TREATMENT and RECOVERY: Blast From the Past

SHOW TOPIC: Today we interview the first 13 year old client for Daytop California to find out how her life went soon after Daytop and as she progressed through adulthood to present day.

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TREATMENT and RECOVERY: Treatment in the Age of COVID-19

SHOW TOPIC: In the last 2 months we’ve had to adapt our residential and outpatient treatment to the realities of COVID-19. We were incorporating video conferencing over the last 2 years in our staff meetings and trainings, so it wasn’t a large leap for us to move our groups and and other services to ZOOM based services. We’ll discuss how we did it and how it’s working!

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TREATMENT and RECOVERY: California Dreamin …..

SHOW TOPIC: January 2021 will see a new era of treatment in California. Most notably we will residential treatment reduce from its current 90 days to 30 days! What will this mean in the big picture of treatment and the recovery process. Let’s discuss how we’re preparing for this significant change in treatment.

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TREATMENT and RECOVERY: Recovery Resolutions

*Pregnancy / Birth update from Mr. Producer!!*

SHOW TOPIC: The general society makes New Year Resolutions. In the recovery world we make Recovery Resolutions. What are some Recovery Resolutions we want for our clients, and or that we’d like to see our clients commit to. What about us as staff in the field, or as a Program? Let’s discuss

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CARF Accreditation-Recertification

October, 2022

Congratulations to the staff of OCG for their dedication and commitment to this successful effort.

The adult program and services was awarded a Three Year (3) CARF accreditation after a rigorous on site survey in October, 2022, certified through October 2025.

Accreditation means that OCG has made a commitment to continually enhance the quality of its services and programs and its focus on the satisfaction of the persons served. The programs and services have met consumer-focused, state-of-the-art national standards of performance.

TREATMENT and RECOVERY: Where we’ve been … & Giving Thanks!

Show Topic:
1. Where have we been and what have we been doing? CARF!
2. It is tradition in the Therapeutic Community that we take time this week to think about and discuss what we are thankful for.

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TREATMENT and RECOVERY: Burning Questions ……

Show Topic: Inquiring Minds want to know: Is the opioid “crisis” the be all and end all? Has the basic makeup of the addict changed over the last 10 years? Is there any place for the recovering addict to live in the Bay Area

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TREATMENT and RECOVERY: The Do’s & Don’ts of Staff Sharing

SHOW TOPIC: If you have a personal story, directly or indirectly related to recovery, the human desire and instinct is to want to share it. However, as a professional in the field, regardless of your role, when is it appropriate to share your own story (in full or in part)? When is it inappropriate? What subject matter is or isn’t appropriate? Let’s discuss.

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TREATMENT and RECOVERY: Technology in SUD Treatment

SHOW TOPIC: OCG as well as probably many treatment providers who’ve been around a long term, haven’t made a concerted effort to incorporate technology into the provision of treatment. We are now starting that effort. We’ll discuss what we’re doing and what other stakeholders should be doing

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TREATMENT and RECOVERY: Substance Use / Abuse vs. Sports

Show Topic: The recent video of the NFL player smoking weed and speaking to his choice to “use” marijuana as his means to deal with pain and other associated issues connected to life as a NFL player, sparked a conversation we’d like to continue here. Are the professional sports leagues drug policies out of step with reality? Are their drug policies about treatment & recovery, enforcement, or a combination thereof? What about those who are “using” a substance for medicinal purposes? Lastly, are they a bunch of hyprocites?

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