Pathways Substance Abuse Services
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for addresses of all Pathways' offices and the specific services available.
Pathways
Behavioral Services believes that alcoholism and other chemical
dependencies are primary, progressive, chronic, and fatal diseases.
This concept of chemical dependency as a disease means the individual is a
victim of the illness just like an individual with cancer or
diabetes. Chemical dependency adversely affects individuals in
mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, social, and decision making areas
of life. Chemical dependency is characterized by loss of control,
recurring problems in major life areas, and changing priorities. The
denial and delusion that is characteristic of chemical dependency means
that often the chemically dependent individual is the last to recognize the
problem with chemicals.
Assessment/Evaluation
Pathways
treatment begins with an assessment/evaluation. A certified counselor
evaluates each client. During the evaluation, the counselor gathers
information from the client and uses standardized tools to help determine
which level of care and types of services would be appropriate for the
client. Based on the client's individual needs, the counselor may
recommend that he or she becomes involved in one of our prevention
programs, or one of our following listed treatment programs:
OWI /DUI
Screening
Pathways
offers substance abuse screenings for those picked up for Operating While
Intoxicated. There is a set fee for OWI/DUI Screenings that is consistent
with fees state-wide. Locations
OWI / DUI Education Class
Pathways
offers DUI classes for those picked up for Operating While Intoxicated. The
fee for these classes is consistent with fees sate-wide. Locations
Outpatient Treatment
The
least intensive level of care is outpatient counseling. It is recommended
for the majority of our clients allowing the client to stay in their home
and attend work or school.
Intensive Outpatient Programming
(Level 2.1)
Most
intense level of outpatient counseling that we provide. It’s a
combination of group and individual counseling, for a total of nine or more
hours per week. Intensive Outpatient works to stabilize the client
and to begin teaching the tools of recovery. In order to better
accommodate the needs of the client, Intensive Outpatient groups are
offered in the morning and the evening. This allows the client to
access treatment while still maintaining family and work schedules and
meeting obligations that solidify behavior change, thus breaking the cycle
of substance abuse.
Extended Outpatient Programming (Level
1)
This
is the next step in Pathways' continuum of care. Extended Outpatient
services are provided in regularly scheduled sessions which do not exceed
nine treatment hours a week. This programming is also offered at a variety
of times, demonstrating Pathways' responsiveness to clients' needs.
Continuing Care
Programming (Level 1)
This
is the lowest step in Pathways' continuum of care. Continuing Care
treatment provides one hour of treatment per week. Continuing Care works to
strengthen the client's understanding and use of the tools of recovery and provides
the client with relapse information. This program is also offered at
a variety of times to best suit clients' needs.
Pathways Level 1- Adolescent
The
adolescent program offers a mixture of group and individual counseling with
the focus on values, relationships, phases of addiction, choices, emotions,
relapse, responsibility, friends, goals, self-image, attitudes,
independence, violence, and problem solving. Some adolescent
services take place on site at area high schools. On-site programming
addresses the problems of transportation and scheduling which are common
for adolescents.
Residential Treatment
For clients in need of more
intense and structured treatment services, Pathways offers residential
treatment. Pathways' residential 24-hour treatment program is an
18-bed, male/female unit that serves clients 18 and older. Before a
client is admitted to this residential care level, a comprehensive
assessment and plan of care is developed. Each client is evaluated
using an assessment instrument developed by the American Society of
Addictive Medicine (ASAM). The residential unit consists of the following
three levels of care:
Level 3.5
Residential Program
This is a structured, high-intensity, daily program
targeted at clients with the demonstrated inability to maintain sobriety
without a structured environment. Level 3.5 requires 50 hours of
treatment activities per week and addresses all aspects of chemical
dependency. This level of care, through education, self-disclosure,
and problem solving, seeks to create awareness in the individual, implement
tools of recovery and foster change that leads to a substance-free way of
life.
Level 3.3
Residential Program
This is of medium intensity and requires 30 hours of
treatment activities per week. The client requires less supervision
and begins to strengthen living skills and reintegration into the
community. The client must have established 14 to 21 days of being
substance-free before he or she can be admitted to this level of care.
Level 3.1
Residential Program
This is a lower level of intensity that requires five
hours of treatment activities per week that is included in a weekly,
32-hour activity plan. The client must have established 21 to 30 days
of being substance-free and display a need to remain in a structured
setting before full integration into the community can be
established. Strong emphasis is placed on creating financial,
environmental, and social stability to increase the probability of
long-term recovery.
Junkman/Knoebel Center
Transitional Housing-the Junkman-Knoebel Center is a 25-bed
men's and women's transitional housing unit developed by Pathways
Behavioral Services. Located in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, the
Junkman-Knoebel Center is the only transitional living program specifically
designed for persons in recovery from alcohol and/or drug addiction
residing in northeast Iowa. The Junkman-Knoebel Center provides supervised
transitional housing for offenders with alcohol and/or drug addictions
utilizing collaborative efforts of the medical, social service and law
enforcement community. The Center also offers a structured
environment where residents of the program develop living skills needed to
independently maintain their sobriety. The program requires that
residents: commit to sobriety (as monitored by random urinalysis),
demonstrate employment, and meet financial obligations (i.e., court costs,
fines, restitution, child support and transitional living fees).
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