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Driving With CARE®: Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Impaired Driving Education Strategies for Responsible Living and Change: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach
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Driving With CARE®: Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Impaired Driving Education Strategies for Responsible Living and Change: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach
The Participant's Workbook, Level I Education

Second Edition


December 2019 | 144 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?

  1. Comprehensive overview of cognitive behavioral treatment for impaired driving offenders
  2. Thorough review of theory and practice related to client evaluation
  3. Legal and cultural considerations
  4. Operational procedures for assessing and matching DWI offenders to appropriate levels of education and treatment services
  5. 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

 
Lesson 1. Program Orientation: Developing a Working Relationship
 
Lesson 2. Alcohol and Other Drug-Impaired Driving: The Laws and Beyond the Laws
 
Lesson 3. Changing Our Thoughts, Beliefs and Our Actions
 
Lesson 4. Alcohol and Other Drugs: How Do the Facts and Ideas About Alcohol and Other Drugs Fit You?
 
Lesson 5. Understanding Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Use and Problem Outcome Patterns: How Do They Fit You?
 
Lesson 6. Preventing Recidivism and Relapse
 
Appendix: THINKING AND ACTION PATTERN (TAP) CHART
Key features
  • Effective exercises and examples
  • Written with a concise, professional and friendly style