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COVAID (Control
Of Violence for Angry Impulsive Drinkers)
What is COVAID?
COVAID stands for ‘Control
of Violence for Angry Impulsive Drinkers’, and is a 10 x
2 hour individual or group, structured, cognitive-behavioural treatment
programme. The ultimate aim of COVAID is to reduce violence, through
tackling the mediators of anger, impulsivity, and drinking.
Who is COVAID aimed at?
COVAID is aimed at
repeat violent offenders whose crimes are alcohol-related. Participants
will have a record or self-report of at least three incidents of
alcohol-related aggression or violence in the past two years, including
violent crimes and incidents not recorded as crimes.
COVAID Sessions
COVAID is a comprehensively
manualised intervention that consists of 10 x 2 hour group or individual
sessions. These sessions are designed to cover a range of areas
designed to target assessment, a range of tools for controlling
anger and drinking, relapse prevention and evaluation. Assessment
and evaluation tools are built into these sessions.
Is there evidence for the success of COVAID?
To
date, pilot research evidence has provided positive indicators
for the control of anger, impulsiveness, and controlled drinking
self-efficacy. Initial indicators are also that the programme reduces
aggression and violence during the programme and initial short
term evaluation has shown that completers are likely to have a
violent reconviction than non-completers. The COVAID documentation
contains all facilitators need for evaluation – self-report
records for drinking and drunkenness, anger diaries, and psychometric
tests which can contribute to ongoing programme audit both locally
and nationally.
Who developed COVAID?
The COVAID programme
was developed by Mary McMurran and colleague psychologists at Cardiff
University, Wales, UK. Professor Mary McMurran is both a Chartered
Clinical Psychologist and a Chartered Forensic Psychologist, who
has worked with offenders in a young offenders centre, a maximum
security psychiatric hospital, a regional secure unit, and in the
community. Delight Training maintains a close collaboration with
Mary McMurran with the ongoing provision of training and development
of the COVAID programme.
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