The Matrix Model Family Program, Video Collection

The complete collection will provide you with 25 videos and over 2 hours of education, real stories, and expert advice aimed at youth. This comprehensive video collection is a must-have in your adolescent and family programs and includes the following:

Youth & Drugs of Abuse DVD and CD-ROM: In this compelling new video, doctors and clinicians join young people in recovery to candidly discuss symptoms and consequences of drug abuse, the neurobiology of addiction, substance abuse treatment, and life in recovery. Also included is a CD-ROM featuring reproducible topic-specific materials.

Young Adults Discover the 12 Steps DVD: In this engaging video, young people in recovery discuss how working a Twelve Step program helps them in their recovery journey. Other information in this video include: - What is a Twelve Step group
- Finding a home group
- What happens at a meeting
- What to expect at your first meeting
- Finding a sponsor
Each of the 12 Steps is discussed by young people in recovery sharing their personal stories about how working the Steps have helped them stay clean and sober.

Medical Aspects of Substance Use Disorders DVD/CD-ROM: Based on the latest research, Medical Aspects of Substance Use Disorders is an educational video that provides information on the neurobiology of addiction, or how alcohol and other drugs affect the brain and central nervous system. Using the simplest terms, this video explains why, because of changes in brain chemistry, it is so difficult to overcome a severe substance use disorder. This highly engaging video works well in these settings and situations: - individual and group sessions
- inpatient and outpatient services in a wide variety of settings, including treatment centers, correctional facilities, and mental health clinics
- parent education programs
- family counseling
- staff in-services
Discussions are led by addiction medical experts Drs. Marvin Seppala and Joseph Lee from the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and certain engaging graphics to make a complicated subject matter much easier to understand. And because the video has segments with natural break points, it can be viewed in its entirety or however it fits your schedule.

Medical Aspects of Substance Use Disorders comes complete with reproducible fact sheets, a participant worksheet, and a facilitator guide on CD-ROM to complement and reinforce the messages in the video.
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