By Benjamin Chambers, January 06 2009
Just before the holidays, The New York Times published an interesting article by Benedict Carey on the state of alcohol and drug treatment, called "Drug Rehabilitation or Revolving Door?"
By Benjamin Chambers, December 09 2008
For those of you who liked our post listing resources for identifying evidence-based adolescent treatment models, here's another valuable resource.
It's a compendium of evidence-based treatment practices, compiled by the Southern Coast Addiction Technology Transfer Center (SCATTC) last February. (This guide contains both adult and juvenile practices - adolescent-related material begins on p. 42.)
Topics: Evidence-Based Practices, No bio box, Resources
By Benjamin Chambers, November 25 2008
Last week, one of our Reclaiming Futures coaches asked for ideas regarding an evidence-based parenting curriculum she could recommend to her state drug court agency.
Steve Hornberger, of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics wrote in with the following,
Topics: Evidence-Based Practices, No bio box, Parenting
By Benjamin Chambers, November 19 2008
Kari Collins has a question for you.
Collins, who formerly directed a Reclaiming Futures site, now directs "Kentucky Youth First" for the state of Kentucky. The state-level juvenile justice agency there wants to train its Family Drug Court staff as parenting instructors (a smart move).
By Benjamin Chambers, November 13 2008
Here's a handy list of five public registries of evidence-based treatment programs, including those targeting adolescent substance abuse:
I found this list in an excellent guide on adolescent treatment put together by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the State of North Carolina, with funding from SAMHSA and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT). On page six of the guide, you'll find two more online resources on evidence-based practices: your bonus for checking it out!
Go here for help implementing your evidence-based practice; and if you know of other registries that track evidence-based adolescent substance abuse treatment models, please leave a comment!