Thresholds Training Teachers outside of Delco Beginning in 2004, Thresholds volunteers began training teachers in other areas of the the east coast. These have included: Hartford, CT; Trenton & Newark, NJ; New York City, Fairfax, VA, Boca Raton, FL, Atlanta, GA and Bloomington, IN. See the Regional Organization page for […]
Daily Archives: November 27, 2012
[two_third]In 2009 Thresholds in Delaware County initiated a program aimed at helping our graduates re-enter society. Chester County Thresholds began a similar program shortly thereafter. Thresholds volunteers had long believed that our organization could do more to help our clients after they are released. To this end, a committee met […]
Re-Entry Program Helps Graduates Return to Society
Special Power Point Summary of the Thresholds program in operation at Thresholds/Decisions of Rutland, VT, prepared by Rita & Frank McCaffrey
Thresholds/Decisions of Rutland, VT PowerPoint
If you’ve browsed our web site a bit, especially the pages explaining the Six Steps of our program, it should be very clear that this effort requires the service of many dedicated people, roughly 70-75 each year. So please ponder whether you might have some free time to help out […]
Two ways you can help
[one_half][/one_half] [one_half_last]Study the black and white portrait in the left side panel. What do you see? When you change your thinking you change your perception. We see a young lady looking away, if we think of the necklace at bottom center. But we see an old women partially facing us, […]
Perception Exercise
Obtaining statistics on the effectiveness of inmate rehabilitation programs is very difficult, and always controversial. However, here is one Internet posting that spans a 20 year study which is worth considering. Note especially the stress on teaching “decision making skills,” which is the main mission of Thresholds. The research involves […]
Crime In America Study – The Up Hill Battle
It is estimated that more than one in every 100 adults in the United States will serve time in jail or prison; that’s an all-time high. Here is a recent analysis of prison populations. [one_half]USA and territories. Incarcerated population Number of inmates in 2008 Total 2,424,279 Federal and state prisons 1,518,559 […]
On The Importance of Localized Care Taking
“Prison has taken days of my life that I can’t get back. It’s my job to take from here self-knowledge that I can keep.” C.B. on graduating from Thresholds course at the county correctional facility.
Prison has taken
Some of the techniques used by Thresholds teachers “steal” from the history of good ideas. A favorite “OK we understand that,” from client inmates is this one from Albert Einstein, put in street language: “If you always do what you’ve always done, your always get what you always got.” That […]
Einstein
“Prison is a wise man’s school and a dumb man’s playground.” -Thresholds student at the State Correctional Institution, Chester