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Long-term (90 day) Treatment Program
Nature of program
Action North's long-term program is 90 days in length with intake every other Monday. Clients will be given access to life and work skills training while they continue to work on addictions related issues.
Program modules include the following:
- Communication
- Disease concept of alcoholism
- Infant abuse
- Effects of alcohol and drugs on the body and the family
- Adult children of alcoholics
- AA 12-step Program
- Relationships
- Family violence
- Suicide
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Anger, grief, and loss
- Types of abuse
- Residential school issues
- Sexual abuse
- AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Problem gambling
- Relapse prevention
- After care
- Life Skills Training
- Work Skills Training
- Work Placement
- Continuing Education Placement
Admission
Admission to the long-term program at Action North is based on the completion of a short-term addictions treatment program, continued sobriety, and a willingness to continue treatment. You are required to have a referral source, which can be a doctor, lawyer, probation officer, addictions counsellor, employer, etc. We also require completed admission and medical forms.
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