Work is not a four letter word

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Work is not a four letter word

• When you are working.

Missouri Department of Mental Health Spring
Training Institute 2007 May 16-18, 2007
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Your Presenter

• Stephanie J. Fisher, A.S.
• Sr. Consultant
• Chambers and Associates, LLC
• 251 West Second Street POB 77
• Grand Chain, IL 62941
• PH/FX 618) 634-9611/9677
• E-mail sfisher_at_csnowire.net

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From Yes, You Can!Sam Deep/Lyle Sussman

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• The training which makes men
• happiest in themselves
• Also makes them most serviceable
• to others
• -----John Ruskin----
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Birth of the Program

• Seeds of Historical Incompetence
• Learning the World of Recovery
• Baditude -- the connection
• Faith the missing link

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WHO BENEFITS FROM THIS TRAINING?

• Persons in secondary recovery stage
• The family
• The community
• Employers
• The Faith community

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Training Forums

• Recovery Centers Male and Female
• Gender specific classes preferable
• Mandated Classes
• Probation/Parole
• Church Programs
• Community Based Learning
• Employer Referrals

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Assessing the Needs

• Stages and Levels of Recovery
• Work History
• Re-Training Status
• Purpose for Attendance
• Instilling Hope and Purpose

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INTROSPECTION

• You cant lead a cavalry charge
• If you think you look funny on a horse.
• ----John Peers
• Focus on New Thinking, Goal Setting, Success vs.
  Job, Life Planning, Promises

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TIME PACE

• Developed for 20 hours of instruction
• Minimum one day 6 or 8 hour training
• Be Flexible, Versatile, Compatible

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GOT GAME?

• Activities with purpose.
• Games related to subject matter, easily adaptable
  with simple rules.
• Promote teamwork

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Lets Play!

• Rice and Pins
• Clothes pin (your mouth)
• Cups and Beads

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Speaking to Adversity

• Be truthful with tact
• Speak to Life Gaps and Work Gaps
• Use relevant examples from group
• Ageism, sexism, Ism-Ism

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MONEY

• Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished but
  he that
• Gathers by labor shall increase. Proverbs 1311

OLD SPENDING HABITS VS. NEW USE OF CREATING A
LIVING BUDGET FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT SOWING AND
REAPING
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VISION TOOLS

• VISION a constant concept
• Reality of setting goals
• CHECKLISTS
• Life Plans
• Calendars

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Why Should I Hire You?

• First Impressions
• Impressive qualities
• Beyond the Basics
• Your Best Foot Forward

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Career Planning VS. Job Hunting

• Realistic Empowerment
• Knock, Seek, Find
• Stability not Stupidity
• The Excellent Exit

Dont make Claims with Razorblade Teeth! S.J.
Fisher
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Tracking Program Progress

• Build in the concept from the beginning
• Make the follow-up process easy
• Use every trick in the book!
• BEST WISHES!

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A Fisherism

• Although its hard its worth the strain,
• Seems unappreciated its worth the pain,
• Remember your work is never in vain
• As you help turn loss into human gain.

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THANK YOU!

• GIVE YOURSELF A HAND
• PLEASE COMPLETE
• THE EVALUATION

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There is no future in any job , The future lies
in the man who holds the job. --- George
Crane