Vocational Training: During or After Treatment?
Brian Morales
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I created this forum because of several questions that I have encountered over the years visiting treatment programs and seeing various models of job skills training.
One question which is important to address relates to the best time to introduce job skills training, also referred to as vocational rehabilitation.
1) Should vocational rehabilitation occur during the drug treatment phase (e.g. as part of an inpatient/residential program) or should it be offered only after successful completion of a treatment program as part of the reintegration and recovery phases?
2) If you agree...