ASI TRAINING
Training on the Addiction Severity Index
- For more information or to schedule a training, contact Meghan Love, Senior Program Manager, at mlove@tresearch.org.
Using protocols and training materials developed by creators of the ASI, TRI deploys senior trainers to deliver two-day training sessions on clinical administration and scoring of the ASI. Trainings can be delivered on-site or in TRI’s Philadelphia offices. Providers are trained in small groups of 10-20 (1 trainer for every 10 trainees), and competency measures evaluating trainee familiarity with the instrument and its coding conventions are administered at the end of each session.
Agenda topics include:
Introduction to the ASI/Use of the ASI
1. Clinical Utility
Intake/Assessment/Psychosocial
Treatment Plan Development
2. Research Purposes
Descriptive Studies/Follow-up Studies
Severity Ratings vs. Composite Scores
3. Strengths and Limitations
Use with Special Populations
Interview Format
Introducing the ASI and General Coding Instructions
Introducing the ASI to patients
Question-by-question review of all items including question intent & suggested probes
ASI General Information Section
Medical Status Section
Selecting Interviewer Severity Ratings
Employment/Support Section
Drug & Alcohol Sections
Legal Section
Family/Social Section
Psychiatric Section
Coding Exercise and ASI Vignettes for all 7 sections
Role-play for Drug and Alcohol Sections
Compilation of coding conventions and cross checks
Assessment of participant knowledge of Interviewer Severity RatingsSummary of ASI sentinel article - Fifth Edition Article
ASI Competency quiz and ASI interview role-play
Each trainee receives a variety of materials created by the developers of the ASI, including copies of the ASI and associated manuals and publications; a Power Point version of the entire ASI presentation and worksheets and other practice materials.
