Intro - If you've been following Taking the Escalator, you are probobly accustomed to updates with new group therapy material made twice per month. That will continue to happen however this post focuses on another aspect of Taking the Escalator that some people may not be aware of. Taking the Escalator has a host of Assessment and Screening Tools that are free for use
Many agencies use the ASI, however that tool has been around for a long time and many agencies are interested in other options. If you do a web search for "Substance Abuse Assessment Tools" you will see that there are not many out there. Most of what is on the web are just screening tools and not assessments. Taking the Escalator offers multiple assessments, both comprehensive and brief as well as an Escalator Screening tool. Listed below are all of the options available on Taking the Escalator.
Taking the Escalator-
Assessment and Screening Tools
Full Comprehensive Assessment Tools:
Taking the Escalator has added
a new assessment tool to the repertoire. This tool, the Escalator Narrative
Integrated Substance Use COD Assessment (known as "The Homegrown" for
short) has the following features:
> It is free for public use - Please if you or your agency is going to use it simply email takingtheescalator@gmail.com
> It is based on ASAM criteria and DSM 5 and has comprehensive biopsychosocial elements
> It is integrated to include mental health and medical issues in addition to other key life areas
> It is a Narrative Assessment which allows the assessor to conduct the assessment in an engaging manner rather than asking a serious of redundant smaller questions.
> It is a Guided Narrative - Which means that there are guidelines included in each section to help the assessor remember what to include in the narrative for each section
> It is free for public use - Please if you or your agency is going to use it simply email takingtheescalator@gmail.com
> It is based on ASAM criteria and DSM 5 and has comprehensive biopsychosocial elements
> It is integrated to include mental health and medical issues in addition to other key life areas
> It is a Narrative Assessment which allows the assessor to conduct the assessment in an engaging manner rather than asking a serious of redundant smaller questions.
> It is a Guided Narrative - Which means that there are guidelines included in each section to help the assessor remember what to include in the narrative for each section
The E13 Comprehensive
Substance Use Assessment has it all as it is a full substance use assessment
with attention to co-occurring disorders and other biopsychosocial factors.
Some features include:
> It is free for public use
- Please if you or your agency is going to use it simply email takingtheescalator@gmail.com
> It is also based on ASAM criteria and DSM 5 and has comprehensive biopsychosocial elements
> It is integrated to include mental health and medical issues in addition to other key life areas
> Different than the Escalator Narrative assessment above, the E13 carefully provides very specific questions throughout all key areas throughout the assessment.
> It is also based on ASAM criteria and DSM 5 and has comprehensive biopsychosocial elements
> It is integrated to include mental health and medical issues in addition to other key life areas
> Different than the Escalator Narrative assessment above, the E13 carefully provides very specific questions throughout all key areas throughout the assessment.
Brief Substance Use Assessment Tools:
The E5 Brief
Integrated Substance Use Assessment is a shortened version of the E13. It is
designed to be a much more brief assessment tool that can be completed in less
time. The E5 can be combined with an existing full biopsychosocial assessment
tool as the E5 could serve as the substance use assessment piece to a mental
health bio. The E5 is also free for public use
> It is free for public use.
Please just email takingtheescalator@gmail.com to inform
> This is an "impact scale" with hyperlinks for specific guidelines in each section - Download to see how it works by clicking on internal links
> Information on incorporating DSM 5 and ASAM criteria is linked into the assessment itself
> This is an "impact scale" with hyperlinks for specific guidelines in each section - Download to see how it works by clicking on internal links
> Information on incorporating DSM 5 and ASAM criteria is linked into the assessment itself
Brief Screening Tool:
There are so many
substance use screening tools out there that it can be quite confusing. Some
aspects of the Escalator Screening Tool that make it ideal are:
> It is short (one
page) and very easy and quick (less than 5 minutes) to administer even without
extensive training
> In addition to
substance use, the Escalator Screening Tool takes into account Co-Occurring
Mental Health Disorders (Which most screening tools ignore)
> It is incredibly
easy to score in the effort to obtain screening accuracy and validity
> The Escalator Brief
Screening Tool is also free for public use
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