Driving With CARE®: Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Impaired Driving Therapy and Treatment Strategies for Responsible Living and Change: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach
The Participant's Workbook, Therapy and Treatment
Second Edition
- Anjali Nandi
- Kenneth W. Wanberg - Center for Addictions Research and Evaluation - CARE, Arvada, Colorado
- David S. Timken - Center for Impaired Driving Research and Evaluation
- Harvey B. Milkman - Metropolitan State College of Denver, USA
December 2019 | 248 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Driving With Care by Anjali Nandi, Kenneth W. Wanberg, David. S. Timken, and Harvey B. Milkman is a three-level education / treatment program targets judicial clients who have been convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. This second edition includes the following components:
- Provider's Guide: Offers guidelines for developing individualized treatment plans and implementing appropriate education and treatment curriculum protocol
- Participant's Workbook: Level I Education: Six-session, 12-hour DWI education program designed for first-time offenders
- Participant's Workbook: Level II Therapy: 21-session, 42-hour program designed for clients with higher levels of AOD disruption and psychosocial problems who need intervention over longer periods of time
- Participant's Workbook: Level II Education: 12-session, 24-hour education program for impaired driving offenders who have at least minimal indicators of past problems associated with AOD use or misuse and whose arrest blood-alcohol-content was at the impaired driving level
About the Program
What Do Mental Health Providers Get With the DWC Program?
- Comprehensive overview of cognitive behavioral treatment for impaired driving offenders
- Thorough review of theory and practice related to client evaluation
- Legal and cultural considerations
- Operational procedures for assessing and matching DWI offenders to appropriate levels of education and treatment services
- Guidelines for developing individualized treatment plans
What Will DWC Participants Learn?
- Change in behavior is made by changing their thoughts, attitudes and beliefs
- How to take an active part in the process with exercises, worksheets and group discussion
- Self-control over thinking and actions, responsible behavior towards others and the community
Introduction: Welcome to Driving With Care
Session 1. Program Orientation: Understanding and Engaging the Process of Change
Session 2. Program Orientation: Tools and Targets for Change
Session 3. Pathways to Alcohol and Other Drug Use Problem Outcomes and Addiction
Session 4. AOD Problem Outcomes and Patterns
Session 5. Managing Cravings and Urges
Session 6. Skills in Cognitive Self-Control: Recognizing and Changing Negative Thoughts and Negative Thinking
Session 7. Skills in Cognitive Self-Control: Recognizing and Changing Errors in Thinking
Session 8. Skills in Cognitive Self-Control: Managing Emotions, Stress, and Depression
Session 9. Skills in Cognitive Self-Control: Recognizing and Managing Anger
Session 10. Social and Relationship Skills Building: Learning Communication Tools and Skills
Session 11. Social and Relationship Skills Building: Starting and Keeping a Conversation Going
Session 12. Social and Relationship Skills Building: Giving and Receiving Positive Reinforcement - Praise
Session 13. Social and Relationship Skills Building: Learning Problem Solving
Session 14. Social and Relationship Skills Building: Assertiveness Skills Development
Session 15. Social and Relationship Skills Building: Learning and Practicing Refusal Skills
Session 16. Social Skills Building: Developing and Keeping Intimate and Close Relationships
Session 17. Strengthening Recidivism and Relapse Prevention Skills
Session 18. Relapse and Recidivism Prevention
Session 19. Community Responsibility Skills: Strengthening Character and Prosocial Values and Behavior
Session 20. Community Responsibility Skills: Understanding and Practicing Empathy
Session 21. Community Responsibility and Relationship Skills: Resolving Conflicts and Negotiation Skill Development
Session: Closure
Client Progress Report
Assessing Weekly Risk