Training Products

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Training Manuals

Recovery-Focused Methadone Treatment: A Primer for Practice Today in Pennsylvania (2010)
This document was prepared in late 2010 to address methadone treatment for opioid addiction scientifically and with knowledge of best practices. Section one provides responses to some of the most frequently asked questions related to methadone. Section two addresses the elements of a recovery focus to opioid addiction treatment with methadone. Finally, we provide an appendix that examines pieces of proposed legislation in Pennsylvania (known as the Methadone Accountability Package) to determine if they align with current research and practice in the area of methadone treatment. Best practices and individual safety are prioritized.
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Co-occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders in Adults (2005)
This updated manual is designed to be used in training addiction professionals who work with adults who have co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders. The manual examines historical trends and presents an integrated approach to treatment with a focus on the recovery process. Each of the modules contains competencies, exercises and handout materials to supplement the training.
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Co-occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders in Adolescents (2004)
This curriculum is designed to assist those who provide training to counselors working with adolescents in substance use treatment programs by addressing the unique challenges that counselors may have when they consider ways to begin to integrate assessment and treatment approaches to meet more fully the needs of youth with co-occurring mental disorders.T he curriculum format fhas been updated to include the power point within each module of the trainers manual. A participant manual is also included.
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Newsletters

Weathering the Storm: A Guide for Service Providers in Challenging Times (Winter 2008)
Challenging times are nothing new in the addictions field. As Angela Cornelius Dawson, Director of the Ohio Department of Drug and Alcohol Services said at the December meeting of the ATTC Network, "Our field is always in a recession." This edition of Resource Links offers encouragement, as well as some practical suggestions about how to thrive in tough economic times. Contributors, including Julia Fesko, Ron Kauffman, and Jen Bankard, discuss everything from self-care for the counselor to focused, efficient leadership on the state and agency levels to building balance by using training dollars efficiently.
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Cultural Competency: Its Impact on Addiction Treatment and Recovery (Spring 2008)
America is undeniably a multicultural country. It is something to appreciate and celebrate. But there also is no denying that for counselors in the addiction field that fact presents challenges as well. In this issue of Resource Links, contributors Curtis Upsher, Harlan Pruden, and Anne Helene Skinstad, among others, try to put those challenges in perspective and turn them into opportunities for counselors to grow personally and to expand their knowledge and skills in the area of cultural competency and relevance. The noted medieval philosopher/theologian Thomas Aquinas once said, "Quidquid recipitur recipitur secundum modem recipientis," which translates simply as "Whatever is received is received according to the mode of the receiver."
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Monographs

Peer-based Addiction Recovery Support: History, Theory, Practice, and Scientific Evaluation (2009)
The history of addiction treatment and recovery in the United States contains a rich "wounded healer" tradition. For more than 275 years, individuals and families recovering from severe alcohol and other drug problems have provided peer-based recovery support (P-BRS) to sustain one another and to help those still suffering. Formal peer-based recovery support services (P-BRSS) are now being delivered through diverse organizations and roles. The goals of this monograph are to 1) define PBRS and P-BRSS, 2) present a brief chronology of P-BRS in the United States, 3) discuss the theories and principles that guide the design and delivery of P-BRS services, 4) illustrate the current varieties of P-BRSS, and 5) review the scientific studies that have evaluated P-BRS and specialized P-BRSS. The monograph closes with a discussion of the strengths and vulnerabilities of peer-based recovery support and professionally directed addiction treatment services.
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Linking Addiction Treatment & Communities of Recovery: A Primer for Addiction Counselors and Recovery Coaches (2006)
This scholarly paper opens the door to real change in the professional addiction treatment community. Addressed to the thousands of counselors and therapists on the daily firing line, it offers a renaissance of ideas to offer individuals in treatment an increased opportunity for lasting recovery. This paper builds on the "Varieties of Recovery Experience: A Primer for Addiction Treatment Professionals and Recovery Advocates" by William White, MA, and Ernest Kurtz, Ph.D. (2005) and "Building Resiliency, Wellness and Recovery: A Unified Vision for the Prevention and Management of Substance Use Disorders" (2006) edited by Michael Flaherty. The new paradigm expressed in both of these works focuses on an integration of clinical treatment with the recovery movement that exists in every community worldwide.
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