Cognitive Skills Booster

The Cognitive Skills Booster Programme is targeted towards male and female offenders who have already successfully completed ETS, Reasoning and Rehabilitation, Think First or One to One. Offenders on this programme, whist they have benefited from the successful completion of the original programme, still have some thinking deficits, as identified by their assessment. The programme strengthens and amalgamates the learning from the previous programme by revising specific concepts through structured exercises. A core component running through this programme is called the ‘challenge exercise’ which is a role play exercise which aims to tackle real life issues. This programme covers interpersonal problem solving, cognitive style, self control, social perspective taking, moral reasoning and critical reasoning. This programme includes up to 12 sessions of two hours and is run over four to ten weeks.

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