Thinking for a Change 5.0
Resources for Facilitators and those that want to become Facilitators.
Online Dosage Modules
Students can access these (intersession) Online Dosage Modules between sessions of their T4C 5.0 course.
About the program:
Thinking for a Change 5.0 (T4C) authored by Reginald Prince and Archie Weatherspoon IV reflects the collective wisdom and experience of facilitators and trainers, and also the newest innovations in Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention (CBI) program delivery. Evidence Based Strategists, Inc., in partnership with the National Institute of Corrections (NIC), subcontracted with several experienced T4C facilitators and expert T4C trainers. T4C 5.0 is a new and improved design for the theoretical and philosophical foundation of the program to flourish in the newer technologies of the 21st century. T4C has been the subject of many studies and has routinely proven to be effective in reducing recidivism when implemented with integrity.
T4C 5.0 has designed an open-ended aftercare program that is iterative and easily delivered. This aftercare program is a T4C 5.0 check-in that allows those who complete the full program to practice skill application with real world problems they face. Thinking for a Change 5.0 has incorporated current evidence and technology to enhance the effectiveness of the T4C 5.0 program while increasing the overall dosage of the program from 50+ hours to now up to 100 hours of dosage from the main T4C 5.0 twenty-five lesson program. The result of these efforts is represented in the curriculum and materials of T4C 5.0.
The main T4C 5.0 twenty-five lesson program typically spans 30 sessions, each session lasting 2 hours, ideally conducted twice weekly but is adaptable to other schedules. Participants are required to complete homework between sessions to reinforce learning. Designed for adults and youth of both sexes, T4C 5.0 operates in groups of 8-12 individuals led by trained facilitators. Its structured format allows for new member intake only at specified junctures, ensuring cohesion within the group.
T4C 5.0 is provided by corrections professionals in prisons, jails, detention centers, community corrections, probation, and parole settings. The National Institute of Corrections has trained more than 10,000 individuals as T4C group facilitators, and about 1,000 trainers who can train additional staff to facilitate the program with clients under correctional authority.
T4C 5.0 represents a significant evolution in the curriculum, both in content and use. The addition of the virtual version and a comprehensive Spanish version should enable you and your agency to better serve your targeted populations. Correctional agencies can consider Thinking for a Change 5.0 as one option in a continuum of interventions to address the criminogenic needs of people they serve.