Better Days Treatment Center Kandice Ahedo-Gorres LADC

Better Days Treatment Center Kandice Ahedo-Gorres LADC

Services:
Recovery Support Services
• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Housing services

Transitional Services

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Outcome follow-up after discharge
• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education

Education and Counseling Services

• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Substance use disorder education
• Individual counseling
• Group counseling
• Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
• Family counseling

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicaid
• Cash or self-payment
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping permitted without restriction

Treatment Approaches

• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Motivational interviewing
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Anger management
• Trauma-related counseling
• Contingency management/motivational incentives
• Relapse prevention
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• 12-step facilitation

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Outpatient
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Regular outpatient treatment

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted without restriction

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Age Groups Accepted

• Children/Adolescents

Testing

• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Private for-profit organization

Gender Accepted

• Female

Exclusive Services

• Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere

Ancillary Services

• Social skills development
• Case management service

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

Type of Care

• Substance use treatment

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Adolescents
• Adult women
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients

Language Services

• Spanish

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Professional interventionist/educational consultant
• Screening for substance use
• Interim services for clients
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Outreach to persons in the community

External Opioid Medications Source

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity