An Orientation Guide for New Visitors/Users

 
 • IBR Newsletter Summer Issue (PDF: 422 KB / 4 pages) “Revisiting the basics of treatment” reviews the fundamentals of effective substance abuse treatment within the conceptual framework of the TCU Treatment Model.  This new issue includes 4 figures and offers more detailed descriptions of the linkages between TCU assessments and interventions.
 • Dwayne Simpson’s presentation on “planning innovation implementation” at the June 2008 NIDA Blending Conference in Cincinnati (

Criminal Justice Treatments: 
 • CJ-DATS Collaborators Meeting at TCU (Aug 27) included presentations by Simpson and by Bartholomew requested by many of the 40 participants from 10 states and major service provider systems.
 •  A series of articles is available on Offender Needs and Functioning Assessments (Simpson & K. Knight, Guest Editors, CJB, Vol. 34, Issue 9, September 2007).  Also see IBR newsletter summary (PDF: 159 KB / 4 pages).
 •  TCU CJ-CEST and Criminal Thinking Scales (CTS) include 25-75 and 33-67 percentile scores to help assess correctional populations.

Improving Innovation Implementation:
 • Guide for Assessing Organization Functioning (Full text: PDF, 204KB) by Drs. Simpson and Dansereau has been published in NIDA’s Science & Practice Perspectives.
 • A series of articles is available on Organizational Readiness for Change (Simpson & Flynn, Guest Editors, JSAT, Vol. 33, Issue 2, September 2007).  Also see IBR newsletter summary (PDF: 162 KB / 4 pages).
 • Mapping Organizational Change is available for guiding treatment planning and monitoring progress. 
  •  TCU Organizational Readiness for Change (ORC) scales include 25-75 percentile norms for comparative interpretations.   

International Activities: 
 • National Treatment Agency (NTA) for Substance Misuse in England is a TCU collaborator for studies of “technology transfer” (PDF: 360KB / 6 pages) and strategies for improving treatment (see Update, the NTA newsletter, Spring 2007 issue (PDF: 315 KB / 8 pages).
 • NTA Report on The International Treatment Effectiveness Project (July 2007) (PDF: 421 KB / 16 pages) summarizes favorable implementation in England.
  • The first newsletter of the Birmingham Treatment Effectiveness Initiative (BTEI) describes the UK project and TCU’s collaborative role. (PDF: 2 MG / 4 pages)
 • Italy’s Veneto region is a collaborator for study of organizational functioning (see latest publication).

Media Reports:
 • TCU Endeavors
Patrick Flynn and the TCOM Project are featured in the article, “Uncovering the real cost of rehab” (also in PDF: 37K/4 pages) from Endeavors, TCU’s new research magazine. 

Friends of NIDA Congressional Briefings: 
 • Co-Occuring Substance Use and Mental Illness
Recently on Capitol Hill, Drs. Nora Volkow and Patrick Flynnpresented research updates on “Double Jeopardy: When Addiction and Mental Illness Co-Exist.” 
 • Criminal Justice Systems
Dr. Nora Volkow, Dexter Manley, and Dr. Dwayne Simpson discussed addiction research on “Effectively Breaking the Cycle of Drugs and Crime” on Capitol Hill.

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