Contingency Management for Adolescent Substance Abuse : a Practitioner's Guide.

Cover; Front Matter; Contents; Chapter 1 -- Introduction to Contigency Management; Chapter 2 -- Determining the Need for Substance Use Treatment; Sample Dialogue: Determining the Need for Substance Use Treatment; Chapter 3 -- Introducing Contingency Management and Engaging Families in Treatment; Sample Dialogue:Introducing Contingency Managementand Engaging Families in Treatment; Chapter 4 -- ABC Assessment of Drug Use; Sample Dialogues: ABC Assessment; Chapter 5 -- Self-Management Planning and Drug Refusal Skills Training; Sample Dialogues: Self-Management Planning and Drug Refusal Skills Training.

Chapter 6 -- The Point-and-Level Reward SystemSample Dialogue: The Point-and-Level Reward System; Chapter 7 -- Drug Testing Protocol; Sample Dialogue: Drug Testing Protocol; Chapter 8 -- Synthesizing the Components of Contigency Management; Sample Dialogue: Synthesizing the Components of Contingency Management; Chapter 9 -- Conducting Contingency Management without Caregivers; References; Index.

This practical manual is based on extensive research and the collaboration of hundreds of community-based therapists. It provides step-by-step guidelines for implementing contingency management (CM) and one of the most effective treatments for substance abuse with adolescents and their caregivers. Strategies are detailed for assessing substance use disorders, developing individualized cognitive and behavioral interventions, using behavioral contracts and contingencies to reinforce abstinence, and overcoming frequently encountered treatment roadblocks. Extensive sample dialogues illustrate what.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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