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COSIG Co-Occurring Disorders Conference, Hershey PA, May 15-17, 2006
Suggestions for Substance Abuse
Treatment Providers (Ohio Valley Center)
• Provide direct feedback regarding
inappropriate behaviors
– Let a person know a behavior is
inappropriate; do not assume they know this
and is choosing to do so anyway
– Provide straightforward feedback about when
and where behaviors are appropriate
– Redirect tangential and excessive speech,
including a predetermined method of signals
to use in groups
Suggestions for Substance Abuse
Treatment Providers (Ohio Valley Center)
• Be cautious when making inferences about
motivation based on observed behaviors
– Do not presume non-compliance arises from lack of
motivation or resistance, check it out
– Be aware that unawareness of deficits can be due to
specific damage to the brain and may not be due to
denial
– Confrontation shuts down thinking and elicits
resistance
– Do not discharge for non- compliance; follow up and
find out why someone has not shown up or not
followed through
TBI Explanation of the 12 Steps
by Bill Peterman
• Original Step 1
• TBI Explanation Step 1
TBI Explanation of the 12 Steps
by Bill Peterman
• Original Step 10
• TBI Explanation Step 10
We admitted we were
powerless over
alcohol; that our lives
had become
unmanageable
Admit that if you drink or
use drugs your life will be
out of control. Admit that
the use of substances
after having a TBI will
make your life
unmanageable.
Continued to take
personal inventory and
when we were were
wrong, promptly
admitted it.
Continue to check yourself
and your behaviors daily.
Correct negative
behaviors and improve
them. If you hurt another
person, apologize and
make corrections.
Questions?
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