Treatment Needs and Strategies for Individuals in Various Criminal Justice Settings (12 hours)
- Credit Hours: 12 Hours
- Author: Ed Roberts
- Price: $156.00
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
• Describe the research evidence demonstrating that substance abuse treatment reduces recidivism among offenders who use drugs.
• Identify the treatment needs and strategies specific to individuals in pretrial settings, including due process considerations and conditions of release.
• Explain treatment issues unique to jail settings, including the stressors of arrest, legal uncertainty, and short duration of incarceration.
• Describe substance abuse treatment approaches appropriate for prison settings, including therapeutic communities and residential programs.
• Analyze treatment needs and strategies for individuals in community corrections settings, including probation and parole.
• Identify the unique characteristics and challenges of substance-abusing offenders that affect treatment engagement and outcomes.
• Describe how criminal thinking, criminal values, and antisocial behaviors complicate substance abuse treatment in criminal justice populations.
• Apply treatment matching principles to place offenders in appropriate levels of care based on risk, need, and responsivity.
• Explain the importance of continuity of care and coordination between criminal justice and treatment systems.
• Describe treatment modifications needed for specific subpopulations within the criminal justice system, including women, juveniles, and individuals with co-occurring disorders.
• Analyze the ethical considerations and tensions between therapeutic goals and criminal justice requirements.
• Identify evidence-based treatment components for criminal justice populations, including cognitive-behavioral interventions and motivational strategies.
• Describe the role of aftercare and reentry planning in sustaining treatment gains for individuals transitioning from incarceration to the community.
• Explain how substance abuse screening and assessment inform treatment planning across different criminal justice settings.
• Outline the rights and responsibilities of both treatment professionals and clients within the criminal justice treatment system.
Package Contents
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About the Instructor
Ed Roberts
Ed Roberts was the Director of Treatment Operations for CEC/Civigenics, Inc. – the largest “for profit” provider of correctional treatment programs in the country. He was also the former Clinical Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Substance Abuse Treatment Program, has authored numerous articles, and collaborated with Dr. Stanton Samenow in the design and on-screen presentation of the video & DVD series "Commitment to Change: The Power of Consequences." This video series is produced by FMS Productions. Ed has a Master's Degree in Counseling from Sam Houston State University and received certification from the William Glasser Institute in the practice of Reality Therapy. He was a member of the American Counseling Association, the Association for Specialists in Group Work, the Association of Addiction and Offender Counselors, and the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Counselors. Ed also served on the Board of Directors for the International Credentialing and Reciprocity Consortium (IC & RC), and has served as a trainer/consultant for the National Institute on Corrections (NIC).
Approved and Widely Recognized
CEU Matrix is approved by the following national and state accreditation boards:
CEU Matrix is approved with the following state boards:
Arkansas (ASACB), California (CCAPP #OS-07-394-0222), California (CADTP #250), Connecticut (#0115-5202), Delaware (DCB #37), Florida (FCB #5141-A), Georgia (ADACBGA #2026-4-003), Illinois (IAODAPCA #19345), Kentucky, Louisiana (LA ADRA #E026), Michigan (MCBAP), Missouri (Missouri CB #183), New Mexico (NMCBBHP #2046), North Carolina (NCSAPPB), Ohio (OCDP #50-19236), Oklahoma (OBLADS #20260153), Texas (TCB #1758-07)
