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TIP 44-Substance Abuse Treatment for Adults in the Criminal Justice System-Treatment of Offenders Under Community Supervision

About the Course

This course deals with treatment for offenders under community supervision and continuity of offender treatment for substance use disorders from institution to community. It includes: the population, levels of supervision, treatment level and components, what treatment services can reasonable be provided for people under community supervision, treatment issues specific to parolees, treatment issues specific to probationers, strategies for improving system collaboration, sample programs, conclusion and recommendations, assessments, transition plans, transition plan checklist, important services, special populations and confidentiality issues.

This course is based on the reading-based online article, TIP 44-Substance Abuse Treatment for Adults in the Criminal Justice System-Treatment of Offenders Under Community Supervision created by SAMHSA in 2014.

Publication Date:

2014

Course Material Author

SAMHSA
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.Substance Abuse Treatment for Adults in theCriminal Justice System.TreatmentImprovement Protocol (TIP) Series 44. HHSPublication No. (SMA) 13-4056. Rockville,MD: Substance Abuse and Mental HealthServices Administration,

SAMHSA authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

L.A. Rankin
L.A. Rankin is a social worker with experience in many different settings with a variety of clients. She has worked with dementia and Alzheimers patients, dual diagnosis MH/MR, in a battered women’s shelter, and a rape crisis center. She also has 11 years of experience as a child protective social worker, where she earned certificates in domestic abuse/family violence and substance abuse.

Recommended For:

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. Acknowledge the importance of the transition from detainment to community and the risk of relapse and co-occurring symptoms increasing.
  2. Recognize the difference between probation, parole and levels of supervision.
  3. Identify treatment issues, transition plans, important services and special populations.

Disclosure to Learners

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity – including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests).

The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Faculty: L.A. Rankin

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Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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Course Number 102672
2 CE credit hours
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