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Data Collection Strategies and Measurement Tools for Assessing Academic and Therapeutic Outcomes in Recovery Schools
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Botzet, Andria M.; McIlvaine, Patrick W.; Winters, Ken C.; Fahnhorst, Tamara; Dittel, Christine – Peabody Journal of Education, 2014
Accurate evaluation and documentation of the efficacy of recovery schools can be vital to the continuation and expansion of these beneficial resources. A very limited data set currently exists that examines the value of specific schools established to support adolescents and young adults in recovery; additional research is necessary. The following…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Measurement Techniques, Educational Strategies, Therapy
An In-Depth Survey of the Screening and Assessment Practices of Highly Regarded Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Programs
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Gans, Jeremy; Falco, Mathea; Schackman, Bruce R.; Winters, Ken C. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2010
Aims: To examine the quality of screening and assessment practices at some of the most highly regarded adolescent substance use treatment programs in the United States. Methods: Between March and September 2005, telephone surveys were administered to directors of highly regarded programs. Several different publications and databases were then used…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Telephone Surveys, Adolescents, Screening Tests
Interplay of Psychosocial Factors and the Long-Term Course of Adolescents with a Substance Use Disorder
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Winters, Ken C.; Stinchfield, Randy D.; Lee, Susanne; Latimer, William W. – Substance Abuse, 2008
This paper examines the association of psychosocial factors and long-term drug use behaviors (year-5.5) among adolescents with a substance dependence disorder. One group received treatment with a 12-Step approach (n = 159) and one group was on a waiting list (n = 62). Four psychosocial factors (deviant behavior, peer drug environment,…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Adolescents, Psychology, Substance Abuse