• Pharmacology
• Intervening with the ATOD Adolescent
• Dual Disorders: Alcohol, Other Drug and Mental Illness
• Substance Abuse Among Older Adults
• Proposal Development and Grant Writing
• Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence
• Brief Intervention/Therapies for Substance Abuse
• Enhancing Motivation for Change
• Screening and Assessing Adolescents for Substance Use Disorders
• Treatment of Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders
• Relapse Prevention
• Prevention Basics
• Prevention Principles for Scientifically Defensible Prevention Strategies
• Science-Based ATOD Abuse Prevention
• Prevention and Treatment Among Women
• Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth

Substance Abuse Treatment with Criminal Justice Offenders

Course developed by Pamela Petersen-Baston, CAP, CAPP.

This course primarily targets treatment professionals and criminal justice representatives working with drug-abusing offenders. It provides information about the role of intermediate sanctions, the importance and role of collaboration, and conflicts and solutions relative to integrating treatment.

topics covered

• overview of the criminal justice system
  
  
• combining alcohol and other drug abuse treatment and intermediate sanctions
  
  
• what treatment providers need to understand
  
  
• what the justice system needs to Understand
  
  
• ingredients for successful collaboration
  
  
• offender-client as partner in own treatment and recovery
  
  
• components of a successful agreement between the treatment agency and the criminal justice system
  
  
• positive incentives for treatment and consequences for negative behavior
  
  
• case management for offender-clients
  
  
• laws regarding confidentiality and disclosure of offender- client information
  
  
  

While this course may be the most helpful for professionals with a basic level of experience in criminal justice and drug abuse treatment, it can also serve as a refresher course for the more experienced professional. It should be noted that this course does not address the popular Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime (TASC) model as there are other source documents and reference materials specifically for that purpose

course manual length :115 pages

CEUs: 5

Continuing Education Units available for:

• Substance Abuse Professionals
  Content Area: Criminal Justice
• Licensed Clinical Social Workers
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Mental Health Counselors
• DUI Instructors, Evaluators, and Clinical Supervisors
• Nurses

Contact us at (850) 878-2196 for more information or email Carol Hyden at chyden@fadaa.org.