Intensive Outpatient Treatment for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 8
Appendix B -- Sample IOT Program Schedules
Intensive outpatient treatment (IOT) can be adapted to several different
models of treatment programs. Two such models are day treatment and evening
treatment.
This appendix includes sample program schedules for a day IOT program and an
evening IOT program. Also included is the evening IOT program lecture schedule.
Men's and women's community meeting & 12- step meeting
12-step meeting
Note: Individual counseling sessions may be scheduled from 8:00 to 9:00, Monday through Friday. Individual medical sessions may be scheduled between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. and from 3:30 to 4:00, Monday through Friday. Attendance at one 12-step meeting per day is required during treatment.
These patients meet one time per week. Persons completing Phase Two will choose any group that has available spaces. New groups will be formed as needed.
For Phase Three Members and All Former Patients:
Continuing Care Group: 6:00 - 7:30
This group is available, without charge, to all former patients of the program and can be used by members of Phase Three groups as additional structure during the week.
A fundamental aspect of the intensive evening outpatient treatment program
is education about substance abuse. This occurs during the first half-hour of
each evening session. Because the education program is designed to provide the
essential information for building a strong personal program of recovery, it is
essential that you come to each of the sessions and arrive on time. Although
you may enter the program at any time, when you complete the eight weeks, you
will have attended a complete sequence of lectures and will have heard several
guest speakers. Normally, the lecture series consists of the following: