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Curriculum Training and Support

Our comprehensive training services help individuals and organizations effectively apply proven approaches for behavior change through the use of our Interactive Journals and facilitator resources. We help you to move beyond the battles of academia to the practical application of participant-centered resources for the populations you serve every day. Our mission is to successfully prepare providers to implement our delivery systems for engaging and guiding participants through the process of positive life change. Our interactive trainings emphasize core competencies that help to bring structure and consistency to your services while maximizing your investment.


Orientation Training
Your organization has decided to incorporate The Change Companies®' resources into your delivery system…
this one-day course is just what you need!

Your organization has decided to incorporate The Change Companies®' resources into your delivery system… this one-day course is just what you need!

Orientation Training provides you with the foundation principles underlying The Change Companies®' resources in an engaging, interactive style. Participants "get their feet wet" performing basic facilitation techniques and leave with a preliminary plan to implement The Change Companies®' curricula in their organizations.

6.5 Continuing Education Units are available for successful completion of Orientation Training.

Facilitation Training
You've purchased a curriculum from The Change Companies® and you're ready to implement…
the two-day, certified Facilitation Training prepares your staff to put the curriculum into practice!

Your organization has decided to incorporate The Change Companies®' resources into your delivery system…
this two-day course is just what you need!

This intense, highly interactive course is packed with hands-on exercises, demonstrations and presentations emphasizing the core competencies necessary for effective implementation in your organization. Participants leave Facilitation Training motivated and ready to take action in all areas of service delivery including case planning, documentation, individual and group sessions. Bring our training experts to your facility for two days and you'll be ready to put evidence-based behavior change tools into action.

13 Continuing Education Units are available for successful completion of Facilitation Training.

Advanced Facilitator Training
If your organization needs more than the basics, you may want to consider our Advanced Facilitator Training Series.

The Change Companies®' Training & Consultation Division offers a range of advanced training modules for improving provider skills. If you have unique training challenges, let us develop training modules specific to your needs. A sampling of specialized training programs include:

•   Treatment Planning and Case Management through Interactive Journaling®
•   Interactive Journaling® Group Facilitation Skills
•   Adult Learning Principles
•   Techniques for Enhancing Motivation through Interactive Journaling®
•   Matching ASAM's Multidimensional need areas through Interactive Journaling®

Training For Trainers
Let us put together a Training for Trainers session for your organization!

The Change Companies®' professional trainers deliver powerful, action-oriented sessions that engage, develop and release effective change agents into your organization. Let us put together a Training for Trainers session for your organization! This three-day certified course provides participants with a comprehensive skill set for training on the effective application of The Change Companies®' resources including a detailed curriculum overview, basic facilitation competencies and the recommended curriculum implementation strategies.

The Change Companies®' Training for Trainers model incorporates a unique experiential approach to training… in addition to learning the core content of The Change Companies®' curricula and implementation strategies, potential trainers are immersed in a process-oriented approach, anchored in adult learning, that develops and enhances key training and facilitation strategies essential for effective training delivery. All Training for Trainers participants receive a toolkit that includes lesson plans, PowerPoint slides and handouts for on-site staff training.

Free Telephone Training
You have received your Interactive Journals and Facilitation Guides. Now what?

The quickest and most cost-effective way to introduce your staff to the "how" of effectively using Interactive Journaling® in your delivery system is our FREE telephone orientation. This brief 30-minute telephone orientation will walk your facilitators through the most important steps to implementing the resources you have purchased.

During this interactive conversation, facilitators will learn:

•   How to use Journals for case planning and documentation.
•   To use Journals in either individual or group sessions.
•   Why the Facilitation Guide is a lesson plan for implementing Interactive Journaling®.
•   A step-by-step explanation of powerful facilitation techniques that are proven effective with Interactive Journaling®.



For additional information call (888) 889-8866 or E-mail Scott Covert at scott@changecompanies.net