Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment: Strategies For Self-Improvement and Change, Pathways to Responsible Living

Kenneth W. Wanberg, ThD, PhD, has worked as a clinician and researcher in the field of alcohol and drug abuse for more than four decades, specializing in the intersection of criminal conduct and substance abuse.  Harvey B. Milkman, PhD received his baccalaureate degree from City College of New York and his doctorate from Michigan State University. He is currently professor of psychology at Metropolitan State College of Denver. His doctoral research was conducted with William Frosch, MD, at Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital in New York City, on the User’s Drug of Choice. From 1980–1981, he completed a sabbatical exploration of addictive behavior in Africa, India, and Southeast Asia; in 1985 he was recipient of a Fulbright-Hays Lectureship award at the National University of Malaysia. He has represented the United States Information Agency as a consultant and featured speaker in Australia, Brazil, Iceland, The Netherlands, Peru, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. He is principle author with Stanley Sunderwirth of “The Chemistry of Craving,” and author of “Better than Dope,” featured articles in Psychology Today, October, 1983 and April, 2001 respectively. From September 1992–June 2002, he was author, principal investigator, and director of Project Self-Discovery: Artistic Alternatives for High-Risk Youth, a national demonstration model funded by The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and the Edward Byrne Foundation.

• INTRODUCTIONWelcomeThe Program PhasesPHASE 1: CHALLENGE TO CHANGEMODULE 1: ORIENTATION: HOW THIS PROGRAM WORKSSession 1: Getting Started: How SSC Works and Developing Trust and a Working RelationshipSession 2: Rules, Tools, and Targets for ChangeMODULE 2: COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL APPROACH TO CHANGE AND RESPONSIBLE LIVINGSession 3: How our Thinking, Attitudes and Beliefs Control our ActionsSession 4: How Behavior is Learned and ChangedMODULE 3: ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG (AOD) USE PATTERNS AND OUTCOMESSession 5: Alcohol and Other Drugs: How do the Facts Fit YouSession 6: Understanding Alcohol or Other Drug Use Patterns: How They Fit YouSession 7: AOD Impaired Control Cycles: Pathways to Problem Outcomes to AddictionSession 8: AOD Problem Outcomes - Patterns of Misuse and Abuse: How do They Fit YouMODULE 4: UNDERSTANDING CRIMINAL THINKING AND BEHAVIORSSession 9: Prosocial, Antisocial and Criminal Thinking and BehaviorSession 10: Thinking Errors and the Criminal Conduct CycleMODULE 5: SHARING AND LISTENING: COMMUNICATION PATHWAYS TO SELF-AWARENESS ADN OTHER AWARENESSSession 11: Pathways to Self-Awareness: The Skills of Active SharingSession 12: Pathways to Other-Awareness: The Skills of Active ListeningSession 13: A Deeper Sharing of Your AOD Use and EmotionsSession 14: A Deeper Sharing of Your Criminal Conduct HistoryMODULE 6: UNDERSTANDING AND PREVENTING RELAPSE AND RECIDIVISMSession 15: Pathways to Relapse and RecidivismSession 16: Pathways and Skills for Preventing Relapse and RecidivismSession 17: Preventing Relapse and Recidivism: Urges and Cravings and Learning Refusal SkillsMODULE 7: THE PROCESS AND SKILLS FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT AND CHANGESession 18: Stages, Steps and Roadblocks to ChangeSession 19: Skills for Changing Thinking and BeliefsSession 20: Plan for Change: Your Maser Profile (MP) and Master Assessment (MAP)Phase I Closure: Looking Forward and Making a CommitmentPHASE II: COMMITMENT TO CHANGE: STRENGTHENING SKILLS FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT, CHANGE AND RESPONSIBLE LIVINGPhase II: Preparation Session for Phase IIMODULE 8: MENTAL SELF-CONTROL: MANAGING THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONSSession 21: Practicing Mental or Cognitive Self-Control SkillsSession 22: Recognizing and Being Aware of Negative ThinkingSession 23: Managing and Changing Negative Thinking and BeliefsSession 24: Recognizing and Changing Errors in ThinkingSession 25: Understanding Stress, its Causes and RootsSession 26: Managing Stress and EmotionsSession 27: Managing and Regulating AngerSession 28: Managing Guilt and Depression and Increasing Positive EmotionsMODULE 9: SOCIAL AND RELATIONSHIP SKILLS BUILDINGSession 29: Strengthening Communication SkillsSession 30: Starting and Keeping a Difficult ConversationSession 31: Giving and Receiving Positive ReinforcementSession 32: Skills in Problem SolvingSession 33: It′s Your Right: Being AssertiveSession 34: Managing Anger in Relationships - The Guilt-Anger CycleSession 35: Developing and Keeping Close and Intimate RelationshipsMODULE 10: SKILLS IN SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITYSession 36: Strengthening Character and Prosocial Attitudes and BehaviorsSession 37: Understanding and Practicing EmpathySession 38: Understanding Aggression, Abuse, and ViolenceSession 39: Preventing Aggression, Abuse and ViolenceSession 40: Settling conflicts and Getting to a Win-WinSession 41: Values and Morals for Responsible Living - The Moral DilemmaSession 42: Giving to Community and Society′s Good and Driving With CarePhase II Closure: Looking Forward to Phase III - Ownership of ChangePHASE III: TAKING OWNERSHIP OF CHANGE - LIFESTYLE BALANCE AND HEALTHY LIVINGPhase III: Preparation Session for Phase IIIMODULE 11: RELAPSE AND RECIDIVISIM PREVENTION: REVIEW AND STRATEGIES FOR A BALANCED LIFESTYLESession 43: Strengthening Your Relapse and Recidivism Prevention SkillsSession 44: Strengthening Your Relapse and Recidivism Prevention PlanSession 45: Strengthening R&R Prevention - Critical ReasoningMODULE 12: STRENGTHENING OWNERSHIP OF CHANGE: SKILLS FOR A HEALTHY LIFESTYLESession 46: Managing Work, Job, and TimeSession 47: Healthy Play and Leisure TimeSession 48: Relaxation Skills for a Healthy LifestyleSession 49: Healthy Eating and Physical ActivitySession 50: Receiving and Giving Support for Change and Responsible LivingProgram Closure: Continuing Your Journey of Responsible Living