Mr Manoj Hatoj, Research Officer, NISD, explains about National Centre for Drug Abuse Prevention.

This video will take you through the vision and mission of National Centre for Drug Abuse Prevention (NCDAP) and help you to understand its work structure.
Through NC-DAP, the NISD has been able to expand its activities and has worked out strategies for tackling the issues of substance abuse and brings about qualitative improvements in service delivery. It has evolved a strategy for the capacity building of the service providers through a series of training and orientation courses. To formulate effective intervention modules and programmes, impetus has been provided to research and documentation activities to develop deeper insight into the problem and collection of information on extent, trends and patterns of substance abuse through feedback from the field.

The Institute runs a number of programmes and training courses, tailored for specific target groups by adopting the following three pronged approaches :
(i)Three Months Certificate Course on “De-addiction Counselling and Rehabilitation”- The course is designed for Project Officers, Senior Counsellors and NGOs functionaries working in Treatment-cum-Rehabilitation Centers. The training course includes two months of classroom training and one month of field placement in selected treatment centers. The broad content of the course is in form of eight learning units - Basics of Addiction, Counselling Treatment Protocols, Awareness Creation and Preventive Education, Rehabilitation, Relapse Prevention and Aftercare Services, and Record Keeping and Documentation.
(ii)Two-Months Vocational Training Course for Recovering Addictes, Spouses & Co-dependents.
(iii) One-Month Certificate Course on "Drug Counselling Skill"- The course has been designed to build the knowledge base of service providers including Counsellors, Social Workers, Outreach Workers of treatment centers. The course includes interactive theoretical sessions and one week field placement in reputed treatment centers. The broad contents of the course are - Basics of Addiction, Motivation and Counselling, Community Based interventions, Outreach and Awareness Creation. From the year 2014-15, NISD has started one month program for counselors in the field of drug abuse.
(iv)Thematic Skill Building Programmes - Under this category, the following two to five days programmes are undertaken:
Substance Addiction Identification, Initial Motivation and Early Intervention: to orient service providers on symptomatic behavior, early identification and early warning signs so as to equip them with requisite techniques for early intervention.
Counselling for Addiction – Individual Family and Group: to train counsellors working in the areas of substance demand reduction so as to expand their knowledge base & sharpen their individual, group and family Counselling skills.
Preventive Interventions for High Risk Groups: to sensitize the service providers working with high-risk groups such as truckers, commercial sex-workers, etc., on issues pertaining to Behavioral Change Communication (BCC).
Research, Rapid Assessment & Monitoring of Substance Abuse:on the relevance, scope and contents of research, rapid assessment and monitoring of substances abuse to obtain evidence for planning strategic interventions.
Management of Co-dependency and Family Issues: to enable Counsellors/ Social Workers to deal effectively with significant others including family and co-dependents of addicts.
Rehabilitation and Relapse Prevention – Issues & Modalities:for service providers for development and implementation of rehabilitation and relapse prevention programmes.
Prevention and Management of Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS:to orient and expose the service providers to the area of HIV/AIDS prevention among substance users.
Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention at Workplace:to sensitize Labour Welfare Officers of Corporate houses and Project Officers/Senior Counsellors of Treatment cum Rehabilitation Centres working with the organizations/ enterprises/industries.
A Learning Pack for Youth Coordinators:designed for youth coordinators of National Service Scheme (NSS) and Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK) on alcohol and substance abuse prevention
Treatment and Rehabilitation of Substance Addicts in Prisons/ Correctional Settings: to sensitize and empower middle level functionaries working in prisons/correctional settings on alcohol and substance abuse prevention issues.
Documentation for Addiction Management-Assessment, Client Profiling, Recording and Documentation:to ensure proper recording and documentation of programme activities.
Management Development Programme (MDP):to provide basic skills and understanding of the programme activities being carried out by Treatment – cum – Rehabilitation Centres.
Orientation Course based on TNA (Training Needs Assessment): on the selected thematic issues relating to treatment based on needs assessment in operational areas of RRTCs.