In consultation with the DEI Committee, NAATP developed the DEI Best Practices in Addiction Treatment Model and Assessment Tool which provides a framework, based on the Stages of Change model, to support leaders in the addictions field throughout this journey.  The Stages of Change model (also called the Transtheoretical Model, developed by Prochaska & DiClemente in the 1970s) is familiar to most recovery professionals as a roadmap for nonjudgmentally assessing and motivating positive change in people’s lives.  Applying this model to DEI allows organizations to use familiar language to assess where they are on the continuum of equity-focused action, develop awareness of areas for improvement, and identify action steps.

NAATP has developed a webinar as well as a blog to introduce this Tool and discuss its goals and utilization.