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Community-based re-entry treatment programs for correctional populations often are not integrated into using an overall "continuing-care" strategy and are not managed or monitored according to procedures designed to help guide or maximize their effectiveness. The objective for this study is to establish guidelines and resources for an evidence-based library of targeted treatment intervention components for outpatient (i.e., moderate severity) re-entry correctional programs. These materials are being drawn primarily from existing drug treatment resources, especially those previously developed by CJ-DATS Research Centers. The TCU Treatment Model provides conceptual and scientific foundations for the use of targeted interventions that address client problems related to treatment readiness and motivation, anger and hostility, criminal thinking, risky behaviors for HIV/AIDS/Hepatitis C, communication, and other social skill deficits. Specific aims are to establish a set of targeted interventions that:
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Address counseling needs in community re-entry treatment programs.
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Meet "evidence-based" standards of effectiveness for correctional populations.
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Represent brief, flexible, and focused treatment tools, and are judged and adopted as user-friendly and manual-guided applications. |