Blue Guides
What is the focus of the Blue Carey Guides?
Criminogenic Needs
What are the Red Guides intended to focus on?
Case Management Issues
What does BITs stand for and how many are there?
Brief Intervention Tools. 6
Which are more versatile: Guides of BITs?
BITs
True or False: Guides/BITs work for all youth?
False
Blue Guide used to review assessment results and identify change targets, goals and stabilization support.
Your Guide to Success
A Red Guide used to implement a system of response to reinforce or encourage positive offender behavior.
Rewards and Sanctions
True or False: BITs should be given as punishment when a youth has a negative behavior.
False
True or False: You can adapt the Guides/BITs?
True
What resources are available if you have questions about using the Guides?
Guides Users Guide, Carey Guides FAQ, Carey Group Publishing's website/digital library, co-workers, your trainer/training materials
A Blue Guide that addresses need for more friends who do not support illegal behaviors.
Engaging Prosocial Others or Antisocial Associates
A Red Guide used for youth diagnosed with mental health and substance abuse issues.
Co-Occurring Disorders
What are thinking traps?
Habitual thought patterns that can lead to a decision with harmful results.
Why is it important for the youth to do the written work on Guides/BITs?
To establish ownership (buy in), to increase retention, to build rapport
How many Guides are there?
33
A Blue Guide that strengthens family needs and support.
Involving Families or Overcoming Family Challenges
A Red Guide for youth who are at risk or have already violated the terms/conditions
Responding to Violations
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What needs to be taken into consideration when involving others in your work on Guides/BITs?
Are they prosocial, do they have the reading and writing abilities to assist, are they willing to be part of your team.
What is the intent of the first tool in a Guide?
To raise awareness/build rapport
A Blue Guide for youth who display a quick and inappropriate temper that leads to negative behaviors.
Anger
A Red Guide that assists in identifying the ways a youth learns best.
Where motivation to change can come from?
Internal events or external events
Name 2 ways to prepare youth for using Guides/BITs?
Set the stage early about expectations, develop rapport with the youth, use Guides that focus on professional alliance, explain the tools (go over them with the youth), or do the tools with the youth.
There are 33 Guides with 1 -5 tools in each Guide. How many total tools are there?
100