Session Information
NCPG 24th National Conference on Problem Gambling (2010)
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Problem Gambling In-Reach: Residential Client Assistance Program
Track : Track B - Continuum of Care/ Treatment and Recovery
Program Code: 03B
Date: Friday, June 11, 2010
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM  EST
Location: Council
SPEAKER (S):
 Peter Walsh, MA, CGAC II, NCGC II, BACC
Description
This presentation will describe the Residential Client Assistance Program (RCAP) which is conceptually modeled after the Residential Student Assistance Program (RSAP), a SAMHSA best practice program. The RCAP was designed to address high-risk chemically dependent adults living in residential treatment facilities who may also be undiagnosed or at-risk problem gamblers. RCAP was developed and implemented in the Portland Metro Area and represents a partnership between ten residential treatment facilities, which had limited problem gambling prevention expertise and Problem Gambling Solutions, Inc. (PGS), which has extensive expertise in the problem gambling prevention and intervention field. The project's goals were to (a) enhance the ability of at-risk clients to remain free from gambling problems; (b) identify problem gamblers and incorporate gambling behavior into their recovery plans, and (c) to train and consult with residential facility staff and coordinate problem gambling interventions and policies of the facility. First year evaluation results of 1,009 participants found a significant change in client knowledge and attitude about gambling, problem gambling, and the import role gambling can play in recovery. Responses to the South Oaks Gambling Screen suggested that 22% of these clients had a current or past gambling problem. Results from surveys and semi-structured interviews with program staff suggest that as a result of RCAP, problem gambling awareness greatly increased among both the client population and the clinical staff. 54% of the residential treatment program staff reported that as a result of RCAP they had referred more clients to gambling treatment programs.


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