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CORRECTIONAL
ADMINISTRATI
ON
(
Ther
apeut
icModal
it
ies)

Modul
e4

Pr
epar
edby
:

ROSANE.DI
TCHE,
RCr
im

1
OVERVI
EW

Correct ional
admi nistr
at ion in the
Phil
ippines adher es t o the
i
mpl ement at i
on of t he
Therapeut ic Communi t
y
Modal ity Pr ogram pr imaril
y
for t he r ehabi l
it
ation and
rei
ntegr at
ionoft heof f
enders
tot he communi t
y and t he
soci
et yhol isticall
y.

Modul
e4i ncludest he
therapeut
ic communi t
y
elements;namely,therapeuti
ccommuni t
yasat heoryandamodelandtherapeut
ic
communi tyasamet hod.Thi sarev i
talcompetenciesthatt
helear
nersneedt o
achieveinprepar
ationfortheirfut
ureendeavor
sasf utur
elawenfor
cer
s.

OBJECTI
VES:

Af
tergoi
ngt
hrought
hismodul
e,y
ouar
eexpect
edt
o:

1.Knowt
hedi
ff
erentt
her
apeut
iccommuni
tyel
ement
s;

2.I
ntegr
atet
her
apeut
iccommuni
tyasat
heor
yandamodel
;

3.I
dent
if
ytheadv
ant
agesbr
oughtbyt
het
her
apeut
iccommuni
tyasamet
hod.

2
Basi
cConcept
stoPonder

Ther
apeuti
cCommunit
yEl
ement
s:
(Theor
y,Model
andMet
hod)

Ther
apeut
icCommuni
tyasTheor
yandaModel
Thet her
apeuti
ccommuni
tyast
heor
yandamodel
isanchor
edont
hef
our(
4)
I
nter
rel
atedv i
ews,namely:
1.ViewofDisorder
2.ViewofthePer son
3.ViewofRecov ery
4.ViewofRightlivi
ng

A.Ther
apeut
iccommuni
typer
spect
iveasVi
ewofDi
sor
der
Drugabusei
sadi
sor
deroft
hewhol
eper
soni
nvol
vi
ngsomeoral
lthear
easof
f
unct
ioning.

KEYPOI
NTS:
 Cogniti
ve,behavioral
,emotional
,medi
cal
,soci
alandspir
it
ualpr
oblems
 Physicaldependencymustbeseenwi thi
nthecontextofthei
ndiv
idual
’
s
psychologi
calstatusandlif
estyl
e.
 Probl
em istheper son,nott
hedrug.

B.Ther
apeut
iccommuni
typer
spect
iveasVi
ewoft
hePer
son
Rat
hert
handrugusepatter
ns,i
ndiv
idual
saredi
sti
ngui
shedal
ongdi
mensi
ons
ofpsy
chol
ogi
cal
dysfunct
ionandsoci
aldefi
cit
s.

KEYPOI
NTS:
 Poort oleranceforfrustr
ation,di
scomfort
,del
ayofgrat
if
icat
ion
 Lowsel f
-esteem
 Problemswi thauthori
ty
 Problemswi thresponsibi
lit
y
 Poorimpul secontrol
 Unrealisti
c
 Diff
icultycopingwi thfeel
ings
 Dishonest y,manipulati
on,self-
decepti
on
 Guilt(self
, ot
hers,communi t
y)
 Defici
ts( readi
ng,wr i
ti
ng,attenti
on,communicat
ion)

C.Ther
apeut
iccommuni
typer
spect
iveasVi
ewofRecover
y
Thegoal
soft
reat
mentar
egl
obal
changesi
nli
fest
yleandi
dent
it
y.

KEYPOI
NTS:
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  Recoveryi
sdev el
opmental l
ear
ning
 Self
-hel
pandmut ualself
-hel
p
 Mot i
vat
ion
 Sociall
earni
ng
 Treatmentisanepisodeintherecover
ypr
ocess

D.Ther
apeut
iccommuni
typer
spect
iveasVi
ewofRi
ghtLi
vi
ng
Cert
ainprecepts,bel
i
efsandval
uesasessent
ialt
osel
f-
hel
precov
ery
,soci
al
l
ear
ning,
personalgrowthandheal
thyl
i
ving.

KEYPOI
NTS:
 Truth/Honesty
 Hereandnow
 Personal r
esponsi
bil
it
yfordestiny
 Socialresponsi
bil
it
y(Brother
s/sisterskeeper)
 Mor alcodeconcerni
ngr i
ghtandwr ongbehavior
 Wor kethic
I nnerpersonis“good”,
butbehav iorcanbe“ bad”

Ther
apeut
icCommuni
tyasaMet
hod
Thepurposiveuseofcommuni tytoteachindiv
idual
st ousethecommuni t
yt o
changethemselves.TherapeuticCommuni t
yasamet hodi sdescr
ibedinter
msof
fouri
nter
rel
atedcomponent s:
1.I
tscontextofpeerandst affr
elat
ionshipsandthedailyr
egimenofacti
vit
ies.
2.I
tsexpectati
onsforindivi
dual’
sparti
cipati
on.
3.I
tsassessmentoft heindivi
dual’
sprogressinmeetingtheseexpect
ati
ons.
4.I
tsresponsetoindi
v i
dual’
smeet i
ngornotmeet i
ngexpectati
ons.

A.Ther
apeut
icCommuni
tyModelasCommuni
tyCont
extComponent
Contextconsistsoftheelementsoft hecommuni ty
-thepr ogram st
ruct
ure,
dail
yregimenofact iv
iti
esandsocialr
elati
onshi
pswhi charethetoolstobeusedf or
self
-change.Thef undamentalassumptionoftherapeuti
ccommuni t
yasmet hodi s
thatindiv
idualsobtainmaxi mum therapeut
icandeducat ionalimpactwhent hey
part
icipat
ef ul
lyasmember softhecommuni ty-t
hati swhent heyuset hecont
ex t
,
thecommuni t
yelements,astool
sforself-
change.

KEYPOI
NTS:
 Thegroups
 Meeti
ngs
 Work
 Seminar
s
 Rel
ati
onshi
ps
 Mult
ipl
esocial
rol
es

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B.Ther
apeut
icCommuni
tyModelasCommuni
tyExpect
ati
onsComponent
These ar
et he st
andards setby the member s concer
ning t
he goal
s of
part
ici
pati
onanduseoft hecommuni tyast
ool
sf orsel
f-
change.Theseexpect
ati
ons
aredescri
bedinter
msoft hefol
l
owi ngkeypoi
nts.

KEYPOI
NTS:
 Perfor
mance
 Responsibi
li
ty
 Sel
f-examinat
ion
 Autonomy

C.Ther
apeut
icCommuni
tyModelasCommuni
tyAssessment
sComponent
Thesearevari
ousst r
ategi
esforevaluat
ingwhetherandhow resi
dent
sar
e
meet
ingexpect
ati
ons.Thesetypi
cal
l
yconsistofthef
oll
owingkeypoi
nts.

KEYPOI
NTS:
 Exposure
 Teaching
 Testi
ng
 Chall
enging

D.Ther
apeut
icCommuni
tyModelasCommuni
tyResponsesComponent
Thesear
et hecommuni
ty’
sposit
iveandnegati
vereacti
onstoi
tsassessment
oft
heindi
vi
dual
’seff
ort
sinmeeti
ngexpect
ati
ons.Thesereact
ionsmaybe:

KEYPOI
NTS:
 Support
ive
 Aff
ir
mat i
ve
 Cri
ti
cal
 Corr
ecti
veactions
 Sanct
ions/pr
ivi
leges

Theyareimpl
ementedasvar
iousconsequencest
opr
omot
ethei
ndi
vi
dual
’
s
part
ici
pat
ioni
nanduseoft
hecommuni t
y.

REFERENCES:

Apel
a,RenorN.etal,Comprehensi
veCor
recti
onalAdmini
str
ati
onHandbookwi
th
Ther
apeut
icModal
it
ies.Wi
seman’sBooksTradi
ng.2019.

www.
therapeuti
cmodali
ti
esint
hephi
li
ppineset
ti
ngi
mages.
com.
ph
www.
probationandpr
obat
ionadmini
str
ation.
gov.
ph
www.
therapeuti
ccommunityel
ements.
com. ph
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LEARNI
NGEXERCI
SE1

ESSAY

Di
rect
ions:
Iny
ourownopi
nion,
answert
hef
oll
owi
ngst
atement
s.(
10poi
ntseach)

1.Diff
erenti
ate bet
ween ther
apeut
ic communi
ty as t
heor
y and a modeland
ther
apeuti
ccommuni tyasamethod.

2.Discusst
hebeli
efoft
hepr
oponent
swhov
iewst
her
apeut
iccommuni
tyasar
ight
l
ivi
ng.Giveexampl
es.

Hell
o,ar
eyoudoneansweringthelear
ningexerci
ses?I
fNO,keepanswer i
ng!You
candoit!I
fYES,didyougetthecorr
ectanswers?Congrat
ulat
ions!Youdi
dgreat
!
You’
refi
nal
lydonewit
hthefour
thmodule.Seeyouonthenextmodule!
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