Ex-offender Reentry: Life Skills

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Curriculum Review of Mentor Training Manual for New Mentors: The manual provides practical training and instruction for Christians who will be entering mentoring relationships with offenders, either during or after their incarceration.
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Curriculum Review of Preparing for Success on the Outside: This is a four-month Biblically based course to help inmates prepare for release from prison. It covers topics including attitudes, finances, employment, and goal setting.
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Curriculum Review of Cage Your Rage: This curriculum helps inmates learn to manage their anger and avoid aggressive actions.
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Curriculum Review of I Need a J-O-B! The Ex-Offender’s Job Search Manual: A faith-based resource designed to help ex-offenders prepare for the difficult task of finding a job following their release from prison.
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Curriculum Review of Orientation to Juvenile Justice Ministry with Teaching Guidelines: Curriculum Review of Orientation to Juvenile Justice Ministry with Teaching Guidelines: From Straight Ahead Ministries, this resource equips ministry leaders to prepare Christians to become effective volunteers to youth involved with the juvenile justice system.
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Recommended Books
Inside Out: Continuing to Cage Your Rage: Produced by American Correctional Association, this workbook is the companion volume to the earlier Cage Your Rage. Inside Out provides a hands-on, effective method of working through the main facets of anger management for ex-offenders.
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99 Days and a Get Up: Intended for both those who are soon to be released from prison and their loved ones, this short book offers practical advice for living outside of the prison system and help for family members who are soon to be reunited with ex-offenders.
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Orientation to Juvenile Justice Ministry with Teaching Guidelines: This manual provides a training course for individuals who will lead a Bible discussion group in a juvenile facility and for those who will be in a mentoring relationship with a juvenile after his/her release.
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From Locked Up to Locked Out: This free manual is intended for practitioners who are either actively engaged in housing ex-offenders or are considering starting such a program. It touches on all the major issues in housing ex-offenders.
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Mentor Training Manual for New Mentors: This manual provides training for Christians who will be entering mentoring relationships with offenders either prior to or post-release
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As Free As An Eagle: This book helps prisoners and their families learn how to develop the strong relationships that will help prisoners avoid returning to prison and assist families in adjusting to the prisoner’s return.
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Makin’ It: A Parole and Probation Survival Guide: Aimed at those coming directly out of the prison system, this book contains 31 survival tips to help ex-inmates live successful lives on the outside.
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Preparing for Success on the Outside: This four-month curriculum is designed to help inmates prepare for a successful life after their release from prison.
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Cage Your Rage: An Inmate’s Guide to Anger Control: Inmates will learn how to control their anger and its attendant destructive behaviors by using this workbook. It is suitable for self-study or as part of a course with a group of inmates
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Recommended Links
The Correctional Education Company: This organization produces educational resources that are used in prison programs and by community-based organizations to help offenders and ex-offenders, including juveniles, make a successful transition back into their communities.
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OPEN, Inc.: The Offender Preparation and Education Network, Inc. aims to reduce recidivism by producing educational materials that promote responsibility behavior.
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