PPT - University of North Dakota

HABILITATION vs. REHABILITATION• “Rehabilitation”• “A return to an earlier level of successful functioning”• Assumption: 2-5 year problem before entrance intoresidential treatment, somewhat less into outpatient:• Predicted psychological and emotional growth not takenplace because of addiction with resultant deficits.• Contrast with adult alcoholics• Identify through maturation and achievement• No base to build on when they stop drinking/using• Therefore, habilitation, not rehabilitation.• Teaching people to function effectively for the first time:• More difficult• More arduous• More time consuming