Contingency Management: Overcoming Implementation Barriers to Bring Science to Practice

Saturday, April 26, 2025

1:15 PM – 2:30 PM

Presenter(s)

Sara C. Parent, ND

Assistant Professor
Washington State University
Spokane, Washington
K. Michelle Peavy, PhD

Associate Professor, Director of Training
Washington State University
Seattle, Washington
Michael G. McDonell, PhD

Professor, Director
Washington State University
Spokane, Washington

The ASAM/AAAP joint publication entitled Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Stimulant Use Disorder (StUD) has called for Contingency Management (CM) to be the primary component of a treatment plan for StUD. Yet, uptake of CM has been frustratingly slow. Drawing from our team’s direct experience with statewide CM implementation projects, this focus session will address CM implementation barriers and demonstrate that these perceived roadblocks are merely speedbumps, surmountable with adequate training and technical assistance.

Learning Objectives:

Learners will be able to:

Describe three common barriers to implementing contingency management focused on stimulant use disorders.
Review strategies for addressing CM implementation barriers.
Outline next steps in developing a CM program for clinical settings.

Disclosure(s):

Sara C. Parent, ND: UpToDate: Paid quarterly for authorship of Contingency Management entry (Ongoing)

K. Michelle Peavy, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Michael G. McDonell, PhD: Managed Health Connections: I have an SBIR grant with this company in which they provide our university with funding to support my FTE. I have no other equity or ownership . (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing)