ArticleJournal of vocational rehabilitation
Academic skills of chronically unemployed drug-addicted adults.
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- Abstinence-contingent wage supplements to promote drug abstinence and employment: Post-intervention outcomes.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Trial
- Factors associated with obtaining employment among opioid use disorder patients enrolled in a therapeutic workplace intervention.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Trial
- Abstinence-contingent wage supplements to promote drug abstinence and employment: a randomised controlled trial.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2020Trial
- Employment-based abstinence reinforcement promotes opiate and cocaine abstinence in out-of-treatment injection drug users.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2014Trial
- Crisis, Confidence, and Conserving Resources: Examining How Adult Education Students Navigate Stressors and Marginalization.Adult learning (Washington, D.C.) · 2024Article
- The Utility of Operant Conditioning to Address Poverty and Drug Addiction.Perspectives on behavior science · 2019Article
- Behavior analysts in the war on poverty: Developing an operant antipoverty program.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2018Review
- Reinforcing Productivity in a Job-Skills Training Program for Unemployed Substance-Abusing Adults.Behavior analysis (Washington, D.C.) · 2017Article
- A potential role of anti-poverty programs in health promotion.Preventive medicine · 2016Article
- The Therapeutic Utility of Employment in Treating Drug Addiction: Science to Application.Translational issues in psychological science · 2016Article
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backgroundThe strong association between unemployment and drug addiction suggests that employment interventions are an important and needed focus of drug-addiction treatment. The increasing necessity of possessing basic academic skills to function in the workplace may require that some individuals receive educational training along with vocational training.
objectiveThis study investigated the academic skills of drug-addicted and chronically-unemployed adults (
methodsUpon study enrollment, academic skills in math, spelling, and reading were examined using the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT-3 or WRAT-4) and educational history was examined using the Addiction Severity Index-Lite.
resultsAlthough participants completed an average of 11 years of education, actual academic skill level was at or below the seventh grade level for 81% of participants in math, 61% in spelling, and 43% in reading, and most participants were classified as Low Average or below based on age group norms. Despite the fact that participants in this analysis were studied across several years and were from diverse populations, rates of high school completion and academic skill levels were remarkably similar.
conclusionsPrograms designed to improve the long-term employment status of drug-addicted individuals may benefit from the inclusion of basic adult education; future research on the topic is needed. Although establishing basic skills does not directly address chronic unemployment, it may help individuals obtain the jobs they desire and function effectively in those jobs.
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