Dealing with Feelings: offenders learn to recognize, identify, and understand feelings (9 sessions)
1. Knowing your feelings
2. Expressing your feelings
3. Recognizing another’s feelings
4. Understanding another’s feelings
5. Dealing with your anger
6. Dealing with another’s anger
7. Expressing affection
8. Dealing with fear
9. Dealing with boredom
Basic Learning Skills: a basic introduction to the skills of learning. The course covers a wide range of learning skils from listening to following directions. The course is “remedial” in nature. (7 sessions)
1. Listening
2. Asking questions
3. Being prepared and completing assignments
4. Following instructions
5. Contributing to dicussions
6. Offering help
7. Ignoring distractions
Basic Social Skills: A basic introduction to social skills. The course covers all basic social skills from intorductions to active listening. The course is “remedial” in nature. (7 sessions)
1. Introducing yourself
2. Starting and holding a conversation
3. Asking for a favor
4. Offering help
5. Joining in
6. Giving and accepting compliments
7. Apologizing and sharing
