Effectiveness of Contingency Management Therapy on Drug Abuse Treatment among Teacher Trainees in Kano State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study aims at investigating the effectiveness of contingency Management therapy on Drug abuse treatment among students of teacher training institutions in Kano State, Nigeria. The approach is Quasi-experimental, group counseling therapy was employed. The sessions took place two times in a month for three month at the interval of two weeks. The design is pretest-posttest, 15 students were used in the experiment obtained through purposive and simple random sampling techniques. The instruments use in data collection were contingency management treatment assessment questionnaire (COMTAQ), Interview and observation. The tools use in the analysis of data are Paired sample t-test, interview transcript analysis and observation rating scale. The finding reveals that contingency Management is effective, sig (2-tailed=.019), the interview result indicates effectiveness (High level) and the result from the observation is also effective (Cumulative average=1.70). It was therefore concluded that, use of positive and negative rewards can effectively change the behavior of a person. Based on the finding, recommendation was proffered which suggest that, management of the institutions need to provide adequate support through funding and provision of facilities to the directorate of counseling in each institution. That could enable an effective counseling/treatment to the client dealing with drugs in the schools.

Keywords: Contingency Management, Drug Abuse, Treatment and Teacher Training Institutions