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National TASC is pleased to announce its current work in
partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance to develop an engagement
and retention curriculum for drug court professionals. The education
offered through this curriculum will improve methods for engaging and
retaining adult drug court participants in treatment; thereby improving
their outcomes. National TASC will
deliver this curriculum during two 2-day seminars for 50-60 drug court
professionals.
Using an interactive, cross-training approach to clarify roles and
expectations and promote team building, the seminars will include a
discussion of treatment approaches and structures that can enhance or
impede client retention, including cultural and gender competency. The
seminars will also focus on skills development in the areas of
motivational interviewing and enhancement, case management, and other
procedures and techniques that justice and treatment professionals can use
to improve engagement and retention of clients.
This project is designed to meet one of the recommendations made in the
1999 National Drug Court Treatment Survey. Bobbie Herron-Boyer is the lead
consultant and researcher on this project. National TASC will select teams of participants in pilots and
will be seeking NDCTTAP participants to be field reviewers for the
project.
 Engagement and Retention
Project Bibliography
The 2005 Second Chance Act
TASC Congressional
Reentry Briefing -10/11/2004
Scott Sylak, President
of National TASC, Written Testimony to House Judiciary Committee -
2/8/2006
Text of The Second Chance
Act
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