TIPS & TOPICS David Mee-Lee, M.D. Volume 8, No. 11 March 2011 In this issue — SAVVY – The METHODS method for discharge planning — SKILLS – RCA ceremonies – The new treatment completion Graduation? — SOUL – Always the right answer — STUMP THE SHRINK – Medical necessity, ASAM PPC and what levels of care? — Until Next Time Welcome and thanks for joining us for the March edition of TIPS and TOPICS (TNT).
January 2023 – Vol. #20, No. 10
Responses to the story of the Judge and the Grieving Team; It’s time to retire “graduation” and “treatment completion”; My four words for the year ahead. Welcome to the January edition of Tips and Topics. In SAVVY, It’s time to retire terms and concepts like “graduation” “treatment completion” and embrace terms like “transition” and “commencement” after having done an initial piece of work on the path to recovery. In SKILLS, what to say to Orient Participants to entering Drug Court and about “graduating”. Rename the Graduation or Treatment Completion Ceremony. In SOUL, my four words to encapsulate the year ahead. What words do you see?
June 2017
New publications on Drug Court Graduations and Discharge Categories; rethinking policies and practices; Customer Service
February 2017
Words & underlying concepts; Stump the Shrink on individualized treatment; Pressing buttons
November 2014
Guest writer on Graduation Ceremonies; Your thoughts; Saving Time
March 2014
“Doing time” versus “Doing treatment”; Drought and storms