Behavior Discipline and Motivation in Substance Abuse Treatment

Behavior, Discipline and Motivation in Substance Abuse Treatment Richard Ory Southwestern College

Research Focus. Certified Alcohol and Drug �I am an Internationally Counselor. �My patients do not exhibit behaviors, motivation and the discipline needed to be successful in the military and in the treatment rooms. �I have 8 to 12 patients engaged in treatment for two weeks every six weeks ranging in age from 18 to 25 primarily.

Research focus (cont. ) �To use more positive and supportive means to promote patient participation. �Hold patients accountable for their actions or inactions while engaged in the treatment process. �Patients develop appropriate ways to deal with life situations that bring about negative consequences in their lives.

Literature Review �Experimentation with substance use often begins during the early years of adolescence and also suggests that getting regular parental involvement remain problematic. Griffin et. al. (2010) �All military members are held to different standards than their civilian counterparts. �To maintain positive behavior, the military has “Instructions” that govern military personnel behaviors and actions and address what happens if they violate one of those instructions.

Literature review (cont. ) �Modeling, practicing and implementing positive behavior before teaching self-monitoring strategies. �Positive treatment outcomes are linked to the success patients have self-monitoring their behavior with discipline. �Positive behavior, discipline and motivation has been found to create self-confidence and increase a patient’s resilience.

Research questions �What are the patients and counselors perceptions about the importance of making a full recovery from the alcohol misuse and abuse to avoid future negative consequences in their lives? �In what ways will the process of creating a comprehensive treatment plan assist a patient in identifying areas in their lives that they can make an improvement in what will result in better treatment outcomes.

Participants �Treatment Program: -Patients (Patients change every six weeks) -One female counselor -Five male counselors - Two female administrative assistants

Research plan �A baseline for behavior will be established. �Patients will give feedback to counselors daily while in treatment as to progress on behavioral change. �Patients will model behavior change. �Counselors will discuss each patients Stage of Change at the end of each treatment day.

Plan for increasing validity �Truth-value validity will be used to ensure assessments are based on facts. �Democratic Validity will be used because I value the input from my colleagues and know their limitations and biases at this time. �Process Validity will also be used to that interpretations are correct.

Conclusion and results �Patients will be able to assess their own behavior and motivations for treatment to assist them in making lasting behavioral change to decrease negative consequences in their lives. �As an educator, be more effective when assessing patients with low motivation and discipline for treatment.