.Apply methods for developing systems solutions to frustrations that can erode trust and productivity both personally as a manager and for the whole team.

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Presentation Overview

This is a practical, roll-up-your-sleeves presentation that shares lessons learned in the trenches and can be applied immediately to your business. Despite economic downturns, changes in the delivery of healthcare and continuing shifts in industry demands, The Change Companies® has been profitable every business quarter for the past 20 years. Kuhl outlines the seven business rules that have guided the financial and management decisions of The Change Companies® and shows how they can work for both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.

Workshop Objectives:

Participants will:
1.Learn to thrive even in the most difficult business environment
2. Identify the seven principles of success and develop strategies for applying them to your business

Presentation Overview

It is widely accepted and research-proven that individuals who take responsibility for their health and make positive lifestyle choices related to diet and exercise enjoy not only better health, but a better quality of life, reduced healthcare costs and increased productivity. Conversely, poor lifestyle choices can lead to heart disease, type 2 diabetes and other diseases. These conditions have an impact not only on physical health, but also on mental health and impact the overall cost of the individual's healthcare. The presenter will discuss the evidence related to this research and the positive impact of implementing a total health model.

Workshop Objectives:

Participants will:
1.Describe the research supporting a total health model
2. Identify the positive impact of implementing a total health model
3. List effective health behavior change strategies for implementation in correctional organizations

Presentation Overview

The person who should know most about their treatment plan is the client. It is their life, and they are the ones who should be working the hardest on their treatment plan. However in real life in many treatment settings, the client is not even aware of what is on their treatment plan; or is basically "doing time" rather than "doing treatment."

Clinicians struggle with how to focus and target treatment, especially in fixed length-of-stay programs; how to change old ways of documentation to reflect individualized treatment, and how to effectively engage the patient and client into a cooperative and accountable treatment plan.

This workshop will improve participants' knowledge in providing focused, targeted, individualized addiction treatment. It will provide the opportunity to practice assessment and priority identification, and translate that into a workable, accountable treatment plan that makes sense to the client. Reference will be made to the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria assessment dimensions to help organize assessment and treatment data.

Workshop Objectives:

Participants will:
1.Review principles of individualized treatment planning and how to engage clients in a treatment contract.
2. Apply ways to individualize problems, goals, strategies and progress notes that have client "buy-in" and collaboration.
3. Demonstrate how to communicate the treatment plan to care managers and others, not least importantly, the patient and client.

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Workshop Overview

The behavioral healthcare field continues to change rapidly. Many clinicians struggle with how to change old ways of assessment, placement and documentation to reflect the kind of flexible, individualized treatment needed to survive in a managed care environment. They also find it difficult to effectively communicate patient information with managed care and utilization review.

The aim of this workshop is to broaden participants' knowledge about the changing healthcare environment, and help practitioners deliver cost-conscious, individualized, addiction services. It will provide the opportunity to practice assessment processes, treatment planning and care management strategies to better meet the needs of clients. It will offer a framework that encourages providers to develop more specific, targeted assessment and treatment planning strategies and better communicate and cope with managed care.

Workshop Objectives:

Participants will:
1.Identify the clinical, financial and resource pressures that contribute to the current healthcare environment and their effect on clinicians and services involved.
2. Review the underlying principles of cost-conscious, individualized, addiction treatment and the increasing need to focus on quality, outcomes and value in services.
3. Understand essential assessment data. Understand how to organize data in focused and targeted ways to improve individualization of problems and treatment plans; and determine proper placement decisions.
4. Identify ways to communicate the treatment plan to others, not least importantly, to the patient and client. Learn ways to convey patient information to fellow clinicians, care managers, and those involved in care and utilization management.

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Presentation Overview

While community corrections departments across the nation are implementing risk/need assessment tools, a service gap has developed between assessment data and its effective application in the field of supervision. Community corrections departments have consistently identified this service gap "case planning" as a critical training need. This workshop will improve participant skills for developing focused, targeted, individualized case plans for community supervision of offenders.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will:
1.Review principles of individualized case planning and how to engage the offender in a supervision contract
2. Identify how evidence-based principles of effective correctional intervention are incorporated into workable and accountable case plans
3. Apply methods to individualize problems, goals and strategies into case plans that have offender "buy-in" and collaboration