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Educational Rehabilitation for Substance Abusers
Author(s) -
PADGETT WILLIAM L.,
WEINER HARVEY,
REILLY RICHARD
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.1981.tb01223.x
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , psychology , general education , substance abuse , rehabilitation counseling , medical education , substance use , mathematics education , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , medicine , neuroscience
The article describes a program that provides educational rehabilitation in a therapeutic setting using Adult Basic Education/General Education Development (ABE/GED) classes. Data presented indicate that, on average, students who complete 6 months of training in this program raise their academic achievement level by 7 grade levels in math and by 5 grade levels in English.