Driving with Care: Education and Treatment of the Impaired Driving Offender-Strategies for Responsible Living: The Provider's Guide - Paperback

by Kenneth W. Wanberg (Author), Harvey B. Milkman (Author), David Timken (Author)

This three-level education / treatment program targets judicial clients who have been convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs and 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

SAGE offers treatment and training programs for mental health providers that you can easily incorporate into your existing programs.

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

Author Biography

Kenneth W. Wanberg, ThD, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in the State of Colorado and Director of the Center for Addictions Research and Evaluation, Inc.

Harvey B. Milkman, PhD received his baccalaureate degree from City College of New York and his doctorate from Michigan State University. He is currently professor of psychology at Metropolitan State College of Denver. His doctoral research was conducted with William Frosch, MD, at Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital in New York City, on the User's Drug of Choice. From 1980-1981, he completed a sabbatical exploration of addictive behavior in Africa, India, and Southeast Asia; in 1985 he was recipient of a Fulbright-Hays Lectureship award at the National University of Malaysia. He has represented the United States Information Agency as a consultant and featured speaker in Australia, Brazil, Iceland, The Netherlands, Peru, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. He is principle author with Stanley Sunderwirth of "The Chemistry of Craving," and author of "Better than Dope," featured articles in Psychology Today, October, 1983 and April, 2001 respectively. From September 1992-June 2002, he was author, principal investigator, and director of Project Self-Discovery: Artistic Alternatives for High-Risk Youth, a national demonstration model funded by The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and the Edward Byrne Foundation.

David S. Timken, Ph.D. has over 45 years experience in the traffic safety field. His specialty areas include the assessment, education and treatment of DWI offenders and he provides consultation, research and training. He is widely published and has presented numerous papers internationally as well as throughout the U.S. He holds membership in a number of professional organizations including the International Council of Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety. Dr. Timken maintains a small clinical consultation practice.