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Treatment Courts

Learn how to integrate appropriate addiction treatment for patients involved in treatment courts and the legal system through this 6 hour live course.   

About the Course

Integrating Addiction Medicine with Treatment Courts

This FREE 6-hour course will introduce you to the basics of addiction medicine and treatment courts. You will learn practical methods for addressing systemic challenges like reducing stigma, advocating for your patients, and creating an effective partnership between medical providers, treatment court specialists, and patients. National experts will also use case studies to teach best practices for diagnosis and treatment of patients involved in the criminal legal system. This is a great way to build a new skill set or improve upon what you already know about treatments courts.

What You'll Learn

After taking this course, learners will be able to:

  • Describe ways to reduce stigma against people with substance use disorders, including the use of accurate terminology.
  • Explain the role of timely and accurate diagnosis and treatment for clients/participants first engaging in treatment courts.
  • Define addiction as a chronic and manageable disease.
  • Describe the purpose, structure, and effectiveness of treatment courts.
  • Define the roles and responsibilities of treatment court team members.
  • Describe the roles and responsibilities of medical providers within treatment court settings.
  • Apply best clinical and partnership practices to case examples of patients who are engaged in treatment court and addiction treatment.
  • Advocate effectively for access to evidence-based treatment with treatment court team members.
  • Coordinate care within professional settings to individuals involved in treatment courts.
Acknowledgement

ASAM has partnered with the All Rise through an Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) grant initiative to allow medical providers active with and new to the drug treatment court field access to training to help guide them in the successful integration of services for individuals with substance use disorders involved in the justice system.

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