This webinar will present descriptions and reports of research, historical and current, which investigate the utility of the workplace as a site and modality for treatment, including a discussion of the psychological principles that make it work. The presentation will draw upon the success of the DOT Return-to-Duty Process and research conducted by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Learning and Health in collaboration with American Substance Abuse Professionals (ASAP), a nationwide SAP services provider.
At the conclusion of the webinar, participants will be able to:
- Describe and discuss operant conditioning as a mechanism for behavior change
- Describe the difference between positive and negative reinforcement as it is used the DOT Return-to-Duty Process
- Discuss why the DOT Return-to-Duty process can be described in terms of operant conditioning
- Identify three employment based models for achieving and maintaining drug use abstinence
- Describe and discuss the purpose, structure and operations of the Therapeutic Workplace.