Discussion:
How Treatment Programs Use Assimilation Theory
At 16 years of age, Tony was arrested for a DUI as well as marijuana possession. His case was assessed and he was taken to juvenile detention.
According to his juvenile justice probation officer, Tony has mentioned that drinking and marijuana wasn't a big deal and his parents partook in similar activities regularly. This made the juvenile probation officer understand that Tony's misdemeanor wasn't a singular occurrence and that it might stem from an unhealthy home environment. The courts opted to put Tony into a treatmentprogram on this evidence.
Using the Internet, research the following addiction recovery programs:
https://www.aa.org/
https://www.na.org/
Rational Recovery
Relate the techniques of the programs Assimilation Theory by Ausubel.
How do program techniques from the 3 listed treatment programs relate to your selected theory? Explain.