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COSIG Co-Occurring Disorders Conference, Hershey PA, May 15-17, 2006
STAGE or PHASE BASED
Provide services to people that are specific
to a particular moment in time
STAGE or PHASE BASED
Keep yourself out of the process
Meets the immediate need of a person
Meets people figuratively where they are at
Meets people literally where they are at
Individualized services
Comprehensive/Integrated services
You are not there to work on your goals,
plans or expectations, regardless of
how wonderful they may be.
The focus must always be on the
person in need—the client.
TOOLS OF COMMUNITY
STABILIZATION/ENGAGEMENT
MORE TOOLS OF COMMUNITY
STABILIZATION/ENGAGEMENT
Provide for Basic Needs
Develop the Relationship
Outreach Aggressively
Respect Individual Choice
Provide Concrete Assistance
Carry Hope
Integrate Treatment
Accept People for who and what they are
Acknowledge the Skills and Abilities that the
People you serve have and use daily
PROBLEMS
TRICKS
Staff want to always be ahead
Not enough time from funding sources
Objectives/Results are few and far between
or don’t match funding
You get blamed for client’s behaviors
Moral model of substance abuse clash
The legal card
Keep and Review Histories
Ask who’s Working Harder
Assess, Assess, Assess
Forget What You Know
Don’t always believe the paper
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