ASI TRAINING TAPES

``ASI Training On Tape can be used to train individuals or groups and provide booster sessions whenever a program is in need of training. It is like having a trainer in a box.”

The Training on Tape Series, in conjunction with ASI Interview tapes and the User Guide provides all the necessary information and materials to facilitate an ASI workshop. The User's Guide along with the set of videotapes and interviewer tape(s) has been designed to serve as a flexible resource for those who wish to learn about and use the ASI correctly. The entire package provides a number of training options to select from to best meet existing needs. The ASI Training on Tape package can be bought separately or with competency evaluation services as part of a comprehensive distance-learning program. See Products and Services – ASI Training Tapes For More information: 1. What is ASI Training on Tape? 2. Why was ASI Training on Tape Developed? 3. The ASI Interview Tapes. 4. The ASI Training on Tape Users Guide. 5. How to Use The Tapes. What is: Training on Tape? In response to a need for briefer and more cost efficient training in the use of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI), a videotaped training package has been developed. This package, the Training on Tape series, is modeled after the standard 2-day ASI training. The videotape series, which was originally designed as a self-training, is essentially an abbreviated version of the standard 2-day training workshop. More specifically, Training on Tape provides a didactic presentation of introductory information regarding the development and usefulness of the ASI, followed with a detailed presentation on appropriate administration and coding of the ASI interview on a section-by-section basis. Back to Top Why Was ASI Training on Tape Developed? There is a great need for continuously available, standardized ASI training package that is up-to-date and cost efficient. The following are several reasons contributing to the need for such a training package. It is burdensome for a treatment program to relieve clinical staff, en masse , from regular responsibilities to attend a 2-day ASI training workshop. What happens traditionally in our field and all over the country is that treatment providers will send one or two staff to an ASI workshop. It is then expected that these individuals will then train the remainder of the staff upon their return to the treatment program. We can tell you from years of experience that this is one of the biggest mistakes a program director, supervisor or administrators can make and absolutely the wrong way to go about training staff. The result is the ongoing perpetuation of misinformation about why and how the instrument should be used. Back to Top Agencies may need only 1 or a few people to be trained in the use of the ASI, and there are no inexpensive options for this purpose continuously available on a national basis. In this situation the tapes can be bought as part of our distance learning training program. See Products and Services – Distance learning Standard and up-to-date training and materials are not always provided by the trainers or organizations that currently conduct ASI training in the field. Ron Jackson and Thomas H. Coyne have traveled to over 43 states and done hundreds of ASI trainings for thousands of practitioners. We have heard hundreds of times from participants who thought they were trained correctly in how to use the ASI, that in fact they were not trained correctly at all and didn’t receive any support materials as part of their training experience, not even the ASI Question by Question Manual a must for any agency using the Addiction Severity Index. High turnover of substance abuse treatment providers requires that ongoing training options be available and affordable. QUESTION: If half of your staff leaves six months after the ASI training or booster session, how do you get the new staff trained in a cost efficient and effective manner? ANSWER: You use the ASI Training Tapes along with the facilitators guide and with some assistance from the staff that was trained and is currently using the instrument correctly. In addition you may be interested in purchasing competency evaluation services. See Products and Services – Competency Evaluation Services Back to Top ASI Interview Tapes: In addition to developing ASI Training on Tape, ASI Interview Tapes showing the correct administration and coding of an ASI interview have also been developed. Back to Top ASI Training on Tape Users Guide: Provides the necessary information (handouts, manuals & disk with overheads) for individuals and agencies planning on teaching staff how to administer the ASI correctly. The Training on Tape Series, in conjunction with the ASI Interview tapes and the User Guide provides all the necessary information and materials to facilitate an ASI workshop. The User's Guide along with the set of videotapes and interviewer tapes has been designed to serve as a flexible resource for those who wish to learn about and use the ASI correctly. The entire package provides a number of training options to select from to best meet existing needs. Back to Top How To Use the Tapes? There are three ways in which we recommend utilizing the Training on Tape Series . 1. Group training. 2. Individual training. 3. Facilitated ASI Training Workshops, in which all tapes are viewed over the course of one or two days. We strongly recommend, regardless of the approach utilized, that anyone viewing either the ASI Training and/or interviewing tapes first read ASI Pre-Training materials and, upon conclusion of viewing the tapes, read the ASI Question by Question Manual. The ASI Training on Tape is now available from ASITRAINING.com for use in the field of substance abuse depending on the specific needs and preferences of the user. These training mediums have been shown to be effective in providing trainees with the information and skills (with practice) necessary to administer the ASI in a competent fashion. Back to Top