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Australian Licensed Distributor for SASSI
Help Now Group is the only authorised licensed distributor of the SASSI DSM-5 Substance Abuse Screening tool in Australia
What is the SASSI A4?
SASSI-4 identifies high or low probability of substance use disorders and includes a prescription drug scale that identifies individuals likely to be abusing prescription medications. It also provides a measure of profile validity and clinical insight into level of defensiveness and willingness to acknowledge experienced consequences of substance use disorder.
Adult Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory – 4 (SASSI-4)
Ages:18 years and up
Reading grade Level: 4th – 5th
Accuracy: 92% Based on empirical studies
Administration: 15 minutes to administer and score
For more information head here SASSI a4
What is the SASSi A3?
Adolescent Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory-A3
Ages: 13 – 18 years
Reading grade Level: 4th
Accuracy: 89% Based on empirical studies
Administration: 15 minutes to administer and score
For more information head to SASSI a3
Looking for hard copy resources?
Adult SASSI-4 Starter Kit – Large (100 examinations)
Adult SASSI-4 Starter Kit – Small (25 examinations)
Adolescent SASSI-A3 Starter Kit – Large (100 examinations)
Adolescent SASSI-A3 Starter Kit – Small (25 examinations)
Combination Adult and Adolescent Starter Kit – Small (25-A4, 25A3 examinations)
see below for more details
Frequently Asked Questions
For more information please contact us at info@thehelpnow.org
Global research of SASSI
- URBAN INSTITUTE Justice Policy Center. (2011). The Multi-Site Adult Drug Court Evaluation. http://www.drugfree.org.au/images/pdf-files/library/Drug_Courts/412356-MADCE-The-Drug-Court-Experience.pdf
- Lander, L., Howsare, J., & Byrne, M. (2013). The impact of substance use disorders on families and children: from theory to practice. Social work in public health, 28(3-4), 194–205. https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2013.759005
- Benningfield, M. M., Riggs, P., & Stephan, S. H. (2015). The role of schools in substance use prevention and intervention. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics, 24(2), 291-303.
- Tiburcio, N. J., Baker, S. L., & Kimmell, K. S. (2021). Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Co-Morbidities Among Teens in Treatment: SASSI-A3 Correlations in Screening Scores. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 10(1), 10.
Requirements to administer the SASSI online
You must be a social worker, counselor, psychologist with 2+ post graduate experience in therapeutic settings. This will need to be validated before purchases are approved. Where you would like to complete the training on SASSI Clinical Interpretation and SASSI Administration and Scoring please contact us info@thehelpnow.org
What happens after a purchase?
Once you are validated as a SASSI online assessments counselor you will be sent your own individual portal for logging into the SASSI online database within the Help Now Group Pty. Ltd. This will allow complete privacy of your clients that Help Now Group Pty. Ltd will not have any access to. You will be provided with support to administer the number of assessments you purchase from us.
What comes with it?
After you have administered an assessment with a client on the portal you will receive an instant interpretation and treatment recommendations. It will instantly assess against the DSM for substance use disorder and also provide many other details regarding where the client is at. For a sample report head here Sample SASSI report
SASSI Online Pricing Table
Bulk Pricing Applies and please select the radio button with the appropriate group
| Quantity | Price per examination | #of examinations | Total Cost (excl GST) |
| 1-9 | $22.44 | 9 | $201.99 |
| 10-24 | $17.96 | 24 | $430.92 |
| 25-49 | $15.26 | 49 | $747.83 |
| 100-499 | $13.02 | 99 | $1,288.72 |
SASSI Hard Copy Pricing Table
Packaging prices subject to change on local printing prices. Prices are depending on printer supply. Please order ahead of time due to delays with our local Australian printing companies and shipping due to Covid
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Adult A4 Large 100
1 – Adult SASSI-4 User’s Guide/Manual AU$475.81 |
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Adult A4 Small (25)
1 – Adult SASSI-4 User’s Guide/Manual AU$269.33 |
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Adolescent A3 Large 100
1 – Adolescent SASSI-A3 User’s Guide AU$475.81 |
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Adolescent A3 Small 25
1 – Adolescent SASSI-A3 User’s Guide AU$269.33 |
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Combo Adult A4(25) + Adolescent A3(25)
1 – Adult SASSI-4 User’s Guide/Manual 1 – Adolescent SASSI-A3 User’s Guide AU$511.72 |
