Service Coordination Category

Quality Improvement for Drug Courts: Evidence-Based Practices--Chapters 1 and 2

1 CE Hour
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About the Course

This monograph presents a general overview of the research on effectively treating the drug court client. It also elucidates the kinds of issues that a drug court administrator and supervisor should consider in developing Request for Proposals for treatment services and identifying additional resources to better serve drug court participants. Focusing on quality improvement in order to better engage, retain, and graduate more clients in the drug court process requires understanding and utilizing the evidence and research. This course covers Chapters 1 and 2 and addresses the topics of drug court screening and evaluating the effectiveness of addiction treatment. This course covers adobe pages 11-30.

This course is based on the reading online article, Quality Improvement for Drug Courts: Evidence-Based Practices—Chapters 1 and 2 created by Kevin Knight, Ph.D., Patrick M. Flynn, Ph.D., D. Dwayne Simpson, Ph.D. et al

Publication Details

Journal/Publisher: National Drug Court Institute
Publication Date: April 2008

Course Material Authors

Course Material Authors authored the material only, and were not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Kevin Knight, Ph.D., Patrick M. Flynn, Ph.D., D. Dwayne Simpson, Ph.D.
Kevin Knight, Patrick M. Flynn, and D. Dwayne Simpson are associated with Texas Christian University.
A. Thomas McLellan, Ph.D.
A. Thomas McLellan is associated with the Treatment Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania.

Target Audience

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about drug court screening and evaluating the effectiveness of addiction treatment. It is appropriate for all levels of participants' knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Describe the drug court screening process, including what should be screened and factors to consider when selecting screening instruments.
  2. 2 Discuss what constitutes effective addiction treatment, including appropriate goals, and identify the principles and components of evidence-based treatment.
  3. 3 Identify evidence-based treatment interventions and important treatment-related health and social services.

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Material Authors

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Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

$9

Course Details

1 CE Hour
Reading Online
Course 101502

Availability

This course is retired. It is no longer available.

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