National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program

Treatment Centre:

Mi'kmaw Lodge Treatment Centre

70 Gabriel Street, Post Office Box 7824
Eskasoni, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
B0A 1J0

Telephone: (902) 379-2262 / 2267 / 2152
Fax: (902) 379-2701 / 2412

Number of outpatient beds:

• NNADAP funded: 15
• Total overall: 15 (co-ed: 14 double, 1 private)

Specific number of beds for:

• Females
• Males

Languages offered:

• English
• First Nations (MicMac)

Target group:

• No age limitations

Treatment cycle:

• 6 weeks
• Other: 3 week relapse program, and 4 week program for adolescents (2 weeks male, 2 weeks female)

Intake frequency:

• Daily
• Once per cycle

Type of treatment program:

• Adult
• Inmate (1 per cycle)
• Men
• Women
• Youth

Special services:

• Follow-up / aftercare
• Intake screening
• Outpatient services
• Walk-in & crisis services

Treatment for substances:

• Alcohol
• Hallucinogens
• Narcotics
• Solvent abuse

Treatment components:

• Alcohol & other drug education
• Assessment
• Case management
• Consultation with professionals
• Crisis intervention
• Cultural activities
• Group counselling
• Individual aftercare & planning
• Individual counselling
• Individual treatment planning
• Intake
• Life-skills/personal development
• Orientation
• Recreation therapy
• Referral
• Reports and record keeping

Impairments the centre can accommodate:

• Hearing impairment
• Learning disability
• Visual impairment

Disability needs services:

• Large print reading material
• Wheelchair access