DOI: 10.3886/icpsr02887.v1
title: Process Evaluation of the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) Program at the W.J. Maxey Boys Training School in Michigan, 1995-1998
title: Version 1

description: This study was an evaluation of a Residential Substance
 Abuse Treatment (RSAT) program intended to reduce substance abuse and
 recidivism among youth placed at the W.J. Maxey Boys Training School
 in Michigan. The purposes of the evaluation were to describe the
 activities of the RSAT program and the relationship between program
 participants and success in the new program. There were five primary
 evaluation questions: (1) Were the participants appropriate? (2) Was
 the staff trained to deliver the planned services? (3) How did service
 delivery vary over time? (4) Did the participants make timely
 progress? and (5) What organizational factors changed service delivery
 and participant progress? Residents were admitted to the RSAT program
 and its comparison group on the basis of three criteria: (1) the
 resident was not a sex offender, (2) he had a known substance abuse
 history, and (3) he was expected to be released within one year. Youth
 in the RSAT program underwent intensive substance abuse
 psycho-education and relapse prevention in addition to the treatment
 provided in the Maxey Model. Intake data from the Family Independence
 Agency Information System (Part 1) were gathered for youths who
 entered Maxey between 1995 and 1998. These data were used to determine
 if significant differences existed between the RSAT and comparison
 groups. Additional data were collected through a client survey (Parts
 2 and 3), which included questions that evaluated youth satisfaction
 with services and their predictions for success. Variables in Part 1
 include program admission date, whether the youth was a sex offender,
 substance abuse history, the group and wing to which the youth
 belonged, age of first offense, age of admission to Maxey, offense
 class, number of arrests, number of previous placements, number of
 truancies, legal status, and date of first and second
 offense. Demographic variables include race, age, marital status, and
 county. Variables in Parts 2 and 3 assess the youth's opinions about
 school, food, group sessions, hall staff, family sessions, family
 visits, the overall program at Maxey, teachers, police, and
 judges. Additional variables include last grade of school completed,
 expected educational goal upon leaving Maxey, family substance abuse
history, and prevalence of substance abuse in neighborhood.
description: This study was an evaluation of a Residential
 Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) program intended to reduce substance
 abuse and recidivism among youth placed at the W.J. Maxey Boys
 Training School in Michigan. The Maxey School is the most secure
 facility in the system of private and public residences for
 adjudicated male delinquents in the state of Michigan. The Michigan
 Family Independence Agency, Office of Juvenile Justice operates the
 facility. The school utilizes a comprehensive treatment structure for
 the whole campus called the Maxey Model. The model is a hybrid of
 cognitive behavioral treatment, behavioral modification, and trauma
 resolution. The purposes of the evaluation were to describe the
 activities of the RSAT program and the relationship between program
 participants and success in the new program. There were five primary
 evaluation questions: (1) Were the participants appropriate? (2) Was
 the staff trained to deliver the planned services? (3) How did service
 delivery vary over time? (4) Did the participants make timely
 progress? and (5) What organizational factors changed service delivery
and participant progress?
description: Residents were admitted to the RSAT program and
 its comparison group on the basis of three criteria: (1) the resident
 was not a sex offender, (2) he had a known substance abuse history,
 and (3) he was expected to be released within one year. Youth in the
 RSAT program underwent intensive substance abuse psycho-education and
 relapse prevention in addition to the treatment provided in the Maxey
 Model. Maxey implemented two RSAT programs: one on the Sequoyah E
 wing, which housed medium security residents with substance abuse
 problems, and the other on Green Oak Center G wing, which housed high
 security residents. The comparison group included youth housed in
 different wings of Sequoyah and Green Oak Center. Intake data from the
 Family Independence Agency Information System (Part 1) were gathered
 for youths who entered Maxey between 1995 and 1998. These data were
 used to determine if significant differences existed between the RSAT
 and comparison groups. Additional data were collected through a client
 survey (Parts 2 and 3), which included questions that evaluated youth
satisfaction with services and their predictions for success.
description: Variables in Part 1 include program admission date,
 whether the youth was a sex offender, substance abuse history, the
 group and wing to which the youth belonged, age of first offense, age
 of admission to Maxey, offense class, number of arrests, number of
 previous placements, number of truancies, legal status, and date of
 first and second offense. Demographic variables include race, age,
 marital status, and county. Variables in Parts 2 and 3 assess the
 youth's opinions about school, food, group sessions, hall staff,
 family sessions, family visits, the overall program at Maxey,
 teachers, police, and judges. Additional variables include last grade
 of school completed, expected educational goal upon leaving Maxey,
 family substance abuse history, and prevalence of substance abuse in
neighborhood.
description: Response Rates: Not applicable.
description: Presence of Common Scales: Several Likert-type scales were used in Parts 2 and 3.
description: Not applicable.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Intake Data
DS2: Survey One Data
DS3: Survey Two Data
description: Male youths with substance abuse problems at the
W.J. Maxey Boys Training School in Michigan.
description: The user guide, codebook, and data collection
 instrument are provided by ICPSR as Portable Document Format (PDF)
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