• Review the Learning Resources on legal and criminal approaches to substance use and on drug treatment courts.
• Use the National Drug Court Resource Center site to explore how drug treatment courts work in your state.
• Review the Information Brief How-To Guide in the Learning Resources. Imagine that you have been asked to assemble an information brief for fellow social workers in your state on drug treatment courts, their history and purpose, and their connection to social work practice with clients with substance use disorders.

Submit a detailed information brief in which you: 

• Briefly describe the history of drug treatment courts.
• Identify your state and describe what types of drug treatment courts are available and how they operate in your state.
• Describe the purpose of diversion to court-ordered treatment for people with substance use disorders and explain how this differs from traditional criminal justice approaches.
• Explain how court-ordered treatment influences social work practice.