Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment (CCSAT) is a cognitive-behavioral treatment curriculum for clients suffering from co-occurring issues of substance abuse and criminality. This is the only treatment curriculum to focus specifically on this population and the intersection substance abuse and criminal behavior. It is a 52 week program aimed at offenders in prisons, outpatient treatment, and residential treatment programs. The program is evidence based to have effective treatment outcomes when the entire program is delivered as prescribed. CCSAT is based on Ken Wanberg and Harvey Milkman's change program titled SIC, Self Improvement and Change. It focuses on helping the individual overcome their addiction and distorted thinking patterns by helping them change their thinking and their behaviors (toward others, themselves and their community). It provides tools for clients in group and individual therapy. The Provider's Guide is intended for the counselor or mental health professional delivering or overseeing treatment for the offender/substance abuse client. It contains a wealth of research on the criminality, relapse prevention, and substance abuse treatment. It also is a guide for the provider to deliver treatment in group or individual format for each session of the curriculum. The Provider's Guide is an essential companion to delivering the curriculum effectively. While the revision plan is still underway, we will update the research and add new material as needed since its current publication. We will also try to make the language a bit more accessible; however, the workbook is where there is a greater issue as counselors/providers are more familiar with common treatment terminology.
Harvey B. Milkman, PhD received his baccalaureate degree from City College of New York and his doctorate from Michigan State University. He is currently professor of psychology at Metropolitan State College of Denver. His doctoral research was conducted with William Frosch, MD, at Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital in New York City, on the User's Drug of Choice. From 1980-1981, he completed a sabbatical exploration of addictive behavior in Africa, India, and Southeast Asia; in 1985 he was recipient of a Fulbright-Hays Lectureship award at the National University of Malaysia. He has represented the United States Information Agency as a consultant and featured speaker in Australia, Brazil, Iceland, The Netherlands, Peru, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. He is principle author with Stanley Sunderwirth of "The Chemistry of Craving," and author of "Better than Dope," featured articles in Psychology Today, October, 1983 and April, 2001 respectively. From September 1992-June 2002, he was author, principal investigator, and director of Project Self-Discovery: Artistic Alternatives for High-Risk Youth, a national demonstration model funded by The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and the Edward Byrne Foundation. Kenneth W. Wanberg, ThD, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in the State of Colorado and Director of the Center for Addictions Research and Evaluation, Inc.
