Free Training for Juvenile Courts!

 

The National Drug Court Institute in collaboration with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) has the capacity to provide Juvenile Drug Court MET/CBT 5 Training and Certification to OJJDP-funded juvenile drug courts and other juvenile drug courts to implement Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (BIRT) with combined Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MET/CBT 5) procedures.

 

This is a five-session treatment composed of two individual sessions of Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) and three weekly group sessions of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT). The MET sessions focus on factors that motivate participants who abuse substances to change, while in the CBT sessions, participants learn skills to cope with problems and meet needs in ways that do not involve turning to marijuana or alcohol.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Overview of addition treatment for youth
  • Epidemiology of co-occurring disorders
  • Prevalence rates for youth
  • Social psychology of addictions
  • Developmental psychology
  • Review the theory and rationale for MET and CBT strategies
  • Specific session procedures for MET and CBT
  • Certification Procedures

 

In order to receive the training agencies must agree to the certification process.  For additional information, please contact Austine Long at along@ndci.org  or 1-877-507-3229 ext. 30.

 

NDCI is supported by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs through the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, and the National Institute of Justice; U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration through the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment; and the State Justice Institute.