Combining Alcohol And Other Drug Abuse Treatment With Diversion For Juveniles In The Justice System

A Treatment Improvement Protocol prepared to facilitate the transfer of state-of-the-art protocols and guidelines for the treatment of alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuse from acknowledged clinical, research, and administrative experts to the Nation's AOD abuse treatment resources. Includes: the effectiveness of AOD treatment in the criminal justice system; the AOD-involved offender; the criminal justice continuum; the AOD abuse treatment system; collaboration between systems; coordinated training; confidentiality issues; and evaluation. Bibliography. CSAT criminal justice treatment planning chart. Sample interagency agreement.

A Treatment Improvement Protocol on case management, which can be described as a coordinated approach to the delivery of health, substance abuse, mental health, & social services, linking clients with appropriate services to address specific needs & achieve stated goals. Case management lends itself to the treatment of substance abuse, particularly for clients with other disorders & conditions who require multiple services over extended periods of time & who face difficulty in gaining access to those services. This report details the factors that programs should consider as they decide to implement case management or modify their current case management activities.

Basic knowledge about the nature and treatment of stimulant use disorders. Reviews what is currently known about treating the med., psychiatric, and substance abuse-dependence problems assoc. with the use of 2 high-profile stimulants: cocaine and methamphetamine (MA). The info. is understandable and relevant for clinicians and other "front line" substance use disorder treat. providers. Offers recomm. on treat. approaches, recomm. to maximize treat. engagement, strategies for planning and initiating treat., and strategies for initiating and maintaining abstinence. Includes recomm. for the med. mgmt. of stimulant users and recomm. regarding special groups and settings.

Clinical supervision (CS) is emerging as the crucible in which counselors acquire knowledge and skills for the substance abuse (SA) treatment profession, providing a bridge between the classroom and the clinic. Supervision is necessary in the SA treatment field to improve client care, develop the professionalism of clinical personnel, and maintain ethical standards. Contents of this report: (1) CS and Prof¿l. Develop. of the SA Counselor: Basic info. about CS in the SA treatment field; Presents the ¿how to¿ of CS.; (2) An Implementation Guide for Admin.; Will help admin. understand the benefits and rationale behind providing CS for their program¿s SA counselors. Provides tools for making the tasks assoc. with implementing a CS system easier. Illustrations.