Criminal Justice

The Change Companies® has developed COURAGE To Take Action: A Cognitive-behavioral System for Youthful Offenders.

The COURAGE Program utilizes evidence-based strategies to assist youth in making positive changes to their thoughts, feelings and behaviors. COURAGE Interactive Journals address cognitive skill-building and criminal thinking and behavior. The Journals allow youth to identify their readiness to change and develop personally-relevant goals.

The Facilitator Guides and Check Pad System allow for ongoing reinforcement of target skills and encourage self-efficacy and personal responsibility.

"No one needed to tell me what to do. By the time I finished the last Journal, I had put it in my own words."

— Adolescent response to Interactive Journaling®

COURAGE: A Cognitive-behavioral System for Youthful Offenders