This is more than wrong.
The following definition on the TC was accepted in Den Haan in 1991 by
the members of the EFTC.
The outcome of this meeting was published as followed:
"Broekaert, E., Kooyman, M., & Ottenberg, D. (1993). What cannot be
changed in a therapeutic community. In: Broekaert E. & Van Hove, G. (Eds.)
Orthopedagogische reeks Gent nr. 2. Special Education. Therapeutic communities
(pp.51-72). Gent: VZW OOBC.
"A TC is a drugfree environment in which people with addictive problems
(or other problems), live together in an organized and structured way to
promote change toward a drugfree life in the outside society.
The TC performs a miniature society in which residents, and staff as
facilitators, perform distinctive roles and in which there are clear rules,
all designed to enhance the transitional process of the residents.
Self-help and mutual help are pillars of the therapeutic process in which
the resident is the protagonist principally responsible for achieving personal
growth toward a more meaningly and responsible life and of upholding the
welfare of the community. The program is voluntary in that the resident will
not be held in the program by force or against his/her will."
Eric Broekaert
Dunanlaan, 2
Belgium
Phone: +32 9 264 64 65
Fax: +32 9 264 64
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