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Documentation and the ASAM Criteria

Module 3

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3 CE Hours
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Description

Module 3 will educate participants on the critical aspects of patient care documentation, emphasizing the legal and ethical significance. It covers the essentials of accurately and responsibly recording patient interactions, treatment plans, and progress notes, highlighting the necessity of using specific, measurable goals and objectives to track patient progress. Additionally, the module addresses the common pitfalls associated with employing non-standardized language or assumptions rather than behavior-based observations. Furthermore, participants will learn about the ASAM (American Society of Addiction Medicine) criteria, understanding its role in documenting and monitoring patient progress through the continuum of care.

Target Audience
  • Social Worker
  • Psychologist
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Counselor
  • Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Educational Goal

The educational goal of Module 3 is to increase knowledge about proper patient care documentation and ASAM criteria.

Learning Objectives

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

  • Describe the basic elements of and responsibilities regarding documentation of patient care in the medical record, recognizing it as a legal document.

  • Explain how documentation is used as a form of advocacy.

  • Explain 2 or more reasons why it is best practice to use specific, measurable goals/objectives, accompanied by behavioral descriptions of patient progress.

  • Describe 2 or more pitfalls of using non-standardized language (jargon/slang) and/or language based on assumptions rather than behavior.

  • Identify and describe the ASAM criteria and its use in documenting and tracking patients progress through the continuum of care.

Introductory
General
Social Worker

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 3 hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0654.

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 3 General continuing education credits.

Psychologist

Trusted Provider Network is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Trusted Provider Network maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Marriage & Family Therapist

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 3 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Counselor

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 3 hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Substance Use Disorder Professionals

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming.This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programing. Counselor Skill Group: Ethical and Professional Development, Legal

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by Cumberland Heights Foundation. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Cinde Stewart Freeman, BSN, RN, MA, LADAC II, QCS

 

Cinde Stewart Freeman is the Chief Clinical Officer at Cumberland Heights in Nashville, TN. Cinde has been in the behavioral healthcare field for over 35 years, serving in direct care, clinical management, quality management, and leadership roles. She is a bachelor’s prepared  Registered Nurse and a master’s prepared Level II Licensed Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor. Cinde has also held the Qualified Clinical Supervisor credential for many years and enjoys stoking the passions of people who are coming into the field. She has trained at the national, state, and local level, holding a particular interest in the relationship between somatic and spiritual healing, as well as how the lived wisdom of the Twelve Steps informs and brings color to clinical education and experience.

 

Kristy Roll, LCSW

 

Kristy Roll, LCSW, serves as a Director at Cumberland Heights working with Family, Spiritual Care, and Experiential Services. Kristy has been in the field for 20+ years working in addiction treatment, community mental health and she also spent several years working with military families. Kristy received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology at Ball State University and a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Southern Indiana. Kristy has worked with children, adolescents, and adults in mental health and addiction and is EMDR trained. Kristy joined the Cumberland Heights team in 2012. She has served as an adolescent counselor in the Youth Program, the Young Men’s Program family counselor, and as a director at Cumberland Heights for 8 years. Kristy also serves as an adjunct faculty teaching a social work addictions course.

 

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