TY - JOUR
T1 - The roadmap relapse prevention group counseling toolkit™
T2 - Counselor adherence and competence outcomes
AU - Brooks, Adam C.
AU - Carpenedo, Carolyn M.
AU - Fairfax-Columbo, Jaymes
AU - Clements, Nicolle T.
AU - Benishek, Lois A.
AU - Knoblach, Dan
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 research assistants who attended and coded numerous treatment groups: Deanna Ryder, Claire Nick, Graham DiGuiseppi, Tyler Case, and Brian Versek. The authors also acknowledge the contribution of Richard Rawson, Ph.D., and Kenneth M. Carpenter, Ph.D., who served as content experts for the RoadMAP Relapse Prevention Toolkit™.
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - Training counselors in empirically supported treatments (ESTs) far exceeds the ever decreasing resources of community-based treatment agencies. The purpose of this study was to examine outpatient substance abuse group counselors' (n. = 19) adherence and competence in communicating and utilizing concepts associated with empirically-supported relapse prevention treatment following a brief multimedia toolkit (RoadMAP Toolkit™) training. Moderate or large baseline to post-training effect sizes for counselor adherence to toolkit content were identified for 13 of 21 targeted behaviors (overall d range. = .06-2.85) with the largest gains on items measuring active skill practice. Post-training adherence gains were largely maintained at the 6-month follow-up, although no statistically significant improvements were identified over time for counselor competence. This study provides important preliminary support for using a multi-media curriculum approach to increase empirically-supported relapse prevention skills among group counselors. Future research should focus on finding ways to improve counselor skill level and to determine the impact of the Toolkit on client outcomes.
AB - Training counselors in empirically supported treatments (ESTs) far exceeds the ever decreasing resources of community-based treatment agencies. The purpose of this study was to examine outpatient substance abuse group counselors' (n. = 19) adherence and competence in communicating and utilizing concepts associated with empirically-supported relapse prevention treatment following a brief multimedia toolkit (RoadMAP Toolkit™) training. Moderate or large baseline to post-training effect sizes for counselor adherence to toolkit content were identified for 13 of 21 targeted behaviors (overall d range. = .06-2.85) with the largest gains on items measuring active skill practice. Post-training adherence gains were largely maintained at the 6-month follow-up, although no statistically significant improvements were identified over time for counselor competence. This study provides important preliminary support for using a multi-media curriculum approach to increase empirically-supported relapse prevention skills among group counselors. Future research should focus on finding ways to improve counselor skill level and to determine the impact of the Toolkit on client outcomes.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jsat.2013.05.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jsat.2013.05.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 23810230
AN - SCOPUS:84881546330
SN - 0740-5472
VL - 45
SP - 356
EP - 362
JO - Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
JF - Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
IS - 4
ER -