Intensive Training Program

Our Intensive Training Program in Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA), Adolescent Community Reinforcement (A-CRA) and Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) for providers are as follows:

Our Intensive Training Program is designed to help providers learn and sustain an evidenced based treatment, while maintaining fidelity to the models.

• Onsite training and supervision provided by Drs. Meyers, Smith and/or Staff on the following schedule (or an appropriate variation):
• Initial 2.5 day training for all staff, and supervisors.
• 1-day onsite training at three months following the initial training; “optional”
• If necessary a1-day onsite training and presentation of certificates at six months following the initial training.
• Bi-monthly phone conference calls with supervisors and staff until no longer needed.
• RJM staff will review and discuss ratings and give feedback to therapists and supervisors on there audio taped sessions to ensure correct clinical implementation; each taped session will be given written feedback and some will also be discussed on coaching calls.
• Each staff, including supervisors, will need to meet criteria, or a minimum of eight (8) procedures on the Procedural checklist provided, to help guide the therapist in the certification process. It typically requires each staff to submit approximately ten to twelve tapes to RJM & Associates for review to obtain eight that reach the required skill acquisition. Fees are $XX.00 USD per tape, multiplied by the number of staff being trained.
• Once a therapist has been certified they can then start the process to become a certified supervisor.

CRAFT Supervisors

• Must attend full CRAFT training.
• Required to become certified as a therapist before beginning the supervisor certification process.
• Required to listen to and rate at least one therapist tape per week, when possible, using the rating form and criteria provided by RJM & Associates and maintain 80% agreement with expert rater for a minimum of 5 tapes. Tapes will be rated by RJM & Associates staff, (inter-rater reliability).
• Required to have on-site weekly supervision with CRAFT therapists. The supervision sessions should be taped and then reviewed by RJM & and staff. Written and verbal feedback on these sessions will be provided by RJM & Staff. (Supervision can occur in a group or individual).
• Demonstrates during the taped supervision session (a) reinforcement of competent use of the procedures; and (b) constructive feedback to improve one or more aspects of the procedure or technique; (c) use CRA language and use CRAFT philosophy during the supervision. 4 tapes must be approved for final certification.

The fees for our Intensive Training Program are as follows and are negotiable:

• Professional Fees: Training fees for Dr. Meyers or Dr. Smith are ($XXXXXUSD per day), any additional traveling day to and from the site ($XXX per travel day), and time spent on conference calls by all staff is ($XXX per call).

• Travel Expenses: All airfare, ground transportation and lodging fees are charged to the program. These expenses vary depending on many factors, but will be built into the contract at time of signing.

• There is a 12% administrative fee added to the total contract to pay for the website, website upkeep, accountants, and Dr. Meyers time developing and overseeing all contracts.

(1) All staff completing the training will receive a certificate of attendance.

(2) Therapist can receive a certificate as a certified (A-CRA/FT) therapist.

(3) Supervisors may also receive certificates of completion of supervision training in (A-CRA/FT).

(4) Supervisors also become eligible to pursue certification as a Trainer in CRA/FT if they so desire.

All RJM & Associates have been trained in coding audio tapes and also code tapes for (National Certification for all CSAT - A-CRA participants.) We have an extensive coding manual for each protocol to help all participants reach their goal of certification and our goal of maintaining fidelity to the model.

With the additional training of supervisors your program can accomplish the most important goal of sustainability.

If interested please contact Dr. Meyers at bmeyers@unm.edu or www.robertjmeyersphd@cra-craft.com

You can find upcoming trainings here.