Alcohol, Other Drugs and Addictions A Professional Development Manual for Social Work and the Human Services

by Barsky, Allan Edward

• ISBN13: 9780534641252
• ISBN10: 0534641253
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-10
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

To help prepare you for the realities of working with clients affected by addictions, this beneficial text provides you with the necessary tools needed to competently translate addictions theory into practice. It offers a thorough examination of a range of models and perspectives for helping, and it encourages critical thinking to best match approaches with clients and situations. Presented in a work-text format, this book is full of cases, exercises, role-plays, and questions to increase your understanding of concepts and application to practice.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(30)
Attitudes Toward Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Addictions (AODAs)	2	(1)
Reflective Exercise	3	(1)
Definitional Framework	4	(9)
Educational Needs Assessment and Professional Development Plan	13	(4)
Good Source of Information (GSI)	17	(5)
Basic Facts for Primary Case Profiles	22	(6)
Introductory Role-Play---World's Worst Addictions Counselor	28	(1)
Journaling Exercise	29	(1)
InfoTrac College Edition®	30	(1)
Pharmacology	31	(35)
Categorization of Substances	31	(14)
Biophysiology of Substance Use	45	(1)
Progression of Substance Use	46	(2)
Gateway Drugs	48	(1)
Jeopardrugs	49	(1)
From Information to Knowledge	49	(11)
Converting Jargon Into Client-Appropriate Language	60	(3)
Diversity	63	(1)
Ethical Debate: Competence and Professional Turf	64	(1)
Journaling Exercise	65	(1)
InfoTrac College Edition	65	(1)
Models of Helping Individuals With AODA Problems	66	(24)
Application of Theory	77	(3)
Professional Attitudes, Values, and Ethics	80	(1)
Research Question	81	(1)
Role-Play Exercise and Assignment	81	(8)
Journaling Exercise	89	(1)
InfoTrac College Edition	89	(1)
Techniques of Engagement: Micro-Mezzo-Macro	90	(26)
Motivation to Change	91	(3)
Building Trust	94	(5)
Identifying Stages of Change	99	(1)
Support Systems	100	(1)
Self-Efficacy	101	(2)
Skills of the Transtheoretical Model	103	(6)
Assignment 4.1: Engagement Phase	109	(6)
Journaling Exercise	115	(1)
InfoTrac College Edition	115	(1)
Assessment: Micro-Mezzo-Macro	116	(43)
The What, Who, When, Where, and Why of Assessments	116	(4)
Brief Screening Assessments	120	(5)
Comprehensive Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Assessment	125	(10)
Ongoing Assessment	135	(5)
Needs Assessment for an Organization or Community	140	(3)
Assessment Quiz	143	(3)
Assignment 5.1: Assessment	146	(10)
Ethical Issues for Discussion	156	(2)
Journaling Exercise	158	(1)
InfoTrac College Edition	158	(1)
Helping Families Change	159	(43)
Families With Precontemplaters or Contemplaters	159	(10)
Family Systems and AODAs	169	(22)
Role-Play Exercises and Assignments	191	(7)
Review Questions	198	(2)
Journaling Exercise	200	(1)
InfoTrac College Edition	201	(1)
Facilitating Change Through Group Work and Treatment Programs	202	(41)
Range of Services	202	(21)
Theory Behind Group Process	223	(4)
Phases of Group	227	(9)
Ethics in Group Work	236	(2)
Review Questions	238	(4)
Journaling Exercise	242	(1)
InfoTrac College Edition	242	(1)
Helping Communities Change	243	(21)
From Micro to Macro	243	(2)
Initiating Community Change	245	(2)
Community Development Approaches	247	(3)
Working With Diverse Communities	250	(11)
Applying AODA Knowledge to Community Situations	261	(1)
Ethics Discussion Questions	262	(1)
Journaling Exercise	263	(1)
InfoTrac College Edition	263	(1)
Health Promotion and Public Policy Development	264	(29)
Matching Programs	264	(6)
Planning and Presenting a Prevention Program	270	(3)
Myth, Fact, or Mixed Evidence?	273	(4)
Risk, Resilience, and Protective Factors	277	(2)
Critiquing Current Policy	279	(3)
Review Questions on Health Promotion and Policy	282	(8)
Ethical Dilemmas	290	(2)
Journaling Exercise	292	(1)
InfoTrac College Edition	292	(1)
Termination, Follow-Up, Maintenance, and Relapse Prevention	293	(29)
Types of Termination	294	(3)
Termination as Loss	297	(2)
Interpreting Reactions to Termination	299	(4)
Relapse Precipitants and Strategies for Maintenance	303	(3)
Applying a Model of Relapse Prevention	306	(3)
Referrals	309	(3)
Ethical Issues in Follow-Up	312	(2)
Role-Play Exercise and Assignment	314	(7)
Journaling Exercise	321	(1)
InfoTrac College Edition	321	(1)
AODA Research and Evaluation	322	(23)
Research	322	(6)
Evaluation	328	(14)
Journaling Exercise	342	(1)
InfoTrac College Edition	343	(2)
Appendix A Answers	345	(4)
Appendix B Cross-Reference Grid	349	(2)
Appendix C Table of Concordance	351	(4)
Bibliography	355