Main description:

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.

Contents:

1. Introduction to Contingency Management
2. Determining the Need for Substance Use Treatment
3. Introducing Contingency Management and Engaging Families in Treatment
4. ABC Assessment of Drug Use
5. Self-Management Planning and Drug Refusal Skills Training
6. The Point-and-Level Reward System
7. Drug Testing Protocol
8. Synthesizing the Components of Contingency Management
9. Conducting Contingency Management without Caregivers