This is an outpatient program aimed at adult women from 26 to 55 years of age. It adopts a comprehensive approach, focusing on training in the cognitive and behavioral skills that help manage problematic behaviors, such as substance use and child neglect.
Treatment components include:
1) Contingency management to reinforce behavioral goals, using the family support system;
2) Communication skills training to improve family relationships;
3) Environmental restructuring to increase time with positive influences;
4) Self-monitoring methods to help prevent relapse;
5) Professional skills training;
6) Home safety and caregiving to create a safe and stimulating family environment;
7) Financial management training;
8) Child management and parenting skills training; and
9) HIV and sexually-transmitted disease prevention.
The program is conducted over six months, in 20 sessions lasting 75 minutes each, in the participant’s home.