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Chapter 4: Initiating Recovery

1: Describe each of the stages of change, as well as the counselor’s task in promoting recovery in each stage.
2: Describe the various ways individuals get into treatment.
3: Describe and give examples of the steps used in brief interventions.
4: Describe the effects of stigma on an individual with substance use disorders.
5: Provide examples and describe the impact of stigmatizing language and provide more acceptable alternate terminology.
6: Describe the new paradigm of motivation and contrast with the older confrontational model of substance use disorders treatment.
7: Describe the different types of “change talk” as describes in DARN-C.
8: Write an explanation of each letter in the acronym OARS and give an example of each.
9: Interview a student or a client about a change in behavior and develop and complete a Decisional Balance sheet.
10: Write a relapse prevention plan for a client.
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