Imagine that you are an addictions counselor. You are asked to develop a contingency management treatment program for a patient who is in recovery for methadone addiction
Briefly describe the five elements that you would include in your treatment program. Be specific in your examples.
What will be an ideal response?
*Answers should include specific details for the following five elements:
1) A written contract
2) An operational definition of the therapeutic target
3) A schedule for how progress will be monitored
4) A specification of what consequences will follow the target responses
5) An attempt to minimize delays in delivering consequences following drug testing
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