Page 1863 - Week 06 - Thursday, 30 July 2020

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(2) ACTCS provide a range of offence specific, offence related and wellbeing programs to provide vital links for detainees to develop essential skills and thereby increase both community safety and their likelihood of reintegration into community life. Many programs provide opportunities for cultural and religious engagement. Please refer to the table below.

Some programs are facilitated on a continuous basis, while others are scheduled periodically or on a rotating schedule basis. A range of additional programs are facilitated in conjunction with or by community-based service providers.

Program	Description
Sex Offender Program Suite	The program encourages men who have committed sexual offences to develop skills, abilities, knowledge and commitment to develop meaningful, satisfying and fulfilling lifestyles which will protect them from future desires and decisions to re-offend.
Cognitive Self Change Program	A cognitive behaviour therapy-based program that defines criminality as being rooted in a set of learned cognitive behaviours that can be changed by identifying risk thinking and relacing this with new thinking and developing accountability for those choices.
Domestic Abuse Program	The program explores links between behaviours, thoughts and feelings in relation to offending with a clear focus on accountability and assisting them to gaining insight and skills to engage in nonviolent, non-abusive and respectful relationships.
Violence Intervention Program	The program aims to reduce the participant’s risk of violent recidivism by increasing their self-awareness, self-management, conflict resolution skills, and better regulate affective responses and behavioural outcomes.
First Steps Alcohol and Drug Program	A drug educational program for detainees with offending behaviour relating to substance abuse.
Self-Management and Recovery Training (SMART) Program	A psychoeducational program which assists with problematic behaviours, such as alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, gambling, food, shopping, internet use etc.
Solaris Therapeutic Community	Uses a therapeutic community approach to treatment and ongoing recovery.
Anger Management Program	An introduction to anger management, it targets the emotional and physiological components of anger and conflict resolution skills.
Introduction to Recovery	An offence related program in the form of a self-paced booklet.
Circles of Security	The program is designed to improve the developmental pathways of children and their parents and promote secure attachments within the family unit.
Stress Less Program	A cognitive behaviour therapy based psychoeducational program focussed on managing and reducing depression, anxiety and stress.
Keeping Myself Well	A self-paced booklet to support wellbeing.
Elders Visitation Program	The Elders Visitation program engages ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community leaders to meet with detainees on a monthly basis to provide cultural advice and support.
Elders Healing Program	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander detainees referred to the Elders Healing Program by the Indigenous Services Unit will meet with local Elders with experience and qualifications in responding to cultural trauma and recovery.
Elders Music Expression Program	The program encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander detainees to express themselves through musical lyrics and song composition.

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