Anti-Social Peers: 15-Minute Tools

15-minute Tools in this guide are: “Concentric Circles” and “Side by Side."

• “Concentric Circles” assists the corrections professional to work with offenders who are not thinking about changing their anti-social friends and who might resist this suggestion. The exercise is done over two or more short sessions to give them time to think about their responses in previous sessions.
• “Side by Side” should be used when offenders are willing to think about leaving their anti-social friends, either because they are already open to this idea or because of using the Concentric Circle Tool.

In combination, the two 15-Minute Tools turn simple and easy two EBP strategies into activities that give the client tools to move towards being a law-abiding citizen.

ISBN: 978-1-934836-50-7  

Publication date:  March 2008

Price: TBA

Anti-Social Thinking: 15-Minute Tools

15-minute Tools in this guide are: “Thinking Model!”, “How do you Think?”, “What do you Think?” and “Considering What you Think?".

• “Thinking Model” introduces to the client to how thinking leads to feelings and they both lead to behavior. 
• “How do you Think?” assists the corrections professional in identifying anti-social thinking patterns that are common among high risk clients.
• “What do you Think?” outlines beliefs and values that can either support functional behavior or challenge dysfunctional behavior. 
• “Considering What you Think?” helps client examine their criminal or problematic behaviors by building on the previous activities.

The 15-Minute Tools work towards developing client’s awareness of the link between anti-social thinking/values and criminal behaviors.

ISBN: 978-1-934836-51-4  

Publication date:  March 2008

Price: TBA

Co-Occurring Illness: 15-Minute Tools

Two 15-Minute Tools, with a variety of activities, help the corrections professional work with clients to develop a six step action plan:

• Gather accurate and up-to-date core information about the client
• Identify the characteristics that are associated with the client’s mental health and substance use
• Develop an understanding of how these two disorders interact with each other
• Gain an understanding of the client’s enjoyable activities and skills
• Pinpoint community positive resources the client is or can access
• Create a current plan of action

Therapeutic support related to the disorders is determined by the appropriate professionals.  The guide helps the corrections professional work with the client to successfully complete their involvement with the criminal justice system.

ISBN: 978-1-934836-52-1     

Publication date:  March 2008

Price: TBA

Impaired Driving: 15-Minute Tools

 “5W’s” provides the Corrections Professional a 15-Minute Tool to:

• help the offender examine their patterns of behavior that lead to driving under the influence of substances.
• track when, where and who he uses substances with so that he can identify areas to make changes
• encourage the offender to close the gap between his beliefs and behaviors.

With awareness they can determine the changes they are willing to implement. Imbedded into the 15-Minute Tool are opportunities for discussions about safety and how driving under the influence compromises the safety of others.

ISBN: 978-1-934836-53-8  

Publication date:  March 2008

Price: TBA

Empathy: 15-Minute Tools

15-minute Tools in this guide are: “In Their Shoes,” “What’s the Problem” and “Try it On."

• “In Their Shoes” provides basic prompters to help the Corrections Professional obtain a sense of whether working on empathy should be a priority with the offender.
• “What’s the Problem” helps the offender recognize how his or her criminal behavior affected others by having the offender consider both their and the victims thoughts and feelings about the crime and its impact.
• “Try it On” takes the themes from the previous 15-Minute Tool and uses role playing to help the offender learn to see things from different perspectives.  The activity helps the offender examine his or her thinking and feelings and appreciate the victim’s point of view. 

The 15-Minute Tools provide simple and easy-to-use activities to evaluate and support empathetic behavior.

ISBN: 978-1-934836-54-5  

Publication date:  March 2008

Price: TBA