Community Terminology
Alerting others of negative self-destructive behavior. A sign of respect and responsibility.
What is an awareness?
The name of all 4 steps in steps of interaction
What is verbal, written, peer-accountability group, and clinical
This activity focuses on teaching work skills and attitudes toward work.
What is vocational?
Welcome new community members
Orientation Lead
These occur in groups where residents interact and learn from one another.
What is Community Activities
To assume a role or attitude even though you are not comfortable or do not want to do so.
What is Acting As If.
The proper response when given an awareness
"Thank you, I'll take care of that."
These activities focus on learning to speak about our feelings and examining values.
What is intellectual?
Translates, learns, educates, tutors
What is the education lead
A formal schedule with routine to counter the typically disordered lives of people active in addiction.
What is A Structured Day
Response or reaction to something another person said or did. Constructive in intent, making it different from criticism.
What is Feedback
This tool is utilized to resolve issues between community members. It is requested by the community member and facilitated by the staff on duty.
What is a relating table?
Interactions and methods that teach and reinforce new ways of behaving.
What is behavior management.
Gives a thought and word of the day during Community meeting.
What is the motivation lead
This training teaches that raising anothers' awareness is not self-serving and therefore not the same as thing as "snitching".
What is Awareness Training
Teaching individuals to use community life to learn about themselves.
What is Community as a method.
This step can be utilized after three valid written awarenesses in a 30-day period
What is a peer accountability group?
job loss, money problems, car accidents, DV, death
What is social consequences
Sign-in sheets, time keepers, sets up norms and rules, role call
What is Expediter lead
Job assignments provide residents with a sense of responsibility and affiliation with the therapeutic community.
What is work as therapy and education.
Highest behavioral expectation of the community to protect the structure, members, and safety of the community.
What is cardinal rule?
The proper phrase when giving an awareness.
What is "out of respect, I am raising your awareness."
These activities help us understand how we think and process our thoughts.
What is cognitive.
Maintain cleaning supplies, develop cleaning schedule, review house rules at Community meetings.
What is environmental lead
Information is reinforced and repeated in all program activities.
What is instruction and repetition of TC concepts