Contingency Management for Adolescent Substance Abuse: A Practitioner's Guide

by Scott W. Henggeler, Phillippe B. Cunningham, Melisa D. Rowland

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)—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 CM looks like in action. In a convenient large-size format, the book includes more than three dozen reproducible handouts, checklists, and forms.

Genres: Social Work

213 pages, Paperback

First published November 14, 2011

Reviews

[Jon De · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very clear manuel for working with adolescents and their families to eliminate substance use. You don't have to use it step by step but can borrow many of the interventions and/or techniques.