TREAT Training and Technical Assistance for Court Clinicians
The training and technical assistance offered by TREAT have been tailored to meet the needs of Massachusetts Recovery and Veterans Treatment Courts Clinicians. Court clinicians may find the following training series beneficial to their careers:
Clinician Roundtable Series
Clinician Roundtable I: Confidentiality
Meaghan Dupuis, LMHC
Clinicians have an opportunity to discuss limits of confidentiality while working within the court system. Conversations around duty to inform, what information is essential and how to approach challenging situations to maintain patient confidentiality will occur. Best practices for how to approach confidentiality issues will be discussed and developed.
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Clinician Roundtable II: Ethics
Meaghan Dupuis, LMHC
Clinicians have an opportunity to discuss the ethics of working in a legal setting while working in a clinical role. Ethics play a large part in the work that everyone does within the court system and we will discuss ways of navigating ethical challenges that may be presented. Best practices for how to approach ethical issues will be discussed and developed.
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Risk-Needs-Responsivity (RNR) Series
RNR: The Basics for Behavioral Health Providers
Dara Drawbridge, PhD
Designed for court clinicians and treatment providers working with Specialty Courts (e.g., Drug Courts, Veteran Treatment Courts), this course provides a basic introduction to RNR principles and practices including the meaning of risk levels, kinds of conditions that co-occur with substance use disorders and drive crime (i.e., criminogenic needs), and factors that affect access and engagement in treatment and rehabilitative programs.
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RNR Mapping RNR to the Massachusetts Drug Court Model
Dara Drawbridge, PhD
Provides an overview of how RNR maps onto NADCP Best Practice Standards and the Massachusetts Drug Court model and clinician’s role in these processes. Provides information on the Office of Community Corrections as a major provider of treatment and rehabilitative services targeting conditions that co-occur with substance use disorders and drive offending behavior.
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RNR Discussion Session I: Risk-Need-Responsivity in Recovery Courts - Building a Shared Understanding to Foster Change
Dara Drawbridge, Ph.D.
Mike Coelho
A discussion of MA Probation Service orientation and initiatives to promote positive behavioral change. This discussion is intended to develop a shared understanding of shifts in our system's orientation - from supervision/enforcement focus to supervision with treatment and rehabilitation. This session also includes a focused discussion on clinician's role in RNR implementation and real-life challenges encountered in the field. Clinicians will be able to bring RNR-related, real life challenges to their work and engage in a discussion of how to navigate challenges.
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RNR Discussion Session II: Risk-Need-Responsivity in Recovery Courts - Case Study
Dara Drawbridge, Ph.D.
Mike Coelho
Real life case studies will be presented to clinicians. Case studies will be informed by the challenges discussed in Session III (Building a Shared Understanding to Foster Change) and discussions with clinicians in the field. Clinicians will have an opportunity to use and apply the knowledge and skills gained in online trainings and the RNR Discussion Session I.
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Addiction Severity Index (ASI) Series
ASI I
Meaghan Dupuis, LMHC
This training will help to build confidence in clinicians understanding and knowledge of the ASI so they may use it with more ease in their work. This training is to help clinicians understand the importance of utilizing the ASI as a best practice screening tool for Drug Court Clinicians. The training will focus on the importance of the ASI, how it can inform treatment planning, the functionality of it in drug courts and then will discuss the importance of scoring and interpretation.
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ASI II
Meaghan Dupuis, LMHC
This training will help to build confidence in clinicians interview skills so they may deliver the screening assessment in a variety of situations. This training will assist clinicians with the interview piece of the ASI assessment. There will be discussion on best practices in delivering the ASI, addressing challenging situations during the interview process and mock interviews.
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ASI III
This training will help to develop stronger clinical communication skills amongst drug court clinicians in order to improve drug court recommendations. This training will hone in on the connection between treatment planning developed on ASI scoring and the proper way to communicate and deliver clinical information within drug courts. Clinicians will learn skills for presenting their data to a diverse audience to support the clinical decision making for the individual.
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