Rule 24-2-22.3 - Intensive Outpatient Programs for Adolescents with a Substance Use DisorderA. An Adolescent-Intensive Outpatient Program (A-IOP) is a community-based outpatient service which provides an alternative to traditional Residential Treatment Services or hospital settings. The service is directed to adolescents ages twelve - eighteen (12-18) who need services more intensive than traditional outpatient services, but who have less severe substance use disorders than those typically addressed in Residential Treatment Services. The Adolescent-Intensive Outpatient Program allows people to continue to fulfill their obligations to family, job, school, and community while obtaining treatment. Adolescent-Intensive Outpatient Program is primarily conducted in the evening, but may be offered at varying locations and times to suit the needs of the adolescents being served.B. An Adolescent-Intensive Outpatient Program must be limited to twelve (12) people per session.C. An Adolescent-Intensive Outpatient Program must provide the following services:1. Group therapy must be offered over the course of at least ten (10) weeks for six (6) hours per week. Times and locations for groups may vary based on the needs of the adolescents being served. Groups may be of the following types: psychoeducational groups, skills-development groups, drug or alcohol refusal training, relapse prevention techniques, assertiveness training, stress management, support groups (e.g., process-oriented recovery groups), single-interest groups (can include gender issues, sexual orientation, criminal offense, and histories of physical and sexual abuse) family or couples groups.2. Individual therapy at a minimum of one (1) counseling session, for a minimum of one (1) hour, per week.3. Involvement of family to include no less than two (2) therapeutic family group sessions during the ten (10) week period, offered to meet the needs of the person.4. Providers utilizing Evidence-Based Practices or best practices in the provision of Adolescent-Intensive Outpatient Program must show verification that employees utilizing those practices have completed appropriate training or independent study as recommended by the developers of the model/practice for the practices being utilized. Section 41-4-7 of the Mississippi Code, 1972, as Amended