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Incentives & Sanctions Behavior Management in a Drug Court

Incentives & Sanctions Behavior Management in a Drug Court. Henry Weber Wanda King Senior Status Judge West Coast Consulting Louisville, Kentucky Wcking116@aol.com hfw727@hotmail.com (805) 489-6471 (502) 262-5676. Where’s the List?. Presentation Goals.

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Incentives & Sanctions Behavior Management in a Drug Court

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  1. Incentives & SanctionsBehavior Management in a Drug Court Henry Weber Wanda King Senior Status Judge West Coast Consulting Louisville, Kentucky Wcking116@aol.com hfw727@hotmail.com (805) 489-6471 (502) 262-5676

  2. Where’s the List?

  3. Presentation Goals • To understand the role of behavior management in the structure of a drug court • To have the capability of designing goal-oriented, productive, sanctions and incentives

  4. Define Success • What is your mission? • What are your goals?

  5. Change Exercise

  6. Predictable Reactions to Change • People will first think about what they have to give up. • People can only handle so much change. • People will feel awkward, ill-at-ease, and self conscious • In the beginning people will believe they do not have enough resources.

  7. Preliminary Issues • Who are you working with? • What behaviors need to be promoted? • What behaviors need to be discouraged? • What skills must the participant have?

  8. What tools does your program have to influence the behavior of the participant? • Treatment • Drug Testing • Support • Supervision • Case Management • Team-oriented Coordination • Sanctions and Incentives

  9. What strategies do we know that are not successful? • Sanctions alone • Deficit-oriented approaches • Short-term, unsupervised, uncoordinated treatment

  10. Bridge the Gap

  11. Types of Behavior Modification • Reinforcers • Tangible – prizes, gifts • Token – exchanged for prizes or gifts • Activity – favorite activity given as a reward • Social – recognition by a person or group • Sanction reduction – removing or lessening a sanction • Natural and direct consequences

  12. Behavior Modification Issues • Satiation • Punishment - Hollow intervention

  13. Where’s the List?

  14. Ten Guidelines • Immediate and certain • Developmentally appropriate • Consistent and fair • Individualized • Goal-oriented • Competency based • Culturally responsive • Therapeutically appropriate • Sufficient intensity • Not painful, humiliating, or injurious

  15. Considerations • Responses are in the eye of the beholder • Responses should be delivered for every targeted behavior • Undesirable behavior should be reliably detected • Responses should be predictable and controllable

  16. Predictable Reactions to Change • People are at different readiness levels for change. • People will feel alone, even if everyone is going through the change. • If you take the pressure off people will revert to their old behavior

  17. Considerations (cont.) • Behavior does not change by sanctions alone • The method of delivery can be as important as the response itself • Distinguish between criminal justice responses, treatment strategies, and drug court programming • Treatment is not a sanction

  18. Final Considerations • Make sure that the participant has the ability to do what you expect. • Some people are not equipped to follow our orders. • Remember why you’re not in traditional court. • Refer to your mission.

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