Program Guidelines:
- Offenders are referred or court-ordered to the shoplifting program.
- Offenders agree to take responsibility for offense as a condition of participation.
- Offenders are responsible for all costs incurred.
- Attendance is required for all sessions. Completion of in-class assignments required for all participants.
- Program will address variables of shoplifting behaviors and interventions as mentioned in collected research.
- Attention will be given to causative factors that contribute to maladaptive compensation and to the prevention of future behaviors.
- “Homework” assignments required for satisfactory completion of program.
- Each individual will develop a written relapse prevention plan.
Contact Information:
Healthepath Associates
608 S. Pearl Avenue
Joplin, MO 64801
Phone: (417) 626-7900
Fax: (417) 626-7903
health@healthepath.com
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday 8:30AM to 5:30PM
Here at HEALTHePATH we accommodate the needs of attendees with a choice of two program options:
a) 1 ½ hour weekly sessions for 6 weeks. - OR-b) one-day class: 3 sessions in a.m., lunch break, 3 sessions in p.m.Our Program Rationale:
1. Provides opportunity for offender to: process information, explore causes, secondary issues, develop empathy, reframe cognitions, and to develop minimally adequate relapse prevention plans from criminal activity.
2. Allows for pre-test and post-test implementation and criteria-based treatment outcomes.
3. Reinforces the message that shoplifting is a serious crime, without the program appearing punitive.
4. Duration of treatment provides an appropriate level of intensity and is somewhat proportionate in length in relation to other successful programs.
5. Requires commitment from offenders without being overly burdensome in regard to treatment compliance.
Positive Returns = winning formula
