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2. Readings and Resources
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Interested in current resources? We are too! If you have a public domain article or report that YOU have found helpful, please submit it to SBParese@aol.com for inclusion on this page. In the meantime, check out the following:
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The Challenge of Employing Ex-Offenders
by Steve Parese, Ed.D.
This article discusses some of the challenges of placing former offenders in today’s people centered jobs. It begins by examining the impact of offenders’ thinking on their behavior, then explores employers’ perspectives. It closes by offering intervention ideas from a cognitive-behavioral perspective.
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Reducing Stress and Burnout: Insights and strategies for the helping professions.
by Steve Parese, Ed.D.
Human services professionals often have a strong desire to help others. Unfortunately, this generous motive often puts us at high risk for burnout, especially when we are overwhelmed by other stressful issues in our lives.
This article first explores four types of stress which can easily overwhelm helping staff. To remedy this, it offers specific strategies for each type of stress, ideas which help us bring our lives back into healthier balance.
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Their Own Worst Enemies: Understanding Self-Defeating Dynamics
by Steve Parese, Ed.D.
This article explores four self- defeating dynamics common among people from challenging poverty-stricken backgrounds. It then explains the cognitive-behavioral mechanism by which these individuals justify their inappropriate behaviors. Finally, it offers five principles of effective and respectful intervention.
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What Employers REALLY Want: Grasping the Unspoken Rules of the Workplace.
by Steve Parese, Ed.D. (2011)
Unconventional candidates often have difficulty finding and keeping good jobs, even when they have strong vocational skills. This article suggests one reason: individuals from challenging backgrounds often fail to meet employers’ unspoken expectations. It explains why this is so, and offers a number of straightforward strategies to address these issues.
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| The United States Department of Labor's Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives published a toolkit titled "Ready4Reentry: Prisoner Reentry Toolkit for Faith-Based and Community Organizations." This toolkit provides helpful information about offering transitional services - specifically employment opportunities - to formerly incarcerated individuals, including sample job descriptions, Memorandum of Agreements, and agency referral forms.
(Thanks to the National Transitional Jobs Network for sharing this resource in their Dec 2010 newsletter. Visit them at http://www.transitionaljobs.net)
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