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Peer reviewedGillis, H. L.; Simpson, Cindy – Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling, 1991
Describes Project Choices, a residential treatment program for drug-abusing adjudicated adolescents that employs the adventure-based counseling model to instill change. Describes Project Choices goals as being the reduction of conduct-disordered behavior associated with delinquency and drug use. Presents program evaluation results which suggest…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adventure Education, Behavior Disorders, Change Strategies
Download full textGillis, H. L. – 1991
This paper describes an adventure-based treatment program for court-involved youth who display significant alcohol or drug abuse behavior. Project Choices' clients meet the criteria for drug abuse from the Diagnostic Statistical Manual-Revised (DSM-III-R). The clients reside in Project Choices placement homes during the 8-week treatment and 8-week…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adventure Education, Behavior Change, Counseling Techniques
