481 Treatment Planning MATRS
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The Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England, funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) in colaboration with the Brown University Distance Learning Program, is offering a credited, on-line course on treatment planning MATRS.Have you ever wondered how to transform all that required paperwork into clinically useful information? The goal of this training is to "marry" the assessment and treatment planning processes in order to create individualized treatment plans. The Treatment Planning MATRS curriculum was designed by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) as part of The Blending Initiative, seeking to encourage and aid in the use of evidence-based practices by professionals. It provides the participant with the opportunity to learn how to extract valuable information from assessment tools in order to develop individualized problems statements, goals, objectives, and interventions, which can ultimately lead to improved client retention and better outcomes. While this course uses the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) as a guide for applying these techniques, they can be applied to other forms of assessment as well. Administering and scoring the ASI is not part of this training, nor is prior training in these areas a prerequisite of this course.
Instructor
Pat Ristaino Dutton RNC, MS, MLADC, LCS is the Director of Behavioral Health at Concord Hospital in Concord, NH and an adjunct faculty member of New Hampshire Technical Institute. In addition, she is also an independent drug, alcohol, and education consultant. Ms. Dutton currently holds professional affiliations with the American Nurses Association as a Certified Psychiatric Nurse and with the New Hampshire Association of Drug and Alcohol Counselors. She serves on the Brandeis University and Charitable Foundations Substance Abuse Task Forces as well as the Advisory Board for the Addiction Technology Center of New England (ATTC of New England). Ms. Dutton received her RN from Holy Name Hospital and her BS in Biology Health and MS in Education from Monmouth University. She also received a Post Graduate Certificate in Gerontology from the University of Vermont.
Course Objectives
- Compare characteristics of an individualized treatment plan to those of a program-driven treatment plan.
- Discuss how individualized treatment plans can improve client retention and lead to better outcomes.
- Demonstrate how the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) and other assessment tools can be used for clinical applications and program evaluation.
- Formulate treatment plans utilizing the Master Problem List to develop problem statements, goals, objective, and interventions.
- Write documentation notes reflecting how treatment plan is progressing (or not progressing).
- Required on-line reading (one hour per week)
- Completion of pre and post test
- Completion of weekly homework assignments (one hour per week)
- Participation in the weekly course forum
- Completion of an on-line course evaluation
- This three-week course, which begins on April 26, 2010, has been approved by the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) for 6 educational credits. It is being provided by the Brown Distance Learning program, which is accredited as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider (#000151).
- This course meets the qualifications for 6 hours of continuing education credit for MFCC's and/or LCSW's as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (PCE#1917).
- This course is approved by the Connecticut Certification Board (CCB) for 6 Category 1 continuing education for Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors (CADC's). The CCB is an IC&RC affiliate.
- The New York State OASAS does accept distance learning CEUs provided by institutions of higher learning for individuals pursuing or renewing a CASAC, CPP or CPS.
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- The ability to navigate the World Wide Web
- A basic understanding of how to use a computer and send and receive email
Course Requirements
This is a three-week course, beginning on April 26, 2010. Requirements are:
*Please note that there are no real time events associated with this course. Lessons will be posted on the class home page on Tuesday and responses are due the following Monday. With the exception of the first weeks lesson which will be posted Monday with the responses due the following Monday. Assignments can be accessed at the participant's convenience.
A full refund is available up until May 04, 2010 after which there will be no refunds.
Accreditation
Free Certification
*Combined certificates are available upon request.
Certificates will be mailed within two weeks to participants in the program for its duration who submit all required materials.
Please contact your local certification board to verify reciprocity or acceptance of Brown Distance Learning contact hours.
To participate, you must have:
PLEASE NOTE NETWORK AND COMPUTER TECHNICAL SUPPORT WILL NOT BE PROVIDED.
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