R&R2

R&R2 for Families and Support Persons

A version of R&R2 has been developed that specifically addresses an aspect of the antisocial individual’s social environment that is known to be critical in the etiology and persistence of antisocial behaviour: the family or support persons.

There is a substantial body of research that demonstrates the salience of family factors in the etiology of antisocial behavior, delinquency and adult criminality. Rather than viewing such factors as symptoms of parental pathology, the R&R2 Short Version for Families and Support Persons is based on the assumption that the parent's difficulties may reflect their lack of pro-social competence (e.g., limited pro-social problem-solving skills, emotional management skills, negotiation skills, conflict management skills, reasoning skills, and/or underdeveloped pro-social values).

The R&R2 program for Families & Support Persons is designed to empower the family by helping family members to acquire thinking, emotional, behavioral and interpersonal skills that will enable them to cope more effectively with the inevitable problems that are encountered in family living – particularly a family life that includes an antisocial child or adolescent.

The program is designed to teach family members specific skills and values that can help them – and motivate them - to relate to one another in a way that will foster the development of pro-social competence in each family member. Thus, it is designed to prevent antisocial in the participant' siblings by improving interactions among family members that may have contributed to the development of antisocial behaviour of the participant.

It also provides the family members, spouses, friends, mentors and other support persons of R&R2 participants with an understanding of the program in order to ensure that they understand and can reinforce the participants when they attempt to apply the skills they are learning.

The R&R2 Short Version For Families and Support Persons is also designed to prevent delinquency in the offenders’ siblings by improving interactions among family members that may have contributed to the development of antisocial behaviour in other family members.

The program is also designed to engage friends and other support persons in supporting and reinforcing adolescents or adults who are participants in an R&R2 program. It is designed to provide them with an understanding of the program in order to ensure that they understand and can encourage the participants when they attempt to apply the skills they are learning in the program outside of the group sessions.

Trainer’s Kit

The materials for conducting the program are presented in a Trainer's Kit that includes the following:

Program Handbook - articulates the program principles and provides complete and detailed step-by-step instructions (including a suggested script) for Trainers to deliver the complete program.

DVD - presents PowerPoint slides for each session and a number of brain-teasers with which to practice acquired thinking and problem-solving skills.

Participant’s Workbook (reproducible by Trainers)

Certificate of Achievement for clients (reproducible by Trainers)

COPYRIGHT PURCHASE: exclusive copyright for producing the R&R program and training staff on a fee-for service basis can be purchased by a government agency, a Canadian province, a U.S. state, a university, or a social agency can be purchased. Contact the Cognitive Centre of Canada for information.

ORDER FORM

Quantity Item Item Cost

R&R2forFamilies Trainer Kit U.S. $169.00

Add delivery cost per kit: (4-10 business days): U.S.A. U.S. $18.00;

International shipping costs vary according to country.

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