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The fourth Phase 1 objective is to obtain a better understanding/awareness of self by attending
five therapeutic journaling classes in which the inmate is expected to maintain a da2y written
journal and review in individual sessions. They are also expected to participate in individual
counseling once a month and identify and review issues discussed during small group
participation.
The fifth objective is to obtain knowledge of interpersonal skills and group processes by
attending 14 sessions of interpersonal skills classes, completing all homework assignments
satisfactorily, and attending all small group therapy sessions 2 times per week.
The sixth objective is to obtain knowledge of the basic concepts of recovery by attending 8
sessions of the Basic Concepts of Recovery Class and obtaining a passing score on the test. The
Basic Concepts class introduces basic vocabulary and concepts of addiction, treatment, recovery,
and self-help programs, provides a foundation of key recovery and treatment concepts that will
help participation into other therapeutic activities, develops an understanding of the depth of
problems experienced by an individual who is a chemically dependent offender, confronts the
complexity and depth of the recovery process so that they can understand a need for a full-time,
long-term commitment to addiction treatment, aftercare, and recovery, and introduces and
explains basic principles of the 12 Step Programs, self-help and the role of spirituality in the
treatmentlrecovery processes.
The seventh objective is to sustain recovery utiliziig 12 Step Support System by attending
M A support group and completing requirements of a treatment plan supplement.
The eighth objective is to utilize a Helping Measure System by initiating at least one encounter
or one pull-up while in Phase I.
The final objective is to advance to Phase I1 by having been successfully staffed, having
received peer recommendation by means of a pop sheet, having maintained at least an average
score on the Program Participation Index, having had functioned as a member of 2 different
committee’s, having initiated a Phase I1 Treatment Plan, having obtained approval for Phase I1
ITP fiom small groups and having each member give feedback for advancement to the next phase,
having demonstrated understandinghe of recovery tools and giving a seminar on “What tools I
learned in Phase I.”
In Phase 11, the inmate enters into more focused psycho-educational programming, including
interpersonal communication, criminal thinking, cognitive restructuring, and the relapse
prevention. The inmate is also required to participate on 2 committees, be more actively involved
in group therapy and the pull-up system. This phase involves several specific objectives according
to the Phase I1 Treatment Plan.
The first Phase I1 objective is for the inmate to obtain knowledge and begin to understand
realistic self-examinatioditrapersonal skills. This objective is reached by attending the
Intrapersonal Skills Training Class and by completing all the homework assignments to the
satisfaction of the instructor. The inmate is expected to verbalize in small group therapy sessions
what they were thinking at the time they committed their offense and to listen as others share
what their thoughts were during their own experiences. The inmate is to identifL at least 3
examples of behaviors, emotions, and thoughts which could trigger relapse, discuss these triggers
with others in at least 9 small group sessions, and then review with their counselor in an individual
session. To accomplish this objective, the inmate is expected to demonstrate mastery of
assertiveness skills. They are to demonstrate this by listing 10 examples of aggressive behavior
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