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Counselor Training for Improved Functioning in CD Client

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: 1 R43 DA09507-1,
Agency Tracking Number: 24986
Amount: $747,518.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1996
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
24 Loring Street
Newton, MA 02159
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Stephen Butler
 (617) 332-6028
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

It is well known that alcohol and drug abuse tend to be associated with significant medical,employment, legal, family and social difficulties, and psychiatric problems. Our principal aim is todevelop and test training modules specifically designed to improve client functioning in the areas ofemployment, legal responsibility, family and social interactions, and psychiatric difficulties througheffective training of counselors who treat chemical dependency problems (medical problems will not beincluded) . The training modules will be designed for counselors and other mental health professionalswho conduct the substance abuse treatment in this country. Each module will include a manual to beused in conjunction with specially developed videotapes. The effectiveness of these training materialswill be empirically tested. specifically the central hypothesis is that the clients of counselors trained ineach of the modules will achieve superior outcomes in targeted areas over the clients of counselors whohave not received the training. Affordable, transferrable training modules with demonstrated efficacyin improving the functional outcomes of clients of CD counselors will have wide-spread utility throughoutthe country including hospitals, clinics, mental health centers, and other agencies offering chemicaldependency treatment.

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