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Straight Ahead:  
Transition Skills for Recovery
N. G. Bartholomew, D. D. Simpson, & L. R. Chatham; 1993; 193 pages

Available in print 
Available for download in PDF
Research Summary and References

About this manual

This manual provides substance abuse treatment professionals with a step-by-step curriculum for leading a 10-part workshop designed to reinforce key recovery concepts. The emphasis is on building and enhancing support networks for recovery in the community (12-step, family, friends) and on helping clients improve social skills, problem-solving, and perceptions of self-efficacy that foster recovery maintenance. The manual provides an easy-to-follow format for leading each 2-hour group session, including lecture notes, exercises and activities, discussion questions, and handouts. Topics covered include:

• Maintaining recovery efforts
• Social networks and recovery
• Finding a support group
• Family issues
• Communication and coping skills
• Managing stress and anger
• Planning for the future

This manual was developed as part of National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Grant DA06162, Improving Drug Abuse Treatment for AIDS-Risk Reduction (DATAR-Phase 1)

Recommended Citation:  Bartholomew, N. G., Simpson, D. D., & Chatham, L. R. (1993).  Straight Ahead: Transition Skills for Recovery.  Fort Worth: Texas Christian University, Institute of Behavioral Research.  Available:  Lighthouse Institute Publications, 720 West Chestnut Street, Bloomington, IL 61701 (Phone toll-free: 888-547-8271) and the IBR Web site: www.ibr.tcu.edu.
  

How to purchase a printed manual

Printed copies of Straight Ahead: Transition Skills for Recovery are available through Lighthouse Institute, a nonprofit division of Chestnut Health Systems in Bloomington, Illinois.  Price per manual is $19, plus $4 shipping and handling. To order, contact the Lighthouse Publications Web Site, phone toll-free (888) 547-8271, or FAX (309) 829-4661.
 

Download the manual in PDF

The entire Straight Ahead manual or sections of the manual are available to download in Adobe® Acrobat® Portable Document Format (PDF) free of charge.  Before starting the download process, we recommend you look over the following:

Item 1: Read Important PDF Information

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Item 2: Look Over the Available Files

The entire manual in 1 file:
PDF; 2632KB / 218 pages (Introduction, Table of Contents, Sessions 1-10 with handouts, Appendix, and session dividers)

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Sample of the manual:
PDF; 362KB / 33 pages (Introduction, Table of Contents, and Session 1 of Straight Ahead manual)

The manual in separate files by section:
Cover through Introduction  
  (PDF; 190KB / 13 pages)
Session 1 -- Maintaining your Recovery 
  (PDF; 254KB / 20 pages)
Session 2 -- Social Networks and Recovery 
  (PDF; 302KB / 18 pages)
Session 3 -- Support Groups and Recovery 
  (PDF; 186KB / 16 pages)
Session 4 -- Family Recovery Issues: Support and Solutions 
  (PDF; 215KB / 20 pages)
Session 5 -- An Effective Communication Style 
  (PDF; 230KB / 22 pages)
Session 6 -- Skills for Better Relationships 
  (PDF; 213KB / 22 pages)
Session 7 -- Coping with Stress 
  (PDF; 186KB / 18 pages)
Session 8 -- Managing Anger in Relationships 
  (PDF; 188KB / 18 pages)
Session 9 -- Challenges for the Future 
  (PDF; 216KB / 20 pages)
Session 10 -- Graduation and Beyond 
  (PDF; 261KB / 10 pages)
Appendix -- Client Survey and References 
  (PDF; 81KB / 9 pages)
Section dividers (PDF; 175KB / 12 pages)

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Research Summary and References

Straight Ahead: Transition Skills for Recovery is featured in the newsletter, Research Summary: Focus on Intervention Manuals for Counselors.  (PDF; 99KB / 4 pages)

References:

Simpson, D. D., Joe, G. W., Dansereau, D. F., & Chatham, L. R. (1997). Strategies for improving methadone treatment process and outcomes. Journal of Drug Issues, 27(2), 239-260.  [Abstract]

Manuals Section
Contents

Background and Overview

Mapping Guides: A Cognitive Strategy Using Visual Representation

Mapping New Roads to Recovery: Cognitive Enhancements to Counseling

TCU Guide Maps:  A Resource for Counselors

Mapping Your Steps: "Twelve Step" Guide Maps

Manuals for Motivation and Induction into Treatment

Getting Motivated to Change

Mapping Your Treatment Plan

Preparation for Change: Tower of Strengths and the Weekly Planner

Downward Spiral: The game you really don't want to play

Manuals for Improving Engagement in Treatment

Contingency Management Strategies and Ideas

Understanding and Reducing Angry Feelings

Unlock Your Thinking, Open Your Mind

Mapping the Journey: A Treatment Guidebook

Manuals for Improving Early Recovery in Treatment

Ideas for Better Communication

Building Social Networks

Time Out! For Me:  An Assertiveness and Sexuality Workshop for Women

Time Out! For Men: A Communication Skills and Sexuality Workshop for Men

Manuals for Improving Retention and Re-entry

Partners in Parenting

Straight Ahead: Transition Skills for Recovery

Common Sense Ideas on HIV Prevention and Sexual Health

Approaches to HIV/AIDS Education in Drug Treatment

Manuals for Organizational Interventions

Mapping Organizational Change: A Guidebook on Program Needs

Team Awareness, Small Business 4-hour Edition: Training for Workplace Substance Abuse Prevention

Team Awareness, Drugs in the Workplace 8-hour Edition:  Training for Workplace Substance Abuse Prevention

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