The document discusses substance abuse treatment programs for teens in the 21st century. It outlines key issues like short attention spans and co-occurring disorders. It describes the ten key elements for effective adolescent substance abuse treatment according to SAMHSA, including being community-based, individualized treatment, and engaging and retaining clients. It then details specific program foundation elements like harm reduction, motivational enhancement therapy, relapse prevention, family work, and case management. It provides an example of a two-week intensive after-school substance abuse treatment program called SOAP.
1. Texting, Tweeting and Robo-tripping:
Substance use disorder treatment
for the teen of the 21st
century
David R. Selden, LICSW
Director, SOAP
Health and Education Services, Inc.
2. Key Issues
• Short attention span
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• Co-occurring
disorders
• Family systems
3. The Ten Key Elements for Effective
Treatment of Adolescent Substance Abuse
Community based,
substance abuse focused
Individualized
treatment
Self Help/12 Step
Opportunities
From: SAMHSA
Evaluate Outcomes
Engage & Retain
Continuity of Care
School Liaison
Gender & Culture
Qualified Staff
Assessment at
Beginning
4. Program Foundation Elements
Co-occurring disorder/CCISC
Co-occurring disorder/CCISC
Harm Reduction
Harm Reduction
Needs of teens & Young adults
Erikson's stages
TAY
Needs of teens & Young adults
Erikson's stages
TAY
Motivational
Enhancement
Therapy
Motivational
Enhancement
Therapy
Relapse
Prevention
Relapse
Prevention
Family WorkFamily Work Group TreatmentGroup Treatment
Milieu Therapy
Milieu Therapy
Case ManagementCase Management
Self HelpSelf Help
5. The Needs of Teens & Young Adults
• Erikson’s Stages
– Ages 5-12: Industry vs. inferiority
– Adolescence: Identity vs. confusion
– Young adulthood: Intimacy vs. isolation
6. The Needs of Teens & Young Adults
• Transitional Age
Youth
– Engage
– Tailor services and supports
– Personal choice and social
responsibility
– Safety-net of support
– Enhance competencies to achieve
greater self-sufficiency and
confidence
– Outcome focus
– Involve young people, parents, and
other community partners
From: Transition to Independence Program,
Rusty Clark
9. Harm Reduction
• The continuum of risk
• Abstinence is final
step
• Any change is positive
• Not everyone may
attain sobriety
• Goal= reduce harm of
habits as much as
possible
11. Group Treatment
• Provide positive peer support
• Reduce sense of isolation
• Learn to cope by allowing them to
see how others deal with similar
problems
• Provide useful information
• Offer positive family-like
experiences
• Opportunity to learn or re-learn the
social skills they need to cope with
every-day life instead of resorting to
substance abuse
• Instill hope
From: Substance Abuse Treatment: Group Therapy.
TIP41. US Dept of Health and Human Services
13. Co-occurring Disorders/CCISC
1. Dual diagnosis is an
expectation, not an
exception
2. Empathic, hopeful,
integrated and continuing
relationships
3. Treatment must be
individualized and
structured
14. Co-occurring Disorders/CCISC
4. Balance case
management and clinical
care
5. Each disorder is
“primary”
6. “Disease and recovery”
model
1.Match to phase of
recovery and stage of
change
7. No one correct approach
15. Milieu Treatment
• Multi-disciplinary team
• Individualized interactions and
understanding of the
emotional conflicts that are
activated in such human
interactions
• Examination of client/client,
client/staff and staff/staff
interactions
16. Family Work
• Being Family Focused
– Family involvement
– Family-focused
treatment
– Family driven
– Broad definition of
family
– Empowering parents
– Family voice
• Ensuring ongoing
family involvement
– Family/parent support
– Family/parent
counseling
– Family team
– Family preservation
– Sibling services
– Family/marriage
educationFrom: SAMHSA: Designing a Recovery-Oriented Care
Model for Adolescents and Transition Age Youth with
Substance Use or Co-occurring Mental Health Disorders
18. Self Help
• Counters feelings of
isolation, powerlessness,
alienation
• Reciprocal helping
exchange
• Support sense of self-
efficacy
• Provides resource to
meet like-minded peers
• Provides sobriety focused
activities
19. SOAP
• A two week intensive after-school
program designed to meet the
specific needs of teens and young
adults. SOAP provides a safe place
for teens and young adults to spend
their after school hours where they
can learn and develop skills to
support recovery from substance
use disorders.
Who Is Eligible?
All of the following criteria are necessary for admission:
Individual is between the ages of 13 and 21 and has a DSM-IV diagnosis of substance abuse-related disorder;
The individual demonstrates a pattern of drug and/or alcohol use that has resulted in significant impairment of interpersonal, occupational, and/or educational functioning;
The individual's condition requires coordinated, comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, and multi-modal treatment;
The individual is able to function in a community-based environment. There is, however, impairment in social, medical, family or work functioning;
The individual's living situation and support system are supportive of his or her recovery efforts; and
The individual is sufficiently motivated to be compliant with treatment at this level of care.