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COSIG Co-Occurring Disorders Conference, Hershey PA, May 15-17, 2006
COD Program Content (con’t.)
5. COD Education for Individuals & Families
6. COD Relapse Prevention, and
7. Access to Peer Support Services and Self-
Help Recovery Resources.
Also recommended, in addition, are:
8. Stage of Change Matched Interventions,
9. Motivational Enhancement Interventions,
10. Contingency Management.
1. Individual and Group Interventions are
being used appropriately…
‣when the P&P/Operations Manual
describes how the assessment process
leads to a careful decision about which
forms of intervention to use under what
conditions;
‣when each form of intervention is
described in sufficient detail in the P&P/
Operations Manual;
‣when each individual record describes the
rationale for the current choice of
interventions.
1. Choice of Individual & Group
Interventions
• Interventions targeted to individual and
scope of program (types of diagnoses,
ages, cultural groups, etc.)
• Choice dictated by diagnostic symptoms,
stage of change, program efficiencies
• Cognitive behavioral strategies generally
used in helping people alter thinking habits
• See COD IDDT Workbook, pp. 69-79 & 87-92
2. Skill-Building Interventions are
being used…
‣when the types of skills groups and the
criteria for their use are described in the
P&P/Operations Manual;
‣when the rationale for teaching specific
skills is described in individual plans;
‣when the person learning the skills can
describe the skills being learned and their
particular use to him/her.
2. Choosing Skill Building
Interventions
‣Skills tend to be of two types:
• Specific activity skills
• Social skills (reference p. 84 of IDDT Workbook)
‣Persons with CODs often need skill
development
‣Skills related to desired goals need to be
further assessed in the “Preparation” stage
‣Skills teaching needs to relate the skills to
the person’s own desired goals
3. Education about disorders is
occurring …
‣when the types of educational offerings
and criteria for their use are described in
the P&P/Operations Manual;
‣when the educational intervention and its
rationale is described in individual plans;
‣When people in the program can describe
what they are learning in their own words.
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