relates to substance abuse. Upon doing extensive research on this topic‚ it became evident that the most common overall treatment for families dealing with substance issues is family therapy. This type of treatment‚ however‚ consists of many different models and approaches. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‚ there are currently four models being used as the basis for familial therapy and substance abuse treatment. Those four models include: the Family Systems Model‚ the
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Introduction Special Needs Assistants came into existence in 1959 (The Open College‚ Janurary). Since then they have been employed to help students with disabilities in particular who attend specialist support schools or standardised mainstream national schools. Special Needs Assistants may be employed on a full or part-time basis (INTO‚ 2013). The benefit of the special needs assistants skills has been used to aid school authorities in making appropriate assessments and decisions‚ in terms of the
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American Prison Systems Introduction In many countries national prisons are operated and supplemented by provinces and state counterparts. Prisoners are held in prisons and jails throughout the country and globally convicted of various crimes and offenses. The nature of the offense determines where the prisoner is held and the lengths of times. There are institutions that vary in level of security in both the state and federal prison system. However‚ the majority of prisoners are sentenced
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efforts to contain and manage them. A number of historical developments have set the stage for the shift from being primarily “tough on crime” to effective treatment‚ but the critical role of substance abuse treatment in the history of rehabilitation in American Corrections is often overlooked. Substance abuse treatment has demonstrated success over the
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Conflict Resolution in Jails and Prisons Conflict Resolution in Jails and Prisons As learned from the assigned readings diverse levels of negotiation techniques are instituted to resolve conflict. As a supervisor in a correctional setting‚ I am tasked with resolving conflict amongst staff‚ public‚ and inmates. In the jail and prison systems‚ conflict management tools are utilized for managing conflict between staff‚ as well as‚ inmates. In cases where inmate conflict cannot be resolved‚ the
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Dirks-Linhorst‚ Groom & Linhorst (2012) focused on the effectiveness of substance abuse treatment as an intermediate sanction on probationers in a jail setting who had been previously unsuccessful in completing community based treatment. Dirks-Linhorst et al. (2012) sought how this established method of treatment would differ among two separate groups of state probationers. One group of probationers was sent directly to jail upon their conviction and would participate in the Choices Program. Upon
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physical and mental health greatly. She could turn her life around in a positive way and push herself to do great things. However‚ there is a chance she could starve and think negatively about herself. Celebrity culture is continuously harming teens by the growing need of being noticed‚ making substance abuse seem okay‚ and creating problems with body image and health. Teens crave the need to be noticed by the world because of the media and celebrities. If someone goes on Twitter or Instagram‚
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head: SHOULD PRISONERS BE 1 Should Prisoners Be Treated as Human Beings? SOC 120: Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility June 10‚ 2012 SHOULD PRISONERS BE 2 Should Prisoners Be Treated as Human Beings? Some people believe that once a person commits a crime or breaks the law‚ they no longer get to exercise their human rights. In fact‚ they believe that prisoners do not deserve
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whether a mentally ill person who commits a crime should be criminally charged. Some people believe people with mental illnesses should be hospitalized and receive treatment‚ then be discharged once they are stable. Others believe having mentally ill people who have committed crimes being discharged after receiving treatment is a danger to their safety. I believe that decision depends on the person’s mental illness and their crime. But most of the time the mentally ill know right from wrong and need to
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REEARCH PAPER ON DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN KENYA ABSTRACT Drug and Substance abuse is recognized globally as the greatest impediment to sanity of our social fabric‚ the greatest health risk and also it is touted to be one of the biggest derailments to our Economic growth. With all the misgivings associated with this menace‚ the international community; to which Kenya is a member resolved to tackle the issue
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