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20 Helpful Communication

Since human services provided to people with problems in living are contingent upon the sharing of information, it is surprising how little concern has been shown in regard to our words. If we intend to help people help themselves, it is imperative that we examine closely our words. We need to examine truly our own mental schema and evaluate how much we believe these terms. If thinking controls behavior and communication is a behavior, we must posit that the use of words has at least some bearing on our belief system.

20 Interpersonal Cognitive Problem Solving

The enclosed techniques and procedures were developed with materials from Myrna Shure, author of Raising A Thinking Child published by Henry Holt and Company in 1994. The title is origninally from Shure althrough she presently calls the technique “I Can Problem...

21 Editorial on Promotivation

It was easy to have promotion of myself as a motivation; leaving the impression that working with gang kids [or later with people with schizophrenia] was dangerous when, in fact, it is not. ‘Setting people straight’ was a rather self defeating social strategy as others soon lost interest when they found out that you weren’t James Bond incarnate, facing evil at every turn.

21 Preparing for a Program Audit

This article is concerned with how to measure the efficacy of a cognitive behavior management culture. In order to do so, one must find a consistent understanding and implementation of cognitive behavior management messages from management to staff and staff to clients.

21 Self Verbalization Training

The enclosed techniques and procedures were developed with materials from the work of Phillip C. Kendell & Lauren Brasswell in a book titled Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Impulsive Children, published by the Guillford Press in 1985. Clinical Prompt Verbal self...

22 Becoming

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22 Quality Circles – Adaptations for Human Services

Human service delivery faces the challenge of providing quality services to people with problems in living while under ‘command and control constraints from federal and state regulations. A tool that may help meet this challenge is the quality circle, a management technique borrowed from Japanese industry that has gained popularity among American managers.

22 Reflective Openness

This article discusses guidelines to group decision making behaviors. If you believe that your solution is right, you cannot proceed. If you believe that your solution is best, it can be improved. Ruthless compassion brooks no compromise in both sharing one’s feelings and views and being open to having those views change.