In October of last year, Seneca County started their first T4C group. The staff at the facility see the same people over and over again. Seneca county officials implemented the program to address this issue. They believe it will improve public safety and reentry outcomes. During intake, new inmates are...
The National Institute of Corrections frequently receives requests for a Spanish translation of the Thinking for a Change cognitive curriculum. The 2002 version has been translated into Spanish and can be downloaded from the NIC website here. The current 3.1 version of Thinking for a Change is available...
In 2013, while helping ship over 1,800 copies of the new Thinking for a Change 3.1, Bernie Iszler, former probation officer for Tippecanoe County, Indiana, and now Correctional Program Specialist at the NIC’s Training Academy picked up a disk pack and said, “You know, we’re not just...
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This brief list of resources, Thinking for a Change and Cognitive-Behavioral Programs , contains research supporting Thinking for a Change as well as some CBT programs for offenders generally. The Thinking for a Change: An Integrated Approach to Changing Offender Behavior (T4C) curriculum, developed...
The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is pleased to announce the availability of the Thinking for a Change Certified Facilitator (T4C-CF) credential . In partnership with the Center for Credentialing and Education (CCE) and the authors of the program, after much effort, NIC has worked to provide...