Lighthouse Institute Publications

Group-Based Outpatient Treatment for Adolescent Substance Abuse (DRAFT)

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Elizabeth C. Katz, Ph.D., Emily A. Sears, M.S., Cynthia A. Adams, M.A., Robert J. Battjes, D.S.W., and The Epoch Counseling Center Adolescent Treatment Team

Author Contact Information:
Ms. Emily Sears
410-837-3977
esears@frisrc.org

This manual describes a moderate-intensity group-based approach to adolescent outpatient substance abuse treatment, implemented by the Epoch Counseling Center, Baltimore County, Maryland. The Group-Based Outpatient Treatment for Adolescent Substance Abuse program combines a 20-week group counseling intervention with individual and family therapy and is designed to address the issues and problems commonly facing adolescent substance abusers (ages 14 to 18). The Epoch Counseling Center adolescent treatment program has its foundations in social learning theory and conditioning theory, which when integrated help explain how substance use behaviors are learned and subsequently unlearned. The manual includes information on the following topics:

$30.00   ORDER #ATM106   238 PAGES   2003

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