Rand Kannenberg

Rand Kannenberg (b. 1960 Phoenix, Arizona), served as executive director of Criminal Justice Addiction Services in Lakewood, Colorado, from 1995 to 2008. [Careers in Clinical Sociology, First Edition, 2003, Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.] (Date of retirement October 1, 2008.) [http://www.isa-sociology.org/pdfs/rc46newsletter.pdf, ISA (International Sociological Association) RC (Research Committee) 46/Clinical Sociology, Spring 2008] He has provided substance abuse and corrections advanced level training and continuing education workshops in all 50 U.S. states including Alaska and Hawaii, three American tribal nations (The Eastern Band of Cherokee Nation in North Carolina, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, and the Sisseton–Wahpeton Oyate Sioux Tribe of South Dakota), Italy, Puerto Rico and South Africa. (Last seminar conducted September 26, 2008.) He completed his graduate program at the University of Colorado at Denver in 1984. He has been a featured speaker or trainer at approximately 500 state, regional, national, and international workshops or conferences. "Rand really knows addiction and goes the extra mile to explain the Resocial Group (TM) and curriculum for adults with antisocial behaviors and substance abuse. Rand is brilliant, warm, makes everyone comfortable and brings out the best in people...He is an excellent trainer and teacher..." [ Lois Michalove, DUI Program Director, Decatur, Georgia.] "Facilitator's modeling of skilled counselor techniques (was favorite aspect of course). Appropriate and gentle use of humor. Organization skills excellent." [David L. Dillon, Psychologist II, Los Lunas, New Mexico.] "Well organized, effective, useful presentation-provides skills that can be put to immediate use." [Howard F. Halligan, Jr., Addictions Program Specialist, Albany, New York.]

Kannenberg also has received negative feedback about his 24 year career, mostly related to his efforts to change laws regarding smoking in public places and to not fund federal research involving harm reduction with Methamphetamine users. "Rand Kannenberg's letter (November 28) defending Senator Dorothy Rupert's proposal to criminalize smoking in cars while children are present indirectly shows how weak for case the prohibition really is." [ Linda Gorman, Senior Fellow, Independence Institute, Golden, Colorado.] "Mr. Rand Kannenberg, who apparently makes his living by selling how-to books and workshops for criminal case managers and others who deal with drug abusers, has a primary economic interest in publicity, such as the publicity he attempts to generate here." [Thomas Beresford, Department of Veterans Affairs, UCDHSC, Denver, Colorado.] "I think Mr. Kannenberg owes Dr. Booth, his staff and the community an apology for recommending a course of action that would needlessly cost the lives of the most difficult and recalcitrant among us, methamphetamine injectors." [Tom Brewster, Executive Director, ARTS, UCDHSC, Denver, Colorado.]

Kannenberg was actively involved as a health and safety advocate for more than a decade. In 1998 he petitioned the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) to support the use of seat belts on all school buses in this country because of numerous crashes resulting in student injuries and deaths in the news. [http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=NHTSA-1998-4573] “In 1997 he initiated and wrote a bill for the Colorado state senate transportation committee banning smoking in cars with children as passengers. In 2002 he proposed that nicotine addiction be a prohibited activity for Colorado certified and licensed addiction counselors. In 2002 and 2003 he petitioned the Lakewood City Council and the Jefferson County Board of Health to recommend making all restaurants and other businesses totally smoke free. He has also organized boycotts of retail grocery and candy stores that sell candy cigarettes to children.” [Society of Addiction Counselors of Colorado (SACC) Newsletter, Summer 2004.] Kannenberg filed a lawsuit against the Mayor of Denver and the Manager of Aviation claiming that the smoking lounges at Denver International Airport (DIA) violate state law because they're not fully enclosed as required by HOUSE BILL 06-1175 (“Colorado Clean Indoor Act”). [(CBS4denver.com) CBS Television Stations Inc., December 12, 2006.] In 2006 Kannenberg filed formal complaints regarding unethical advertising against two attorneys from a Denver law firm with the Colorado Supreme Court Attorney Regulation Counsel and was assigned two separate case numbers for their paid ad in a weekly newspaper that read, “THE DUI LAWYERS” and included this wording, “Memorial Day Tip: Pure alcohol has no odor.” [http://www.sacc.cc/NLs/Summer_06.pdf]

Kannenberg received the "Trainer of the Year Award" from the Alcohol and Drug Programs (ADP) at Safety Center Incorporated's (SCI) 15th annual meeting in Sacramento, California on August 22, 2008. Kannenberg had been a speaker for SCI ADP for five consecutive years. [http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Business/General-Business/Story~514186.aspx, YourHub.com>Lakewood, Denver Post/Rocky Mountain News, 8/28/08] SCI ADP provides counseling and case management services for drinking drivers and other drug related criminal offenders for the State of California. Kannenberg was awarded a "Certificate of Accomplishment" for "24 Years of Distinguished Service as a trainer, mentor and addiction professional" by the National Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) on June 20, 2008. [The Denver Newspaper Agency.] Kannenberg was a 2005 William Foote Whyte Distinguished Career Award nominee by the American Sociological Association Section on Sociological Practice. He was a 2003 Public Health Champion of the Year recipient by the Jefferson County, Colorado Department of Health and Environment. Kannenberg is a certified case manager and a licensed addiction counselor who designed the Resocial Group (TM) curriculum to decrease recidivism for inmates with Antisocial Personality Disorder and a coexisting substance abuse or dependence. His evidence based techniques, first created in 1986, are considered "sociotherapy" and "cognitive behavioral therapy." [On Sociology, Clinical Practice and Counseling, Sociological Practice Review: SPR. By American Sociological Association, American Sociological Association. Published by American Sociological Association, 1991. Item notes: v.2 1991. Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized Jan 30, 2008.] His books, manuals, audio/CD tapes, and Internet courses are available at numerous online bookstores and 12 different websites in the U.S., U.K., Canada and France. He has assessed and/or treated thousands of parolees, probationers, halfway house residents and non residents, intensive supervised probation or parole inmates, jail and prison inmates, diversion clients and other criminal offenders in his private practice and independent contract work since 1984.

"The aim is to rehabilitate offenders through resocialization in group sessions using 'sociometry' and other 'sociological counseling' techniques. Kannenberg's 'sociotherapy for sociopaths' is clearly predicated on both general sociological concepts of socialization and the assumptions of 'social learning theory.'" [(Journal of Applied Sociology/Sociological Practice 22, 1/7, 1).] There are at least 1,500 certificated facilitators of Resocial Group (TM) in more than 30 U.S. states. "The program is credited with reducing the number of repeat drug offenders in three states." [(KVIQ-TV, CBS).] "Rand Kannenberg, an expert on the approach..." [(KIEM-TV, NBC).] "His work is an outstanding example of the importance of clinical and applied sociology for the sociocultural context of crime and substance abuse problems." [(The Practicing Sociologist, Sociological Practice Association, 2001).] "Addictions expert Rand Kannenberg..." [(KMGH-TV, ABC).] Course instructor, like Dr. Stanton Samenow, psychologist and criminal behavior expert, with The Institute for Addiction and Criminal Justice Studies. [(http://www.ccjp.com)]

Publications

* "Case Management Handbook for Clinicians" (2003, Eau Claire, WI: PESI HealthCare, LLC.).

"Even if new to the profession or a seasoned veteran, this book is a helpful resource to all addiction counselors...An addiction treatment facility's library is not complete without this book." (NAADAC News, August 2005).

"Congratulations to provider Rand Kannenberg..." "Kannenberg book focuses on Case Management."(The National Certified Counselor, NBCC, 2004).

* "Sociotherapy for Sociopaths: Resocial Group. A Group Treatment Curriculum for Adults with Antisocial Behavior and Substance Abuse" (2002, Eau Claire, WI: PESI HealthCare, LLC.).

"Kannenberg's fresh approach to treating psychoactive chemical abusing sociopaths should be in every counselor's arsenal when treating a client of this nature." (NAADAC News, August 2005).

Top 10 Bestselling Book List of search by subject on Medicum.net 2005.

Lectures

* "Medication Abuse: Over-the-Counter and Prescription Drug Abuse and Dependence"
* "Sociotherapy for Sociopaths"/"Resocial Group"
* "Using Humor in Offender Counseling and Supervision"
* "Clinical Case Management and Behavioral Health"
* "Deviance and Criminal Behavior"
* "Theories and Models of Helping Offenders Change"
* "Communication Techniques with Clients"
* "Cultural Diversity Skills in Community Corrections"
* "Addiction Counseling and Professional Ethics"
* "Criminal Offenders with Coexisting Diagnoses" (aka, "Successful Outcomes for Criminal Offenders") (aka, "Antisocial Personality Disorder & Other Challenging Client Populations")
* "Clinical Case Management in Healthcare and Human Services"
* "Methamphetamine"
* "The Meth Epidemic" (aka, "METH: Assessment, Intervention & Treatment")
* "Clinical Evaluation for Antisocial Personality Disorder and Substance Use Disorders: The Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes to Use Three Screening Instruments"
* "The Offender and Addiction-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy"
* "The Offender and Addiction-Clinical Case Management"

References

External links

* [http://www.aacsnet.org] - Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology (AACS) (formerly known as Sociological Practice Association)
* [http://naadac.org/] - The Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)
* [http://www.nbcc.org/] - National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc. (NBCC)
* [http://www.nattc.org/index.html] - Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC)
* [http://www.pesi.com/mentalhealth/index.asp] - PESI
* [https://www.meds-pdn.com] - Medical Educational Services, Inc. - Professional Development Network (MEDS-PDN)
* [http://www.i2i.org/main/article.php?article_id=409] - Independence Institute
* [https://www.cu.edu/sg/messages/5795.html] - UCDHSC - Rand Kannenberg's Letter to the Editor of the University of Colorado Silver and Gold Record dated 10/4/07
* [https://www.cu.edu/sg/messages/5807.html] - UCDHSC - 3 Responses to Rand Kannenberg's Letter to the Editor of the University of Colorado Silver and Gold Record dated 10/11/07
* [http://www.safetycenter.org/adp_alcoholdrug.html] - Alcohol and Drug Programs (ADP) at Safety Center Incorporated (SCI)

ee also

* Corrections
* Mental Health
* Stanton Samenow