RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COURSES |
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RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COURSES |
| Therapon
University's Restorative Justice courses are a Biblical response to wrongdoing
that emphasize healing the wounds of victims, offenders, families and communities
caused or revealed by criminal behavior. This degree program focuses on
training counselors who minister to convicts, ex-convicts, youth offenders,
victims and their families.
ALL COURSES WITHIN THE BIBLICAL COUNSELING CURRICULUM MAY ALSO BE APPLIED TO THIS MAJOR. |
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| Text: | How to Start Over by Paul Carlin, Th.D., LBT / Workbook by Daniel Hiers, Ph.D., Th.D. |
| Course Description: | The focus of the study is on the problems prison parolees encounter. Biblical insight is explored along the themes The Power of Positive Failure, Do You Still Love Me, The Foundation For Starting Over, Causes of Failure, The Stress of the Streets, Seven Secrets for Starting Over, The Battle of the Mind and The Life That Wins. |
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4 credits |
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Online or by Correspondence |
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| Text: | 36 Criminal Thinking Errors, Text and Workbook by Paul Carlin, Th.D., LBT |
| Course Description: | The course is based upon the renowned work, The Criminal Personality, by Dr. Stanton Samenow. Dr. Samenow is the distinguished psychologist for the Center for Responsible Living in Alexandria, Virginia. In Criminal Thinking Errors, Carlin introduces the Biblical reality of spiritual warfare, identifies the battlefield and places Dr. Samenow's 36 criminal thinking errors into a Biblical perspective. |
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4 credits |
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Online or by Correspondence |
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| Text: | I Was In Prison by Allen D. Hanson, Ph.D ./ Workbook by Daniel Hiers, Ph.D., Th.D. |
| Course Description: | This course is a guide to personal witnessing in jails and prisons, written for the lay counselor who wishes to become involved in jail ministry in their community, or be better prepared to minister in the larger state and federal prisons. |
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3 credits |
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Online or by Correspondence |
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| Text: | Satan and the Saint by Paul Carlin, Th.D., LBT / Workbook by Linda Ratcliff, Th.D., Ed.D. |
| Course Description: | A study of 11 things Satan can do to the Christian, 6 things a Christian can do to himself, 10 things Christians can do to each other, and 7 things Christians can lose. |
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4 credits |
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Online or by Correspondence |
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| Text: | The Anger Workbook by Les Carter, Ph.D. & Frank Minirth, M.D. / Workbook by Daniel Hiers, Ph.D., Th.D. |
| Course Description: | A 13-step interactive Biblical program that will help prisoners identify the best ways to handle anger, understand how pride, fear, loneliness, and inferiority feeds anger, and uncover and eliminate the myths that perpetuate anger. |
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4 credits |
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Correspondence Only |
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| Text: | Effective Prison Ministry / Text and Workbook by Daniel G. Hiers, Ph.D., Th.D. |
| Course Description: | A study explaining the Restorative Justice paradigm, the prison system and the offender, and teaching the steps to provide an effective prison ministry. |
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4 credits |
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Online or by Correspondence |
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| Text: | The Bible / Character Builder 400 Workbook by Albert L. Kutz |
| Course Description: | A guided study of the 25 most important Christian character traits identified in the Bible. The workbook provides the subject texts followed by a series of questions lifted from those texts. The emphasis is on personal integrity and individual responsibility. |
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6 credits |
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Online Only |
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Using the Restorative Justice Paradigm |
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| Text: | Criminal Justice: Using the Restorative Justice Paradigm / Text and Workbook by Daniel G. Hiers, Ph.D., Th.D. |
| Course Description: | An in-depth study of the prison system, and how the Restorative Justice paradigm can be implemented. |
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4 credits |
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Online or by Correspondence |
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Reentry Crisis Counseling |
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| Text: | Living Free: Reentry Crisis Counseling by Paul Carlin, Th.D., LBT / Workbook by Linda Ratcliff, Th.D., Ed.D. |
| Course Description: | A study of how to help parolees identify and resolve reentry issues through intervention methodology |
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3 credits |
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Online or by Correspondence |
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Lifetime Guarantee by Bill Gillham / Workbook by Daniel G. Hiers, Ph.D., Th.D. |
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A study of how to make your Christian life work, and what to do when it doesn’t |
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3 credits |
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Correspondence Only |
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Click here to read our E-Book summarizing the teachings in this counseling course. |
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The 12 Keys / Text and Workbook by Paul Carlin, Th.D., LBT |
| Course Description: | A curriculum-based recovery program. The foundation for the study is Romans 12:9-21. Within the body of the verses are 12 keys to developing and maintaining mature relationships. Each key deals with a recovery issue and a thinking error. |
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3 credits |
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Online or by Correspondence |
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American Accrediting Association of Theological Institutions |
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