Andy,
The contact details for Surgizimas therapeutic community can be found at
www.surgrizimas.lt <http://www.surgrizimas.lt/> the name of the Director is
Valdas Siskus.
Once again, good luck.
Anthony
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Sent: 29 November 2007 00:20
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That's really helpful Anthony. I will certainly check out Sugriizmas TC and
I will try and keep you and the TC list posted on developments. I have
already asked Rowdy for feedback if and when he visits the project.
Thanks again for your encouragement - it feels so good to be part of the
wider TC family. Long may it continue!
Kind regards,
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Andy, maybe you are right, but if we can help, just ask. But in the spirit
of what you and your colleagues are trying to achieve. and you can't do much
better than have a close contact with Rowdy.
By the way, Sugriizmas TC in Lithuania is also very closely connected to 12
steps. I have no doubt that Valdas Siskus and his team would be pleased to
share experiences with you.
You can find some information about them on RadioTC International and also
contact details.
Please do keep me, and us posted as to developments, we also use EuropeAsi
and the feedback formulae here at Phoenix, as the first part of developing a
treatment alliance and individual treatment plan. So, yes, I'm interested to
hear more about how you go forward.
Best wishes,
Anthony
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Thanks Anthony. I guess it's a case of "watch this space".
Kind regards,
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Andy,
Excellent News! It's really good to read such positive information, thank
you.
I look forward to hearing more, and hopefully it's not only elements of the
TC philosophy that are being introduced, but also some of the best
practices. It sounds like that, from what you have said in your message.
Good luck!
Anthony
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I have just informed Rowdy that my company has won the contract to evaluate
this new project (LEAP - Lothians and Edinburgh Abstinence Project) over the
next two years. We will be using the ASI-X to help develop an outcome
monitoring programme and will be following up clients initially at 6 and 12
month post treatment intervals. We will hopefully be able to compare these
outcomes against a control group - which we are trying to set up at present
- to see whether the LEAP programme provides better results for clients than
the traditional interventions which are currently available.
I can confirm that the programme is seeking to include elements of TC
philosophy although they are probably more aligned to 12 steps in their
thinking. It is a very exciting initiative to be involved in as it is an
attempt by the Scottish Government to pilot new schemes aimed at ending the
reliance on methadone prescribing and purely opiate based interventions. It
is also a response to service user surveys which indicate that the majority
of clients do actually register abstinence as a goal of treatment. For some
reason this appears to be new and surprising information to a lot of the
powers that be in the drug and alcohol sector in the UK! Personally I think
it is plain common sense and a fairly logical conclusion but maybe I'm just
turning into an old cynic?!!
I'll be happy to keep folk informed, as well as Rowdy, as to developments
with this project - especially from a TC point of view.
Kind regards,
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Rowdy,
Thanks for this link, interesting piece, please do let me / us know what you
think after you have visited them.
Anthony
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This new organisation in Scotland does not refer to itself as a TC but does
have TC elements and sounds interesting. I am hoping to visit them soon and
get a clearer picture:
http://www.theherald.co.uk/search/display.var.1858303.0.proof_there_is_life_
after_drugs.php
Rowdy Yates
Senior Research Fellow
Scottish Addiction Studies
Department of Applied Social Science
University of Stirling
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