Treatment courts are grounded in the belief that people can, and do, change. The process isn’t easy. It takes time, can be full of setbacks and frustrations, and demands patience from everyone involved. But helping someone rewrite their story and rebuild their life is also one of the most rewarding aspects of this work. In this episode, Georgia Judge Charles Auslander talks through the standard on incentives, sanctions, and service adjustments and draws on his years of experience behind the bench in an impaired driving treatment court and as faculty for All Rise.

In recent years, the recognition of positive and negative forces that impact an individual’s recovery from substance use disorder has broadened approaches to treatment. For anyone impacted by substance use disorder, and especially for individuals in treatment court, recovery capital is crucial to achieving long-term recovery. In this episode, we talk with national treatment and recovery expert Julie Seitz about the latest in our understanding of recovery.

Our understanding of treatment continues to evolve. We sat down with national treatment and recovery expert Julie Seitz to talk the latest science around substance use disorder, person-centered treatment, and what appropriate responses to resumed use look like.