What is the Addiction Severity Index (ASI)?
The Addiction Severity Index (ASI) is an assessment tool used to assess an adult’s condition in 7 key areas that are typically affected by substance abuse, including medical status, employment, and more.
The ASI is helpful for practitioners in assessing clients so that they can determine the types of addiction treatments the client may need. The ASI is considered best practice for adult recovery courts in Massachusetts.
The ASI series is targeted towards court clinicians and community providers who utilize the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) assessment tool. This technical assistance will provide an overview of the ASI, and also:
- Address implementation challenges
- Discuss assessment and screening strategies
- Offer practical role-play scenarios
The TREAT ASI series is designed and facilitated by Meaghan Dupuis, LMHC
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Meaghan Flaherty Dupuis, LMHC, a mental health clinician with 13+ years of clinical experience within the correctional health care field, directs the day-to-day operations and administrative practices for the Health & Criminal Justice program’s contracts. Meaghan is the Executive Director of the Justice, Health & Equity Department at UMass Chan. She also oversees operations for the Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health, an academic community focused on correctional health care that is supported by Commonwealth Medicine, and its Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health.
Previous Trainings
ASI I
Meaghan Dupuis, LMHC
This training will help to build confidence in clinicians understanding and knowledge of the ASI so they may use it with more ease in their work. This training is to help clinicians understand the importance of utilizing the ASI as a best practice screening tool for Drug Court Clinicians. The training will focus on the importance of the ASI, how it can inform treatment planning, the functionality of it in drug courts and then will discuss the importance of scoring and interpretation.
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ASI II
Meaghan Dupuis, LMHC
This training will help to build confidence in clinicians understanding and knowledge of the ASI so they may use it with more ease in their work. This training is to help clinicians understand the importance of utilizing the ASI as a best practice screening tool for Drug Court Clinicians. The training will focus on the importance of the ASI, how it can inform treatment planning, the functionality of it in drug courts and then will discuss the importance of scoring and interpretation.
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ASI III
Meaghan Dupuis, LMHC
This training will help to develop stronger clinical communication skills amongst drug court clinicians in order to improve drug court recommendations. This training will cover the proper way to communicate and deliver clinical information within drug courts. Clinicians will learn skills for presenting their data to a diverse audience to support the clinical decision making for the individual.