1. List your clients’ Barriers to Treatment. You must provide at least three barriers to treatment.

1. List your clients’ Barriers to Treatment. You must provide at least three barriers to treatment.

-client has no transportation

-client has no job

-client has no medi-insurance

-client has no phone or internet

-client is surrounded by addicts

2. Write a plan for your client to resolve each of the identified barriers to treatment.

3. Describe how you can advocate on behalf of your client. Advocacy is a major role of Case Managers and Substance Abuse Counselors. A counselor is often the case manager for clients in outpatient and inpatient treatment for substance use disorders.

4. Provide referrals for your client as a way to help your client develop resources for each barrier to recovery you identify. When you provide client referrals, provide at least three choices for each barrier.

5. Provide a 12-step referral list of 12-step programs near your client’s home. It is important for your client to choose which 12-step communities they would like to learn more about and determine which communities to join.

6. Write your answers to items 1 through 5 as a paper and post your paper to Assignment Eight.