{"id":15342,"date":"2015-09-30T17:29:26","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T17:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartrecoverybc.com\/?page_id=15342"},"modified":"2015-09-30T17:35:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T17:35:19","slug":"courts-and-legal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smartrecoverybc.com\/index.php\/action\/for-volunteers-and-professionals\/courts-and-legal.html","title":{"rendered":"Courts and Legal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>SMART Recovery and the Courts<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What SMART Recovery Provides<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<p>SMART Recovery offers a well-established religion-neutral approach, in keeping with the Courts\u2019 mandates against promoting faith-based approaches without offering secular alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>SAMHSA affirms that individual engagement in choosing a treatment approach offers a better foundation for success and SMART is pleased to provide a program that represents an alternative for those looking to use either a scientific method, or a secular approach that does not conflict with their spiritual views.<\/p>\n<p>SMART Recovery&#8217;s 4-Point Program\u00ae is organized to address establishing motivation, coping with urges, problem-solving and lifestyle balance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/wQbfqnDOK0E?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SMART\u2019s science-based offerings for peer support include our face to face meetings and online resources utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI), evidence-based tools which are widely accepted in the treatment of addictive behaviors.<\/p>\n<p>We are pleased at the recent endorsement of our program by the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP) as a model for peer support, alongside 12-step AA and NA choices.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"box1\">\n<p align=\"left\"><em><strong>&#8220;Participants regularly attend self-help or peer support groups in addition to professional counselling.\u00a0 The peer support groups follow a structured model or curriculum such as the 12-step or Smart Recovery models.<\/strong><\/em><sup>19<\/sup>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><sup>19<\/sup> &#8220;Drug Courts must offer a secular alternative to 12-step programs such as Narcotics Anonymous because appellate courts\u00a0have interpreted these programs to be deity-based, thus implicating the First Amendment (Meyer, 2011).&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2014\u00a0 NADCP, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nadcp.org\/sites\/default\/files\/nadcp\/AdultDrugCourtBestPracticeStandards.pdf#page=54\" target=\"_blank\">Adult Drug Court Best Practice Standards, July 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>SMART Recovery&#8217;s mutual peer support meetings are free to the general public. We welcome court-ordered participants.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>SMART Recovery Court Outreach Committee<\/h2>\n<p>SMART Recovery\u2019s Court Outreach Committee endeavours to ensure that every court in the United States embraces choice in recovery in relation to treatment and support for addictive issues. Our focus is to increase awareness and acceptance of SMART Recovery as one such choice, and also to gather data about where SMART Recovery is currently accepted by the courts, as well as how SMART Recovery can be of assistance to the courts and staff within the judicial system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our objectives are to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2022 Increase presence and awareness of SMART Recovery in the court community<br \/>\n\u2022 Share information of interest with the courts<br \/>\n\u2022 Increase local SMART Recovery meeting referrals<br \/>\n\u2022 Ensure that SMART Recovery meeting verifications are accepted by courts or related agencies requiring peer support meeting attendance<br \/>\n\u2022 Gather information of interest to SMART Recovery &#8211; contacts, historical, trends, policy, court cases<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Contact the SMART Recovery Court Outreach Committee<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"SMART Recovery Court Outreach\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smartrecovery.org\/Misc\/contactx.php\">Contact us via email<\/a>, or call us Toll Free: 866-951-5357<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smartrecoverybc.com\/images\/Dolores_Cloward_signature.jpg\" alt=\"Dolores Cloward\" width=\"305\" height=\"58\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dolores Cloward, Chair<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>See Also<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartrecovery.org\/courts\/court-mandated-attendance.htm\">1st Amendment Court Cases<\/a><br \/>\nA compilation of court cases related to mandated support group attendance and First Amendment issues regarding religious freedom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartrecovery.org\/courts\/court-resources.htm\">Court-Related Resources<\/a><br \/>\nResources for the courts or for those speaking with the courts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartrecovery.org\/resources\/correctional.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smartrecoverybc.com\/images\/insideout-program.jpg\" alt=\"Inside Out secular corrections program\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"10\" \/>SMART Recovery Correctional Substance Abuse Programs<\/a><br \/>\nInformation regarding SMART Recovery&#8217;s correctional programs, including the SMART Recovery InsideOut program, specifically designed for use in correctional settings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMART Recovery and the Courts &nbsp; What SMART Recovery Provides: SMART Recovery offers a well-established religion-neutral approach, in keeping with the Courts\u2019 mandates against promoting faith-based approaches without offering secular alternatives. 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