education
Spotlighting the Center Stage Role Attitudes Play in Shaping Behaviors
In order to promote lasting change in the behaviors of offenders and other at-risk populations, we need to answer the question, “What roles do attitudes play in shaping the way an individual lives their values?” This article examines how we, as facilitators of change, must promote an introspective look at how attitudes differ from, and indeed separate, our values and actions.
Everybody’s Good at Something So Go Learn How to Do It Better
We’re all good at doing something or have a skill or interest that floats our boat. If you aren’t doing that for a living, you might be missing the boat. This article explains why career training for many high school students is likely to propel them to career satisfaction and success.
How Prison Educators Transform Themselves Into Value Added Representatives
As prison educators and probation officers work with offenders to improve behaviors, it is useful to borrow from the business world the concept of the value-added reseller. Negative behaviors only stop when offenders see a benefit to positive replacement behaviors. It is the job of the educator to frame the behaviors in a way that appeals to the specific values of Blue, Gold, Green, and Orange personality types.
