Your organization has decided to incorporate The Change Companies®’ resources into your delivery system… this one-day course is just what you need!

Orientation Training provides you with the foundation principles underlying The Change Companies®’ resources in an engaging, interactive style. Participants “get their feet wet” performing basic facilitation techniques and leave with a preliminary plan to implement The Change Companies®’ curricula in their organizations.


6.5 Continuing Education Units are available for successful completion of Orientation Training.

You’ve purchased a curriculum from The Change Companies® and you’re ready to implement… the two-day, certified Facilitation Training prepares your staff to put the curriculum into practice!

This intense, highly interactive course is packed with hands-on exercises, demonstrations and presentations emphasizing the core competencies necessary for effective implementation in your organization. Participants leave Facilitation Training motivated and ready to take action in all areas of service delivery including case planning, documentation, individual and group sessions.
Bring our training experts to your facility for two days and you’ll be ready to put evidence-based behavior change tools into action.


13 Continuing Education Units are available for successful completion of Facilitation Training.

The Change Companies®’ e-Learning Series integrates key principles from proven behavioral change models including the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change, Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive-behavioral Therapy, as well as guiding participants through the processes needed to effectively implement The Change Companies®’ resources into your current delivery system.

Our courses are ideal for any professional in the Behavioral Health fields. These self-paced courses include online interactive exercises, case examples and a hardcopy Training Journal for completing the final examination. The process is simple and self-directed.


9 Continuing Education Units are available for successful completion of An Introduction to Interactive Journaling®.

The Change Companies®’ professional trainers deliver powerful, action-oriented sessions that engage, develop and release effective change agents into your organization. Let us put together a Training for Trainers session for your organization! This three-day certified course provides participants with a comprehensive skill set for training on the effective application of The Change Companies®’ resources including a detailed curriculum overview, basic facilitation competencies and the recommended curriculum implementation strategies.

The Change Companies®’ Training for Trainers model incorporates a unique experiential approach to training… in addition to learning the core content of The Change Companies®’ curricula and implementation strategies, potential trainers are immersed in a process-oriented approach, anchored in adult learning, that develops and enhances key training and facilitation strategies essential for effective training delivery. All Training for Trainers participants receive a toolkit that includes lesson plans, PowerPoint slides and handouts for on-site staff training.

You have received your Interactive Journals and Facilitation Guides. Now what?

The quickest and most cost-effective way to introduce your staff to the “how” of effectively using Interactive Journaling® in your delivery system is our FREE telephone training. This brief 30-minute telephone training will walk your facilitators through the most important steps to implementing the resources you have purchased.

During this interactive conversation, facilitators will learn:

• How to use Journals for case planning and documentation.
• To use Journals in either individual or group sessions.
• Why the Facilitation Guide is a lesson plan for implementing Interactive Journaling®.
• A step-by-step explanation of powerful facilitation techniques that are proven effective with

    Interactive Journaling®.

If your organization needs more than the basics, you may want to consider our Advanced Facilitator Training Series.

The Change Companies®’ Training & Consultation Division offers a range of advanced training modules for improving provider skills. If you have unique training challenges, let us develop training modules specific to your needs. A sampling of specialized training programs include:

• Effective use of the ASAM PPC-2R
• Treatment Planning and Case Management
• Group Facilitation Skills
• Motivational Interviewing
• Victim/Offender Services
• Adult Learning Principles
• DSM-IV-TR
• Ethics and Confidentiality

Whatever your target population, The Change Companies® can bring the training and technical assistance to build your delivery system for working with special populations/areas including:

• Youthful offenders
• Adult criminal justice
• Co-occurring disorders
• Adult and adolescent substance abusers
• Impaired drivers
• Employee wellness

The Change Companies®’ Training & Consultation Division can leverage a wide range of Senior Advisors, national experts and professional consultants to tailor an approach to meet your service delivery and training needs. Through a formal training needs assessment and systems consultation, The Change Companies® will work with you to develop a comprehensive yet cost-effective strategy to meet your unique needs. Let us work with you to develop your training and technical assistance plan for next year!