Detailed Program Descriptions

Alcohol/Drug Insight & Awareness / $95

Total Class Hours: 6. Small (6-15 students) instructor-led group sessions. Discussions are dynamic, interactive, and explore each student’s prior negative actions in a non-judgmental environment. The focus is on deep-rooted characteristics as this plays into low self-esteem and other psychological vulnerabilities that can lead to use and possibly addiction. ABR takes a curative approach by helping individuals understand their use may be for the purpose of managing their psychological sufferings. Narcissism, dependency issues, affect tolerance, poor self-care, poor relationships, poor communication skills, and immature defensive styles such as denial and rationalization are just a sample of the issues on which we touch during the session(s). In some cases it is recommended to add some number of Group Therapy sessions to increase and/or maintain insight and awareness. In some cases it is recommended to add a DUI Driving Simulation.

Intensive Alcohol/Drug Insight & Awareness / $270

Total Class Hours: 15. Small (6-15 students) instructor-led group sessions meeting weekly. Discussions are dynamic, interactive, and explore each student’s prior negative actions in a non-judgmental environment. We help participants develop the capacity to heighten self-esteem, improve self-care, oppose the forces of shame and isolation, evoke the expression of individual character, and to enliven the person’s view of self and capacity for choice. Narcissism, dependency issues, affect tolerance, poor self-care, poor relationships, poor communication skills, and immature defensive styles such as denial and rationalization are just a sample of the issues on which we touch during the session(s). Module topics include Addiction, Understanding the 12-Step Process, Recovery Issues, and Preventing Relapse among others. In some cases it is recommended to add some number of Group Therapy sessions to increase and/or maintain insight and awareness. In some cases it is recommended to add a DUI Driving Simulation.

Prescription Drug Insight & Awareness / $65

Total Class Hours: 4. Small (6-15 students) instructor-led group session. Discussions are dynamic, interactive, and explore each student’s prior negative actions in a non-judgmental environment. The focus is on deep-rooted characteristics as this plays into low self-esteem and other psychological vulnerabilities that can lead to use and possibly addiction. ABR takes a curative approach by helping individuals understand their use may be for the purpose of managing their psychological sufferings. Agenda topics include Distorted Thinking, Drug Dependence and Drug Abuse, Triggers and Behaviors, Legal Issues, and more. In some cases it is recommended to add some number of Group Therapy sessions to increase and/or maintain insight and awareness. In some cases it is recommended to add a DUI Driving Simulation.

Alcohol Insight & Awareness / $65

Total Class Hours: 4. Small (6-20 students) instructor-led group session. Discussions are dynamic, interactive, and explore each student’s prior negative actions in a non-judgmental environment. The focus is on deep-rooted characteristics as this plays into low self-esteem and other psychological vulnerabilities that can lead to use and possibly addiction. Agenda topics include Alcohol Physiology, Triggers, and an introduction to Alcoholics Anonymous amongst others. In some cases it is recommended to add some number of Group Therapy sessions to increase and/or maintain insight and awareness. In some cases it is recommended to add a DUI Driving Simulation.

Marijuana Insight & Awareness / $65

Total Class Hours: 4. Small (6-20 students) instructor-led group session. Discussions are dynamic, interactive, and explore each student’s prior negative actions in a non-judgmental environment. The focus is on deep-rooted characteristics as this plays into low self-esteem and other psychological vulnerabilities that can lead to use and possibly addiction. Agenda topics include Short and Long Term Consequences of Use, Legal Issues, Addiction, Triggers, Preventing Relapse, and others. In some cases it is recommended to add some number of Group Therapy sessions to increase and/or maintain insight and awareness. In some cases it is recommended to add a DUI Driving Simulation.

Level I Basic Driver Rehabilitation / $60

Total Class Hours: 4. Small (6-20) instructor-led group session. Through the utilization of cognitive-behavioral techniques and cognitive behavioral restructuring, participants will learn to recognize thinking errors that lead to irresponsible behaviors. Discussions are dynamic, interactive, and explore each student’s prior negative actions in a non-judgmental environment. Areas of focus include masks, criminal thinking, choices, triggers, and power/anger. Participants work through several exercises. In some cases it is recommended to add some number of Group Therapy sessions to increase and/or maintain insight and awareness. In some cases it is recommended to add a DUI Driving Simulation.

Level II Basic Driver Rehabilitation / $70

Total Class Hours: 6. Includes everything covered in the Level I program, plus additional exercises and topic such as Licensing Actions and Points, Excuse Making, and Thinking Errors . In some cases it is recommended to add some number of Group Therapy sessions to increase and/or maintain insight and awareness. In some cases it is recommended to add a DUI Driving Simulation.

Advanced Driver Rehabilitation / $310

Total Class Hours: 18 hours over 12 weeks. This is one of ABR’s most rigorous and effective programs for probationers with multiple driving offenses. Small (6-15 students) instructor-led group sessions. Program objectives include identification of thinking errors, stopping criminal thinking patterns, and developing the skills required to change their perceptions. Homework is assigned and accountability is required. Discussions are dynamic, interactive, and explore each student’s prior negative actions in a non-judgmental environment. Written Progress Updates are sent to the Court every 4 weeks during this program. Note: this program requires an assessment that is an additional $90.

Agenda: Module 1: Introduction: Program goals and key concepts; open sharing of criminal history
Module 2: Thinking Errors: rational and irrational belief questionnaire, thinking errors
Module 3: Excuse Making/Failure to Take Responsibility: review thinking error homework, excuse making exercise, “DUI in 5” video
Module 4: Tactics/Masks: masks or facades exercises, homework; Probation Report sent
Module 5: Continuum of Criminality: identify self on continuum; thinking report homework
Module 6: Thinking vs. Feeling: noticing your feelings and thoughts exercises
Module 7: The Power Pendulum and Anger: power and control; zero-state defenses
Module 8: Core Beliefs: review anger log, your core beliefs; Probation Report sent
Module 9: Triggers – Internal and External: denial, warning signs, knowledge is power
Module 10: Choices and Decision-Making Skills: sound decision-making skills
Module 11: Correcting Thinking Errors: reflect, reframe, refocus, attitude handout
Module 12: Final Review: positive image exercise, final review; Probation Report sent

Level I Alcohol Highway Safety Program / $110

Total Class Hours: 6 hours. Small (6-20) instructor-led group sessions. These programs recognize that not all participants are criminal thinkers; many have erroneous thinking patterns that lie somewhere on a continuum between a responsible, logical thought pattern and a criminal thought pattern. The focus is to teach participants to recognize their thought patterns and to replace the destructive ones with positive and constructive ones. Discussions are dynamic, interactive, and explore each student’s prior negative actions in a non-judgmental environment. Areas of focus include masks, criminal thinking, choices, triggers, and power/anger. In some cases it is recommended to add some number of Group Therapy sessions to increase and/or maintain insight and awareness. In some cases it is recommended to add a DUI Driving Simulation.

What is the Difference Between Level I and Level II?

Level II spends additional time exploring low self-esteem, narcissism, dependency issues, affect tolerance, poor self-care, poor relationships, poor communication skills, and immature defensive styles such as denial and rationalization. The extra two hours take on the feeling of a group therapy session.

Level II Alcohol Highway Safety Program / $130

Total Class Hours: 8. Small (6-20) instructor-led group sessions. These programs recognize that not all participants are criminal thinkers; many have erroneous thinking patterns that lie somewhere on a continuum between a responsible, logical thought pattern and a criminal thought pattern. The focus is to teach participants to recognize their thought patterns and to replace the destructive ones with positive and constructive ones. Discussions are dynamic, interactive, and explore each student’s prior negative actions in a non-judgmental environment. Areas of focus include masks, criminal thinking, choices, triggers, and power/anger. In some cases it is recommended to add some number of Group Therapy sessions to increase and/or maintain insight and awareness. In some cases it is recommended to add a DUI Driving Simulation.

What is the Difference Between Level I and Level II?

Level II spends additional time exploring low self-esteem, narcissism, dependency issues, affect tolerance, poor self-care, poor relationships, poor communication skills, and immature defensive styles such as denial and rationalization. The extra two hours take on the feeling of a group therapy session.

Anger Habits Program / $120

Total Class Hours: 6. Small (6-15 students) instructor-led group sessions. Dr. Carl Semmelroth, a nationally recognized expert in this field, developed this program exclusively for ABR. The sessions draw heavily on his best-selling book Anger Habits: Proven Principles to Calm the Stormy Mind and its accompanying workbook. Discussions are dynamic, interactive, and explore each student’s negative actions in a non-judgmental environment. In some cases it is recommended to add some number of Group Therapy sessions to increase and/or maintain insight and awareness.

Domestic Abuse Early Intervention / $120

Total Class Hours: 1 for the assessment then 6 hours in the classroom. A one-on-one session for an Intake Assessment is scheduled prior to the didactic program. The didactic portion can be completed in either one or two sessions. The primary goal of the didactic process is for the facilitator to guide an exploration of behavioral change using the rigorous Duluth Domestic Violence Intervention Program strategies and techniques. The participant’s life history and their violent thoughts, feelings, and actions (as discovered and articulated during the assessment) guide the experiential process. In some cases it is recommended to add some number of Group Therapy sessions to increase and/or maintain insight and awareness.

Domestic Violence Program/$25 per session

Total Class Hours: 2 hours per week for as many weeks as ordered. Small group sessions with 3-12 participants engaged in a highly interactive process. First and foremost is a commitment to victim safety. The primary goal of the didactic process is for the facilitator to guide an exploration of behavioral change using the Duluth Domestic Violence Intervention Program strategies and techniques. The participant’s life history and their violent thoughts, feelings, and actions (as discovered and articulated during the assessment) guide the experiential process. Role-plays are used extensively to facilitate learning. Contact an ABR Court Liaison at our main office phone number to request a one-page detailed description of the modules and objectives.

Domestic Abuse Intake Assessment / $60

This is a one-on-one evaluation between the probationer and an ABR master’s level therapist that is used to determine the appropriate program required.

Retail Theft Intervention / $95

Total Class Hours: 6. Small (6-15 students) instructor-led group sessions. The sessions require extensive student participation with the instructor as an authoritative moderator. Discussions are dynamic, interactive, and explore each student’s prior negative actions and the thinking and emotional/feeling patterns that lead to self-sabotaging results. Agenda topics include criminal thinking patterns, shoplifting addiction, self-justification, self-risk assessments, continuum of criminality, and an introduction to CASA (Cleptomania and Shoplifters Anonymous) amongst others. In some cases it is recommended to add some number of Group Therapy sessions to increase and/or maintain insight and awareness.

Intensive Retail Theft Intervention / $270

Total Class Hours: 18 hours over 12 weekly sessions. Small (4-10 individuals) instructor-led group sessions. Multiple sessions allows complete breaking down of individual barriers inhibiting cognitive behavioral insight and rehabilitation. The sessions require extensive student participation with the instructor as an authoritative moderator. Discussions are dynamic, interactive, and explore each student’s prior negative actions and the thinking and emotional/feeling patterns that lead to self-sabotaging results. The primary areas of focus are to encourage comprehensive self-analysis and self-evaluation of the causes of theft behavior, to explore the individual’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in a non-judgmental context utilizing 'best choices and options" approach, to introduce several change strategies, each using Multi-Modal Behavioral Intervention Techniques, and to prevent recidivism.

Psychiatric and Psychological Evaluation / $150

This is a 90-minute one-on-one session with one of ABR’s master’s level therapist. It is meant to be a thorough evaluation that will help identify underlying causes of aberrant behaviors; this information is needed to best determine short and long term treatment, probation, and/or monitoring plans. The client completes several written test protocols as well as the interview. A thorough write up is delivered to the court.

Intake Assessment for Program Level / $60

This assessment is used when the Court/Probation is unsure what program (ABR or otherwise, such as an OPC) or service is most appropriate for a particular individual.

Substance Abuse/Alcohol Assessment / $200

Thorough evaluation of the individuals’ history and current use. MAST, DAST, SALCE, and other tools used as determined by the ABR’s Master’s level therapist.

DAAD / $250

For Driver License Restoration; 10-Panel drug screen required

Exit Assessment / $60

Questionnaire completed by probationer and reviewed by ABR’s Master’s level therapist to assess insights gained and make further recommendations as required.

Group Therapy – can be added to any program / $25 per wk.

Always added in conjunction with an ABR program. The sessions are utilized when it is felt additional follow up work is needed to increase and/or maintain insight and awareness. Each session lasts 1 hour; number and frequency as determined by the Court/Probation. The groups are small (6-15 students) instructor-led group sessions. Discussions are dynamic, interactive, and explore each student’s prior negative actions in a non-judgmental environment. The focus is on deep-rooted characteristics as this plays into low self-esteem and other psychological vulnerabilities. ABR takes a curative approach by helping individuals understand their substance abuse or distorted thinking may be for the purpose of managing their psychological sufferings. Narcissism, dependency issues, affect tolerance, poor self-care, poor relationships, poor communication skills, and immature defensive styles such as denial and rationalization are just a sample of the issues on which we touch during the session(s).

Dangerous Driver Simulator

This program is intended for probationers with the following offenses: Drunk driving, OWI, DUI, first offense moving violations, road rage, any driving violation where the defendant seems to be an inexperienced or immature driver. The program can be referred on it’s own, or in conjunction with another ABR didactic program. All simulator sessions are one-on-one with a trained moderator. Audio files embedded in the simulator scenarios discuss points of focus and the moderator emphasizes individual elements as the participant moves through the sessions and demonstrates their particular driving and thinking patterns. Discussions are dynamic, interactive, and explore each student’s prior negative actions and the thinking and emotional/feeling patterns that lead to self-sabotaging results. Sessions are held in all ABR locations.

1 Hour Format $60: participant experiences several different scenarios including:

Power and Control
Anger Driving
Frustration Driving
Drunk Driving

1 Hour Drunk Driving Format $60: participant drives the same course three times to experience the difference between sober driving and driving under the influence.

Sober Driving
Simulated BAC of 0.06-0.08
Simulated BAC of 0.08-0.11

2 Hour Format $120: participant experiences several different scenarios including:

All the scenarios included in the 1-Hour Format
Consequence Driving
Distractible Driving
Distorted Thinking Driving

3 Hour Format $195: participant experiences several different scenarios including:

All the scenarios included in the 1-Hour Format
All the scenarios included in the 2-Hour Format
The 1 Hour Drunk Driving format

ABR’s “Black Box” / $100 deposit, $100 install, $27/month

The black box is installed into a persons’ vehicle and programmed to capture certain driving data that is indicative of unsafe vehicle operations. The black box collects data about speeds in excess of 70 MPH (number of times, actual speed, duration of each incident), excessive turning forces and excessive braking/acceleration forces. It also records miles driven, number of starts/stops, and other important data. Each month the user brings the data card to ABR’s office and a ONE PAGE summary report is generated for Probation that details each of the data fields.

The most important feature of the black box is the cognitive behavioral feedback that is provided when a driving parameter is exceeded (for instance, when the driver exceeds 70 MPH). The black box will emit a beeping tone until the driving behavior is corrected (until the driver slows down). Over time this feedback leads to greater awareness and true behavioral change.

Ignition Interlock / Vehicle Immobilization

ABR partners with Smart Start of Michigan to pass referrals to for the ignition interlock device and immobilization service. We will happily forward your referral to them and they will contact the probationer directly. Contact Smart Start at http://www.smartstartinc.com/ for details.