Cognitive Behavior

Abuso de sustancias tóxica (Substance Abuse)

This is the Spanish version of the Substance Abuse course. It is not an ordinary substance abuse course. It is based on historical fiction of two families, the Millers and the Johnsons. The course follows their lives through their victories and defeats as they fight the drug monster. It provides timely cognitive thinking and practical skills that have proven to help users recover from their addiction. It is a story about freedom versus captivity. This course has been translated directly from the Substance Abuse course.

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Anger Avoidance

Consistent anger is just a symptom of a greater mental or emotional disease. This course helps youth and parents to discover the source of their child’s anger and how to avoid it. The course demonstrates the connection between self-defeating thoughts and behaviors that lead to life altering changes. It is a work of historical fiction that follows the lives of some who do or do not learn to avoid anger.

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Anger Management

This course focuses on anger avoidance. Anger is a secondary emotion that is fueled by primary emotions. Truly you cannot manage anger because once you let it in you either have to squelch it or express it, both are damaging. This course will help you by teaching “self-awareness” thinking skills that can help you avoid anger as much as possible.

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Cognitive Awareness

This is a unique course that can be used for all aspects of society, including counselors and therapists. This is a fun interactive course on self-discovery that takes the student through the lives of people who have had difficulty overcoming negative, self-destructive thinking errors. It covers topics such as self-deception, anger avoidance, emotional needs, relationships, and avoiding decay.

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Conócete a ti mismo (Cognitive Awareness)

This is the same as the English version: Cognitive Awareness. It is a unique course that can be used for all aspects of society, including counselors and therapists. This is a fun interactive course on self-discovery that takes the student through the lives of people who have had difficulty overcoming negative, self-destructive thinking errors. It covers topics such as self-deception, anger avoidance, emotional needs, relationships, and avoiding decay. This course has been translated directly from the Cognitive Awareness course.

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Contentious Relationships

The main purpose of this course is to help divorced or separating couples understand the impact that a contentious divorce will have on their children. It focuses on helping contentious parents reduce their anger by seeing others as people and not objects. It demonstrates the futility of grudges and anger, and how to minimize the negative effects of divorce on their children.

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Control de la ira (Anger Management)

This course is the same as the English version: Anger Management. It really doesn’t teach anger management, rather anger avoidance. Anger is a secondary emotion that is fueled by primary emotions. Truly you cannot manage anger because once you let it in you either have to squelch it or express it, both are damaging. This course will help you by teaching “self-awareness” thinking skills that can help you avoid anger as much as possible.

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Corrección de delincuentes (Offender Corrections)

This course is the same as the English version: Offender Corrections. It was designed to help you see the big picture of your life. That you are most likely many times more capable and talented than you “think” you are. If we keep on doing what we have been doing, we will keep on getting what we have been getting. The only way to stop what we have been getting, is to stop what we have been doing. This course has been translated directly from the Offender Corrections course.

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Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence is a serious crime against humanity because of its far-reaching tentacles and its effect on future generations. This course was designed for both the abuser and the victim. For victims, because of their lack of cognition and empathy as well as their propensity for re-victimization. For abusers, because of their self-defeating behaviors.

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Driver Responsibility

The Driver Responsibility course focuses on the “x-factor” of driving; which is the values and attitudes of drivers. If we never change driver-thinking errors, we can never change driver behavior. It all starts with our personal way of being; who we are without thinking who we are. Research shows that most all drivers have the basic skills to drive correctly, but many lack the cognitive skills of patience and empathy.

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DUI

ACCI’s experience with people who drive under the influence is that they are focused on self and have little regard for others. This group makes little effort to overcome their addictions and considers it their right to drive. ACCI offers a strong cognitive restructuring course that challenges their faulty thinking.

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Employment

This course demonstrates that the major reason for under employment and non employment are self-inflicted thinking errors that hold people captive in poverty and low paying jobs. The main objective is to help people overcome the self-defeating thoughts and behaviors that may be blocking their ability for better employment and income. If we never change our thinking, we can never change our behavior.

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Gun Safety and Awareness

This Gun Safety and Awareness course is designed for anyone who needs to take a closer look at their choices around firearms—whether you’ve had a close call, been caught in a risky situation, or simply want to do better moving forward. Gun safety and awareness is about more than rules; it’s about understanding consequences, recognizing triggers, and making decisions that protect your future.

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Marijuana Awareness

The marijuana awareness course is presented in a story format. It follows the lives of several people who use marijuana and the results of their usage. Its focus is to offer cognitive thinking skills that will allow the person to make correct decisions concerning their usage. It avoids contention and allows the individual to make their own decisions.

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Marijuana Awareness

This course does not focus on the political or scientific differences that surround marijuana use, rather it focuses on the deep seated thinking errors that are associated with marijuana abuse. Participants are given an opportunity for self-discovery as they read and respond to real stories of how marijuana abuse has affected real lives. Tangible solutions and increased awareness can help participants avoid the negative consequences that are connected to marijuana abuse. This course is suitable for both juveniles and adults.

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Minor in Possession

The Minor in Possession Life Skills Course was designed to help youth and young adults consider the possible long-term, life-threatening consequences of using alcohol and drugs. It is a self-awareness course that focuses on captivity versus freedom. This course is written as historical fiction that follows the lives of real people with real consequences. Life is too important to waste it becoming tangled in the web of substance abuse.

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Minor In Possession

The Minor in Possession Life Skills Course was designed to help youth and young adults consider the possible long-term, life-threatening consequences of using alcohol and drugs. It is a self-awareness course that focuses on captivity versus freedom. This course is written as historical fiction that follows the lives of real people with real consequences. Life is too important to waste it becoming tangled in the web of substance abuse.

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Offender Corrections

This course was designed to help you see the big picture of your life. That you are most likely many times more capable and talented than you “think” you are. If we keep on doing what we have been doing, we will keep on getting what we have been getting. The only way to stop what we have been getting, is to stop what we have been doing.

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Opioid Awareness

The objective of this Opioid Awareness course is to present the facts and possible negative effects of using opioids illegally. Opioids have many negative health issues that everyone should be aware of. However, the biggest safety concern is that they are also a possible segue into more dangerous drugs. Life is too precious to become tangled in the web of drug abuse. There are too many opportunities for growth to stay stuck in decay.

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Parenting

This is a cognitive restructuring (self-awareness) course that focuses on the basic hierarchy of needs of children, and also teaches effective thinking skills. It demonstrates the importance of physical, emotional, directional, and creative needs for children. It points out that the most important aspect of parenting, is the parents.

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Personal Responsibility

(Formerly named Offender Responsibility). This course demonstrates how our beginnings can affect our endings if we don’t take personal responsibility to change. The course includes units that cover topics such as “growth vs. decay,” “ring of fire,” “life is a mirror,” “mountains vs. swamps,” “thoughts = consequences,” and many others. It is a course on how to be successful by controlling self-defeating, negative thoughts.

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Personal Responsibility - Spanish

This course is the same as the English: Personal Responsibility. It demonstrates how our beginnings can affect our endings if we don’t take personal responsibility to change. The course includes units that cover topics such as “growth vs. decay,” “ring of fire,” “life is a mirror,” “mountains vs. swamps,” “thoughts = consequences,” and many others. It is a course on how to be successful by controlling self-defeating, negative thoughts. This course has been translated directly from the Offender Responsibility course.

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Self-Awareness

This course helps teens to get over past mistakes and bad decisions and focus on the present and future. It explains how to avoid negative thinking from the past and look forward to bright possibilities. It discusses the things in life that keep them from progressing. It teaches youth nine important cognitive skills for lasting happiness and progress.

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Sex Offender

This course challenges faulty thinking and self-defeating behaviors associated with sex offenses to help offenders overcome excuses and justifications for their behavior. This sex offender course could be a stand-alone program for minor sex offenders. However, it was not intended to stand alone for serious sex offenders. For serious offenders, it could be used as an excellent cognitive component to traditional therapy.

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Substance Abuse

This is not an ordinary substance abuse course. It is based on historical fiction of two families, the Millers and the Johnsons. The course follows their lives through their victories and defeats as they fight the drug monster. It provides timely cognitive thinking and practical skills that have proven to help users recover from their addiction. It is a story about freedom versus captivity.

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Theft/Shoplifting

This course focuses on the many reasons for theft and shoplifting. It not only demonstrates the impact on businesses but also the consequences for the perpetrators as they trade a few dollars for a criminal record. It also demonstrates 10 proven cognitive skills for successful living, and how to avoid the common thinking traps that are easy to fall into.

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Violencia doméstica (Domestic Violence)

This is the same as the English version: Domestic Violence. Domestic Violence is a serious crime against humanity because of its far-reaching tentacles and its effect on future generations. This course was designed for both the abuser and the victim. For victims, because of their lack of cognition and empathy as well as their propensity for re-victimization. For abusers, because of their self-defeating behaviors. This course has been translated directly from the Domestic Violence course.

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Youth Driver Responsibility

The Driver Responsibility course focuses on the “x-factor” of driving; which is the values and attitudes of drivers. If we never change driver-thinking errors, we can never change driver behavior. It all starts with our personal way of being; who we are without thinking who we are. Research shows that most all drivers have the basic skills to drive correctly, but many lack the cognitive skills of patience and empathy.

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Youth Opioid Awareness

The objective of this Opioid Awareness course is to present the facts and possible negative effects of using opioids illegally. Opioids have many negative health issues that everyone should be aware of. However, the biggest safety concern is that they are also a possible segue into more dangerous drugs. Life is too precious to become tangled in the web of drug abuse. There are too many opportunities for growth to stay stuck in decay.

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Youth Substance Abuse

The objective is to present to youth a wide range of practical and cognitive skills that can help them be chemically free. The only way back to sobriety is through the inner self, accompanied by strong determination and support from others. Youth playing around with drugs is like playing Russian roulette—you never know when a bullet will fire.

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Youth Theft/Shoplifting

This course focuses on the many reasons for theft and shoplifting. It not only demonstrates the impact on businesses but also the consequences for the perpetrators as they trade a few dollars for a criminal record. It also demonstrates 10 proven cognitive skills for successful living, and how to avoid the common thinking traps that are easy to fall into.

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Youth/Parent

This course was specifically designed to be completed at home between youth and a parent or guardian. It includes the major problems confronting youth today, including peer pressure, substance abuse, lack of cognition, self-esteem, and choices. This cognitive restructuring curriculum is designed to help youth and parents overcome self-defeating thoughts and behaviors. The goal is to have parents take a larger role and achieve greater understanding about their children's lives.

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