Weekend Intervention Program Formerly Through Wright State University

To register by phone:

Please call: 937-979-4400

To register for the Weekend Intervention Program click here:

To register for the Youth Education Program (YEP!)/Short-Term Education Program (STEP) click here:

The primary intent of the Weekend Intervention Program is to help people. We do not want to take any steps that may jeopardize the health and well-being of our program participants or our employees. As such, we have made the decision to cancel the March 21, 2020 Youth Education Program (YEP) and the March 26-29, 2020 scheduled class DUE TO THE COVID-19 THREAT. In early April we will re-evaluate the situation and determine when we can restart programming. For everyone already registered and paid, we will reach out to you and reschedule you as soon as the authorities advise us that it is safe for us to have groups or large gatherings. There will be no rescheduling fees assessed. Any updates that we get will be posted on our web site and on our Voicemail. If you are concerned about meeting deadlines imposed by the Court and/or other Agencies, please do not worry. All Courts and agencies are being affected at this time as well. This is an unprecedented time for our society, so please STAY SAFE AND CALM. We will all get through this if we work together! Please don’t hesitate to contact our office should you have any questions or concerns.

Weekend Intervention Program

Now offering 2 locations

Dayton

The Crowne Plaza Dayton

33 E. Fifth St., Dayton, Ohio

Fairborn

Suburban Extended Stay

3845 Germany Lane., Beavercreek, Ohio

2020 Schedule



	~~March 26-29 - Dayton~~ CANCELLED	April 9-12 - Fairborn
April 16-19 - Dayton	April 23-26 - Fairborn
May 7-10 - Dayton	May 28-31 - Fairborn
June 4-7 - Fairborn	June 11-14 - Dayton
June 25-28 - Fairborn	July 9-12 - Fairborn
July 23-26 - Dayton	August 6-9 - Dayton
August 13-16 - Fairborn	August 20-23 - Dayton
September 10-13 - Fairborn	September 24-27 - Dayton
October 1-4 - Dayton	October 15-18 - Fairborn

October 29 - Nov. 1 - Dayton	November 5-8 - Dayton	November 12-15 - Fairborn
November 19-22 - Dayton	December 3-6 - Dayton
December 10-13 - Fairborn	December 17-20 - Dayton

our MISSION

To provide an alternative to incarceration while offering
comprehensive assessment and cognitive behavioral education
about alcohol and other drug use in a caring professional context.

experienced

Ohio's oldest driver intervention program, the WIP has been in operation since 1978.

supported

The first alternative-to-incarceration program certified by Ohio's Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services.

attended

Has had more than 62,000 participants in 34 years of operation.

because it works

Offers a unique program of assessment and education.

The Weekend Intervention Program

The Weekend Intervention Program (WIP) for impaired drivers is a component of an interdisciplinary effort linking the area's courts and substance abuse treatment agencies.

The WIP program was developed at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in 1978 and has been in continuous operation since that time. The intervention approach embodied in the widely replicated Weekend Intervention Program offers a method of alcohol/drug assessment, diagnosis and treatment induction that is both therapeutically and cost effective. It works in tandem with the community's criminal justice and human service systems.

WIP is an intensive, three-day residential program to which persons involved in a drug or alcohol offense may be remanded by a court or other agency. The major programmatic goals of the WIP are:

1.				to provide a comprehensive assessment of an individual's involvement with alcohol and other psychoactive drugs;
2.				to confront participant denial and encourage self-evaluation; and
3.				to prepare participants for treatment when necessary and to increase their accessibility to treatment.

REGISTRATION

The following forms should be printed, completed and mailed along with your program fee to: WIP, P. O. Box 2404, Dayton, OH 45401. PDF forms require Adobe Reader, a free download. These forms must be received in our office two weeks prior to your attendance:

Fee Agreement

Lawyer Authorization for Release of Information

Registration Form

A Message from the Program Director

The Weekend Intervention Program offers a 72-hour and a 48-hour educational, counseling and assessment program that focuses on individual clients, helping them deal with the impact of their substance use related driving conviction (OVI) and the use of mood-altering substances in their lives. These programs have proven so effective that they have served as models for numerous weekend intervention programs implemented throughout the United States and in Canada.

The WIP is no picnic. The hours are long and the pace is fast. For two or three intense days, the WIP counselors work closely with their clients in small groups, helping to educate them about the ramifications of substance use and to assess the extent of any possible problems. The clients take an active part in this assessment by examining the role substance use plays in their lives.

WIP counselors do not attempt to cure or preach. Instead, they help their clients see their OVI convictions not as bad luck, but as a "crisis trigger" that brings them a fresh awareness of the way they are handling their lives.

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CAN HAPPEN

in a weekend!

P.O. Box 2404
Dayton, OH 45401

Phone: (937) 979-4400
Fax: (937) 979-4393
weekendprogram@att.net

To provide an alternative to incarceration while offering comprehensive assessment and cognitive behavioral education about alcohol and other drug use in a caring professional context.