Chapter Activities
Chapter 15
The following are activities to practice and hone you skills.
1. Discharge planning requires familiarity with community resources. Find five different types of
resources in your community that can offer clinical, professional, or peer-led support.
2. Using the activity listed above as a platform, open a class discussion on resources available in
the community. After a few minutes, introduce the notion that not all clients have the financial
resources for these services. Discuss how this can be addressed.
3. Familiarize yourself with federal Confidentiality and Privacy Rules. A great resource for this
expertise is the Legal Action Center. One of their missions is to protect the legal rights of
persons with substance disorders. The following link has free sample forms and training