Healing Generations Curriculum For African American Men

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Healing Generations Curriculum For African
American Men

• Sam Simmons, ADC
• Healing Generations Curriculum
• Development Specialist
• Jeannette Raymond
• Program Manager,
• Initiative for Violence Free Families

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Welcome Objectives

• History of the Curriculum (Why)
• Recognitions
• Overview of the Curriculum
• Evaluation Strategies
• What Weve Learned So Far
• Whats Next

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Curriculum History

• Why
• Development
• People

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Recognitions

• Phyllis Wheatley
• African American Family Services
• Father Project
• Sabathani Community Center
• Stillwater Prison

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Core Components

• Graduate program
• Curriculum
• Family Story
• Family Tree
• Focus on healing
• Simple
• Allow men to heal

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Core Components

• Workbook
• Family Story Video
• Pilots
• Community (stories)
• Prison (stories)

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Curriculum Overview

• Family Story
• Importance of Stories and Why
• Family Story DVD
• Family Trees
• Simplicity
• Stress Management
• Family Story DVD

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Curriculum Overview

• Indictors of healing
• Videos
• Appearance
• Words and Statements
• Healthy Statements
• Developing Maintaining Supportive Relationships
  
• Inspired by Life See a Future

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Curriculum Overview

• Indictors of healing
• Journals
• Healthy Statements
• Developing Maintaining Supportive Relationships
  
• Healthy Boundaries
• Inspired by Life See a Future

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Evaluation Strategies

• Comparison
• 20-item pre and post tests 20-item Likert scale
  questionnaire
• Review
• Healing Journey Plans
• Observation
• Pre and post video interviews
• Flat affect vs animated (DVD)

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What Happen in Pilots

• Community
• Father, son and grandson
• Accessing mental health services
• Prison
• Forgiveness, mother and God
• Family world view
• Interview DVD

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What weve learned

• Openness of men
• Support for male intimacy
• Forgiveness difficult but important to forgive
  self first
• Support for stronger relationship with families

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What weve learned (cont.)

• Masculinity and hyper-masculinity addressing
  shame, pain and fear of being a victim.
• See beyond self with empathy
• Role of facilitator

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Facilitator

• Facilitator a successful curriculum
• Facilitator characteristics
• Background
• What be can and cant be taught
• Boundaries and Self-disclosure
• Facilitator's level of healing

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Whats Next

• Complete initial assessment and report
• Seeking resources to refine the Curriculum and
  published workbook
• Work with IDVAACs offering aftercare groups.
• Exploring uses for reentry and with victims