DESCRIPTION

How do we know if our treatment works? Do we measure the effectiveness of our programs? This short workshop offers a primer on known predictors of preferred patient outcomes and identifying metrics to determine clinical success in SUD treatment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understand the difference between outputs and outcomes.
• Identify key metrics used for different SUD levels of care. 
• Discuss opportunities and challenges in using patient pre/post evaluations or reflective evaluation instruments.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

This training includes 1 NAADAC continuing education credit. CE certificates will be emailed to all participants who attend the training in full.   

TRAINER

John M. Ellis LISW-S, LICDC-CS, ICCS

John became a full-time member of the University of Akron School of  Social Work beginning Fall of 2015. Overall, he has almost 35-year’s experience in the field of addictions and mental health. His academic and curriculum focus is on healthcare policy/ administration, addictions/mental illness, integrated healthcare, evidence-based interventions, workforce development, clinical supervision, and technology transfer. 

John remains a consultant with the Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center in Madison Wisconsin, the Department of Psychiatry at the Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) and is the former secretary of the Ohio Clinical Roundtable.

We look forward to seeing you at our training! 

Remember, to ensure all participants get the most out of these interactive virtual trainings,

we ask that everyone be prepared to do the following in every session:

The Great Lakes A/MH/PTTC is offering this training for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.