Rideauwood Addiction & Family Services

ADULT ADDICTIONS PROGRAM

GOAL:
To offer an outpatient treatment program for men and women addicted to alcohol and/or other mood altering chemicals.

OBJECTIVES:
To help addicted women or men through counselling, education, and discussion to:
· Understand the nature of addiction and begin to overcome the fear and avoidance in dealing
	with it.
· Understand more fully what addiction has cost in physical, financial, emotional, social, and
	spiritual terms, and to help maintain their motivation to work actively towards achieving a more satisfying life.
· Learn to talk openly about problems and feelings with others who share similar experiences.
· Learn new skills for recognizing blocks to recovery, for coping with day to day stresses and
	problems, and for building satisfying relationships with self and others.
· Develop an ongoing support network in the community to assist in strengthening and
	maintaining positive change.

CURRENT PROGRAM:
1. Wait List Group: After an initial Telephone Intake Screening, to avoid waiting, a weekly
	Wait List group is provided offering education, support, and information on community resources and self-help services.
2. Assessment and Treatment Planning: Rideauwood will assist the client to assess their
	needs and goals for effective change. Motivated clients without need of detoxification can be accepted into our outpatient program. The client may, at any stage in treatment, be referred for further treatment elsewhere if outpatient treatment alone is not working. Rideauwood accepts clients on Methadone Maintenance.
3. Stabilization Group: Clients will be offered evening group counselling once weekly for
	support, education and guidance. During this stabilization period of up to 5 months, the client will see their physician for a full medical check up. Clients will be monitored and assessed before deciding to move on to the next phase of treatment at Rideauwood or before referral elsewhere.
4. Following Stabilization, clients can decide to enter Evening Treatment or Day Treatment.
	Evening Treatment Program: Clients can attend a 16 week program of education, group therapy and support held once weekly in the evenings. They can attend an additional 4 months of evening sessions in an aftercare group as required, to work towards self awareness and lifestyle change. Day Treatment Program: Clients can attend a day program for ten full days, Monday to Friday, 9:00 - 5:00, to work intensively on their recovery goals. The client will emerge from this phase with a specific plan of action for recovery. They can attend an additional 6 months of evening sessions to work towards self awareness and lifestyle change.
5. Fee for Service Relapse Prevention Group: Clients will have the option of enrolling in an
	evening Relapse Prevention group for a reasonable fee. This group is open to the public as an aftercare service from other treatment programs and can also be accessed by clients from our Day or Evening Programs who desire further service.
6. Family Program: Clients are invited to bring their spouses, family members, or any
	''significant others'' to the final morning of the 10 Day Treatment Program. Following a brief opportunity for informal introductions, the family and guests will form a separate group of their own, and attend a full morning educational session with a counsellor. Family members from both Day and Evening Programs are encouraged to become involved in Rideauwood and other Family Member counselling programs, as well as community self-help groups.
7. Individual Counselling: Clients are invited to see counsellors for individual sessions as
	needed. Clients also come in periodically to discuss progress on treatment goals and to set new ones.
8. Women's Group: An additional group is available to female clients in our regular programs
	who want to work with other recovering women on issues of mutual interest and concern.
9. Volunteer Counsellor's Aides: Each client is assigned a Counsellor's Aide as soon as
	possible on admission to the program. This is a contact person who is available to the client between group and individual sessions, as needed, for his/her first year of treatment.

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