NCJ Number
180319
Journal
Prison Journal Volume: 79 Issue: 4 Dated: December 1999 Pages: 431-445
Editor(s)
Alan T. Harland
Date Published
1999
Length
15 pages
Annotation
The impact of a four-session treatment readiness program that included an array of cognitive engagement strategies was studied to assess motivational readiness of probationers to engage in drug treatment.
Abstract
The treatment readiness program was developed and implemented as part of a 5-year project known as Cognitive Enhancements for the Treatment of Probationers (CETOP). The focus of the CETOP project was a 140-bed residential treatment program at the Tarrant County Community Correctional Facility in Mansfield, Texas. Probationers with drug problems were sent to the 16-week program in lieu of being sent to prison. Probationers admitted to the facility between May 1996 and October 1997 formed the study sample. They were randomly assigned to receive a standard or an enhanced treatment readiness program. The enhanced program was given favorable overall ratings, and the low education group in this condition rated their mid-term improvements in motivation and confidence as being higher than the group receiving the standard program. The treatment readiness program was well-received by probationers and treatment staff alike. 54 references, 1 note, and 4 tables