DPA 2025 Annual Conference: Full Schedule

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9:45am EDT

Using the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria for Level of Care Assessment

Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am EDT

Discuss collecting information for each of the six ASAM dimensions using the assessment tool and using the information from that assessment to assign a severity rating score for each dimension. Review using all dimension rankings as a whole to make a recommendation for appropriate level of care and setting for each client.

Speakers

Charles Jones

Alternative Sentencing Worker III, Department of Public Advocacy

Charles Jones received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from The University of Akron and his Ph.D. from Kent State University. He spent 25 years teaching in Higher Education and is the recipient of three Fulbright-Hays Group Study Abroad Program grants for the... Read More →

Using the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria, for Client Placement pptx

ASAM continuum of care docx

ASAM criteria dimensions docx

Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am EDT
Mtg. Rm. 11 Central Bank Center, 430 W Vine St, Lexington, KY 40507

Audience ASW, ASW-SB71

11:00am EDT

Using the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria Results in Criminal Defense

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Mtg. Rm. 11

This session reviews the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria and what they reveal about a client's condition regarding substance use and co-occurring disorders. How this information is used in preparing a criminal defense case is then discussed.

Speakers

Charles Jones

Alternative Sentencing Worker III, Department of Public Advocacy

Christopher Kippley

Directing Attorney, Department of Public Advocacy

Christopher Kippley is the directing attorney of the DPA Maysville trial office. Graduating from NKU Chase College of Law in 2007, Christopher moved to Maysville from his hometown of Cincinnati to begin work with DPA in 2008. Christopher worked in a small litigation firm from 2012... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Mtg. Rm. 11 Central Bank Center, 430 W Vine St, Lexington, KY 40507

Audience ASW, ASW-SB71