LifeChange
Restorative Justice Mentoring Bible Study Program for Adult and Juvenile Offenders
LifeChange
Restorative Justice Mentoring Bible Study
for Offenders and Ex-offenders of all ages
Subjects
The following subjects* are addressed in the LifeChange curriculum:
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Rules and Authority established a proper foundation for the study
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Layout “acknowledges their crimes, how they hurt others, and what they need to do to change”
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Thinking Errors are used to make excuses and avoid taking responsibility for behavior. They are also used to avoid painful feelings. The nine Thinking Errors are: Deceiving, Making Excuses, Downplaying, Jumping to Conclusions, Avoiding, Acting Helpless, Blaming, Overreaction, and Feeling Special
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Offense Cycle teaches how to recognize and change negative behavior patterns. The Offense Cycle has seven steps 1) Unmet Needs, 2) Critical Situation, 3) Internal Reaction, 4) Considering Choices, 5) Preparing to Offender, 6) Offense, 7) Avoiding Consequences
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Life Story helps understand themselves and how they became the kind of person that hurts others
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Success Plan sets goals and makes plans for the future
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Values developing strong beliefs to be used to make decisions
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Empathy helps to understand how many people they hurt when they committed their crimes
*The basic outline of this material borrows terms from Resocialization, the copyrighted program of the Texas Youth Commission, and is used by written permission of the Texas Youth Commission (TYC).
Definitions from http://austin.tyc.state.tx.us/Cfinternet/familyguide/family8.html