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An Outcome Evaluation of a Treatment Readiness Group Program for Probationers with Substance Use Problems
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Roque, Lorena; Lurigio, Arthur J. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2009
From 2003 to 2008, Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities of Illinois (TASC) implemented the Reducing Risk: Outreach and Pretreatment for Probationers program (RROPP) in Cook County (Chicago), Illinois. The goal of RROPP was to reduce probationers' further penetration into the criminal justice system by increasing participation in substance…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Outcomes of Treatment, Risk, Outreach Programs
Perceptions about Services and Dropout from a Substance Abuse Case Management Program
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Sosin, Michael R.; Durkin, Elizabeth – Journal of Community Psychology, 2007
This article uses event history analysis to examine certain determinants of dropout from a case management program that serves homeless adults with substance abuse problems. The examined determinants are perceptions of conventional treatment services: (a) client perceptions concerning the value of the conventional services that case managers help…
Descriptors: Caring, Delivery Systems, Substance Abuse, Homeless People
Residential Treatment for the ADHD Adolescent Substance Abuser.
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Adams, Loree; Wallace, John L. – Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 1994
Substance abusing adolescents (n=30) with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and substance abusing non-ADHD (n=30) adolescents were compared in terms of treatment outcomes. Although treatment outcomes did not vary significantly, a difference was observed in actual length of stay. Those with a behavior diagnosis stayed an average of 36…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Drug Education