TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing an evidence-based, multimedia group counseling curriculum toolkit
AU - Brooks, Adam C.
AU - DiGuiseppi, Graham
AU - Laudet, Alexandre
AU - Rosenwasser, Beth
AU - Knoblach, Dan
AU - Carpenedo, Carolyn M.
AU - Carise, Deni
AU - Kirby, Kimberly C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was made possible by an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant awarded by NIDA (5 R01 DA025034-02) and by a research grant awarded by NIAAA (5R01AA17867-3). The authors wish to acknowledge the following research technicians who attended and coded numerous treatment groups: Deanna Ryder, Claire Nick, Graham DiGuiseppi, Jaymes Fairfax-Columbo, Tyler Case, and Brian Versek. The authors also acknowledge the contribution of Richard Rawson, PhD, and Kenneth M. Carpenter, PhD, who served as content experts for the RoadMAP RP Toolkit.
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - Training community-based addiction counselors in empirically supported treatments (ESTs) far exceeds the ever-decreasing resources of publicly funded treatment agencies. This feasibility study describes the development and pilot testing of a group counseling toolkit (an approach adapted from the education field) focused on relapse prevention (RP). When counselors (N = 17) used the RP toolkit after 3 hours of training, their content adherence scores on "coping with craving" and "drug refusal skills" showed significant improvement, as indicated by very large effect sizes (Cohen's d = 1.49 and 1.34, respectively). Counselor skillfulness, in the "adequate-to-average" range at baseline, did not change. Although this feasibility study indicates some benefit to counselor EST acquisition, it is important to note that the impact of the curriculum on client outcomes is unknown. Because a majority of addiction treatment is delivered in group format, a multimedia curriculum approach may assist counselors in applying ESTs in the context of actual service delivery.
AB - Training community-based addiction counselors in empirically supported treatments (ESTs) far exceeds the ever-decreasing resources of publicly funded treatment agencies. This feasibility study describes the development and pilot testing of a group counseling toolkit (an approach adapted from the education field) focused on relapse prevention (RP). When counselors (N = 17) used the RP toolkit after 3 hours of training, their content adherence scores on "coping with craving" and "drug refusal skills" showed significant improvement, as indicated by very large effect sizes (Cohen's d = 1.49 and 1.34, respectively). Counselor skillfulness, in the "adequate-to-average" range at baseline, did not change. Although this feasibility study indicates some benefit to counselor EST acquisition, it is important to note that the impact of the curriculum on client outcomes is unknown. Because a majority of addiction treatment is delivered in group format, a multimedia curriculum approach may assist counselors in applying ESTs in the context of actual service delivery.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jsat.2011.12.007
DO - 10.1016/j.jsat.2011.12.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 22301082
AN - SCOPUS:84864308461
SN - 0740-5472
VL - 43
SP - 178
EP - 189
JO - Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
JF - Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
IS - 2
ER -