Exploring Experiential Learning Through an Abstinence Assignment Within an Addictions Counseling Course

Yates, Chad; DeLeon, Alexia; Rapp, Marisa C.

doi:10.15241/cmy.7.4.318

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“…This finding informs clinics that training in empathetic understanding is essential for counsellors to improve relationships with clients. Experiential learning techniques, such as improvisation, role play, and abstinence or behaviour change challenges, can be used to teach empathy to counsellors and students (Bayne & Jangha, 2016;Giordano, Stare, & Clarke, 2015;Warren, Hof, McGriff, & Morris, 2012;Yates, DeLeon, & Rapp, 2017).…”

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Perceptions of Problem Gambling Among Methadone Maintenance Treatment Clients and Counsellors

Wall

Durand²,

Machover

et al. 2018

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Problem gambling is highly prevalent and rarely treated among clients who attend methadone maintenance treatment programs (MMTPs). Compared with those of the general population, rates of gambling disorder have been found to be elevated among individuals receiving methadone maintenance treatment. Our study aims were to (a) develop a clearer understanding of the gambling experience of clients and counsellors at a methadone clinic and (b) gain insight into the current treatment options and obstacles to treatment in the clinic. Semi-structured interviews focusing on gambling issues were conducted with 8 clients and 8 counsellors at an MMTP located in an urban area. Participants were asked questions to gain an understanding about their perspectives on, treatment options for, and treatment barriers to problem gambling in the clinic. Data were coded by 4 investigators by using a constant comparison, open coding approach. The findings revealed important differences between clients and counsellors: Opinions differed on the definition of problem gambling, obstacles to treatment, and optimal treatment settings. Clients and counsellors also agreed on some elements, including the negative impact that problem gambling can have on recovery from substance use. This examination of responses of counsellors and client feedback provides a useful mechanism to better understand problem gambling in MMTPs. In addition, the findings have important clinical implications, including a need for more effective screening and treatment in MMTPs and to provide substance use counsellors with training related to problem gambling.RésuméLe jeu compulsif est hautement répandu et rarement traité parmi les clients qui suivent un programme de traitement d’entretien à la méthadone. Comparés à ceux de la population en général, les taux de jeu pathologique ont jugé élevés chez les personnes qui suivent un tel traitement. Les objectifs de notre étude étaient de deux ordres : a) mieux comprendre l’expérience de jeu des clients et les connaissances en cette matière des conseillers d’une clinique de traitement à la méthadone, et b) avoir une meilleure compréhension des options de traitement actuelles et des obstacles au traitement en clinique. Des entretiens semi-structurés portant sur les problèmes de jeu ont été menés auprès de 8 clients et de 8 conseillers dans un centre de traitement, situé en zone urbaine. On a posé des questions aux participants pour mieux comprendre leurs points de vue sur les options et les obstacles au traitement contre le jeu problématique à la clinique. Les données ont été codées par quatre chercheurs en utilisant une approche de codification ouverte à comparaison constante. Les résultats ont révélé des différences importantes entre les clients et les conseillers : les opinions divergeaient quant à la définition du jeu problématique, les obstacles au traitement et les paramètres de traitement optimaux. Les clients et les conseillers ont par ailleurs été d’accord sur certains éléments, notamment l’impact négatif que le jeu problématique peut avoir sur le rétablissement d’une consommation abusive. L’examen des réponses des conseillers et des commentaires des clients constitue un mécanisme efficace pour mieux comprendre le jeu problématique dans les programmes de traitement d’entretien à la méthadone. De plus, les résultats ont d’importantes répercussions cliniques, notamment la nécessité d’un dépistage et d’un traitement d’entretien à la méthadone plus efficaces et d’une formation sur le jeu problématique pour les conseillers en toxicomanie.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Perceptions of Problem Gambling Among Methadone Maintenance Treatment Clients and Counsellors

Wall

Durand²,

Machover

et al. 2018

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“…Most of the participants' initial skepticism about the assignment as well as their assumptions that they had more willpower than an addict and the shifts in those perceptions after engaging in the activity speak to the need for experiential activities such as this to promote professional competence in undergraduate human services education. Yates, DeLeon, and Rapp (2017) found equivalent results by qualitatively analyzing "good-bye letters" to participants' substances of choice, journal entries, and reflection summaries by 17 counselor trainees who engaged in their abstinence project. Based on the results of the current study, similar studies conducted at the master's level, and earlier research on the benefits of experiential learning (Schelbe et al, 2014;Griffith & Frieden, 2000;Ziomek-Daigle, 2017), undergraduate programs may need to consider modifying their pedagogical approaches to addiction training so opportunities for lived experiences followed by reflection are integrated throughout the curricula to promote professional development.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Previous research (Caldwell, 2007;Giordano et al, 2015;Harrawood et al, 2011;Ieva et al, 2009;Spaid & Squires, 2006;Warren et al, 2012;Yates et al, 2017) showed the importance of experiential learning activities for graduate-level trainees to develop personally and professionally. The outcomes of the present study show how experiential learning activities can contribute to personal growth, development, and academic understanding for undergraduate substance disorder trainees.…”

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confidence: 99%

Students’ Perspectives of Experiential Learning in an Addictions Course

Dice¹,

Carlisle²,

Byrd³

2019

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Substance use practitioners may identify as individuals in recovery, while others may have never experienced the challenge of abstinence. Without this lived experience, it may be difficult to accurately empathize with clients in recovery. Experiential learning is a way for students to live through an exercise in abstinence. The value of utilizing experiential learning for skill development and theory application is established. However, there is no empirical research examining the use of experiential learning with undergraduate substance use practitioner trainees not in recovery from addiction to increase their ability to empathize with clients' experiences. This article explores the impact of an experiential learning assignment in an undergraduate addictions course. A qualitative analysis of students' written reflections revealed four primary themes. The authors offer suggestions for substance use educators and recommendations for future research.

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“…Several authors promoted use of reflective writing practices within the context of experiential learning (Woodbridge & O’Beirne, 2017; Ziomek‐Daigle, 2017). Finally, contributions included qualitative exploration of an abstinence project within an addictions course (Yates, DeLeon, & Rapp, 2017), a Cultural De‐Centering Activity‐Visual in a multicultural course (Shiflett, McAuliffe, & Deaver, 2017), and an international videoconference exchange (Meekums, Wathen, & Koltz, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%