OVERVIEW

Documentation- if it isn’t documented it didn’t happen is organized by Appalachian Way Counseling, LLC. This course has been approved for a maximum of 14 Hours.

Overview:
This training is relevant to certification or recertification for educational requirements and professional growth issues, along with clinical assessment, counseling services, ethical standards, treatment, and aftercare planning.

Material and information provided by SAMSHA, and, The American Counseling Association, also, Summers, N. (2012). Fundamentals of Case Management Practice (4th ed). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Addiction Counseling Competencies: The Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Professional Practice. Technical Assistance Publication (TAP)Series, No. 21. DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 08-4171. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1999… Along with a power point.

In this training, the focus will be on the importance and some general guidelines through documentations. The clinician will hopefully learn their habits as clinicians when it comes to note writing. The clinician has an opportunity to learn some common guidelines to follow with documentations. There will be focus on documentation for self protection and rules for writing notes in general. This will be an interactive class that will help in gaining insight needed to gather appropriate information to write a SOAP, BIRP and DAP note. Everyone will be asked to add their experience and knowledge with documentation to add a flavor to the experience for all attending from diverse work back grounds.

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.