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Alfred Bergman and SLS Health Volunteer Services for Putnam County Treatment Court Team |
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SLS RES is a nationally recognized, private, CARF Accredited program located in Brewster, New York. The residential and clinic facilities at SLS Health, now SLS RES offer transitional living programs that are comfortable, warm and welcoming. |
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\25 Press Releases\
October 26, 2011 - Brewster, NY; October 14, 2011 - Alfred Bergman, co-founder and director for SLS Health, is proud to be a part of the Putnam County Treatment Court Team. Recently, the work of these outstanding volunteers including SLS Health was addressed in a letter from a member of the Treatment Court Team in light of one particular success story.
The letter from Robert DeLetis, a Treatment Court Team member, highlighting a success story of a 35 year old woman who was remanded to the Putnam County Correctional Facility, is below. After being allowed the opportunity to attend SLS Health, co-founded by Alfred Bergman to receive treatment, she was able to become sober and has remained that way for over 9 months.
Drug treatment courts are specialized community courts designed to help stop people in the community from continuing to abuse drugs, alcohol, and continue with self-destructive behaviors or related criminal activity. Non-violent offenders who have been charged with simple possession of drugs are given the option to receive treatment instead of a jail sentence. Along with the judge, who oversees each case, the Putnam County Treatment Team consists of volunteers from all areas agencies.
These include treatment facilities (SLS Health, Putnam Family, Search for Change and Arms Acres) along with assigned people from the DA's office, Legal Aid, Probation Department as well as representatives from Putnam County Correctional Facility. From the onset the judge and team traces progressions and lapses through random drug testing, probation visits, weekly monitoring attendance to treatment sessions and self-report.
An import aspect of the court is accountability. The rules are clearly defined and each participant chooses his or her own path to recovery. If a participant fails to meet the minimum requirements set forth by the court, immediate and graduated sanctions are imposed. The judge reviews with the team, all of the participants situations and rules accordingly. For example, a participant ...
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