For adults for 8-12 weeks, 20 hours a week, 4 hours a day
Treatment services emphasize the following:
Reduction in use of substances or continued abstinence;
The negative consequences of substance misuse;
Development of social support network and necessary lifestyle changes;
Educational skills;
Vocational skills leading to work activity by reducing substance misuse as a barrier to employment;
Social and interpersonal skills;
Improved family functioning;
The understanding of addictive disease; and
The continued commitment to a recovery and maintenance program.
Types of services included in SACOT:
Individual counseling and support;
Group counseling and support;
Family counseling, training or support;
Biochemical assays to identify recent drug use (e.g., urine drug screens);
Strategies for relapse prevention to include community and social support systems in treatment;
Life skills;
Crisis contingency planning
Disease management; and
Treatment support activities that have been adapted or specifically designed for beneficiaries with physical disabilities; or beneficiaries with co-occurring disorders of mental illness and substance misuse; or an intellectual and developmental disability and substance misuse disorder.