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program plan, and participation in maintenance and sanitation concerns of the ModuIar
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In Phase II, each inmate will participate in the following components: Responsible Self-
Assertiveness Training (1.5 hours a week for 12 weeks), Cognitive Restructuring group (1.5
hours a week that is ongoing), Family Issues (1.5 hours a week for 12 weeks), Step Study (1.5
hours a week for 12 weeks), continuation of utilization of daily journal, individual counseling
sessions With a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist, participation in other areas established in
the prescriptive program plan, active volunteering for Activities Committee, Educatiofiibrary
Committee, LaundryMaintenance Committee, and participation in maintenance and sanitation
concerns of the modular Therapeutic Community.
In Phase III, each inmate wiU participate in the following components: Stress Management
and Relaxation Skills (1 hour a week for 12 weeks), Re-entry to CommunityLife Skills (1 hour a
week for 12 weeks), AIDS Education and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (2 hours a week for 4
weeks), Continuation of Cognitive restructuring (1.5 hours a week), continuation of a daily
journal, individual counseling sessions with a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist,
participation in other areas as established in the prescriptive program plan, active volunteering for
activities committee, educationAiirary committee, laundry/rnaintenance committee,
orientationhtake committee and interpersonal committee, and participation in maintenance and
sanitation concerns of the modular Therapeutic Community.
Finally, in Phase N, each inmate will participate in the following components: Interpersonal
Skills Training (1 hour a week for 12 weeks), Relapse Prevention training (1 hour a week for 12
weeks), continuation of Cognitive Restructuring (1.5 hours a week), continuation of a daily
journal, individual counseling sessions with a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist,
participation in other areas as established in the prescriptive program plan, active volunteering for
activities committee, educatiodibrary committee, laundry/&tenance committee,
orientationlintake committee and interpersonal committee, and participation in maintenance and
sanitation concerns of the modular Therapeutic Community.
DuiZy Activities. According to the TC program schedule and inmate interviews, each morning
the inmate participates in a morning meeting fiom 8am to 9am. Once completed, the inmates have
Cognitive Restructuring groups, which are also referred as their rap groups. In these groups,
inmates pretty much identify the issues that will be discussed. Topics are dealt with on a more
personal level than other groups. After this group, they have lunch and then the rest of their
afternoon is spent doing a variety of groups, such as Rational Behavior, AIDS/STD’s, Relapse
Prevention, Education, Stress and Anger Management, Release Planning, Family Issues, and Step
groups which are all more counselor-run groups compared to the rap groups. Groups end around
4:30 p.m. each day.
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1 1. How is treatment structured to address individual inmate needs (e.g., individual
counseling)? [Source: inmate interviews, program documents, DATS Supervisor/Mgr.].
During the admission process, the primary DATS shall complete the psychosocial history and
psychosocial evaluation form with the new inmate. This history form is used to gather information
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