Screening & Patient Placement for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

This Basic Series course focuses on the skills and techniques of screening and patient placement services.  It includes a look at a number of screening tools and instruments.  An excellent course for both beginning and seasoned counselors alike. 

Goals/Objectives

At the completion of this course you will be able to:

  1. define screening as a core function of counseling;
  2. identify the steps involved in using uniform placement criteria;
  3. define the various levels of care available for treatment services;
  4. examine the various domains of information that are measured when interviewing clients;
  5. explore steps taken in the interview process;
  6. implement various and appropriate screening devices, including the SIG, CIWA-AR, SSA, NWS, CAGE, MAST, POSIT, and other devices;
  7. demonstrate knowledge of client rights as they relate to treatment services;
  8. utilize appropriate understanding of confidentiality guidelines and requirements;
  9. list emerging challenges to providing effective screening services.
Your Course Instructor:
Lowell Jenkins, MA

Lowell K. Jenkins, M.A. is President of Jenkins Training Technologies in Madison, Wisconsin which provides consultation, technical assistance, and design services in the areas of human resource development and the learning sciences.  Lowell is an accomplished addiction counselor trainer, certification/licensure consultation, and manager of alcohol and drug counselor training activities for the past thirty years, both at the Wisconsin state level and at the national level.   

He has been an active participant in the development of Wisconsin’s counselor certification standards since the mid 1970’s and influential in the development of the present national credentialing standards adopted by the ICRC.  His long time service with the Wisconsin Bureau of Substance Abuse Services has permitted him to manage multiple state wide training systems, provide career consultation, develop and upgrade state supported addiction counselor training curricula and develop academic linkages with colleges and universities. 

There are few individuals in the United States with more knowledge of the dynamic importance of screening and patient placement than Lowell Jenkins.