Open Call for Study Participants
Help yourself, your loved one, your family…and science!
Current study openings
For family members wanting to learn CRAFT-based approaches to help their own families…
Studies are looking to enroll family members for participation in further research on CRAFT. Learn more about the phenomenal opportunities provided, below!
Seeking Concerned Family Members to Receive CRAFT sessions from Professionals in a Training Study
We The Village: Study facilitated by Jane Macky
Study Ongoing
Low or No Cost CRAFT services• Online
This research study offers an opportunity for family members to receive CRAFT sessions from a professional in training via a sliding scale, at a low or no cost.
Concerned family members can be connected with therapists or coaches that are participating in a training study. These professionals are all experienced in working with substance use issues and families, but they are fairly new to CRAFT. They are being trained, coached, and supervised closely by leading expert CRAFT Trainers. Part of the participation includes audio recording of client sessions via a HIPAA secure platform. These audio recordings will be used for the professionals to receive feedback on their CRAFT services from the trainers.
Concerned family members can expect to receive quality care and extra guidance from experts in the model observing session audio recordings. Please click the button below to send an email requesting more information on the possibility of receiving CRAFT sessions from a professional in training via this study.
Why participate in research?
Aside from the personal benefits of receiving free (and excellent!!) CRAFT care, (and even financial reimbursement offered through McLean’s study), there is an even greater good that is served when family members enroll in research studies like the ones listed above.
Research is a way of systematically comparing approaches while eliminating or accounting for as many variables as possible.
The reason why we know CRAFT works for so many families is because researchers have measured the effects… again and again and again!! Multiple studies have compared CRAFT against several other popularly used models… and found CRAFT to be effective (and in some cases highly superior) for encouraging a loved one towards treatment, reducing their use over time, and/or increasing the families wellbeing. There’s even studies that found that loved ones whose family learn CRAFT stayed in treatment longer!
To do research on CRAFT or CRAFT-based approaches we need people who are willing to participate in that research.
The more research we have on the effects of CRAFT, and the more people who are willing to participate in that research, the better and more robust the information becomes about what is actually helpful to families and their loved ones.
And this is where you come in! If you, or someone else you know, might possibly be eligible to participate in either of these studies, please reach out to the researchers to learn more. It not only helps you, your loved one, and your family. It also helps the field as a whole!