Thinking for a Change Facilitator’s Training
Guiding Change, Inspiring Growth
Empowering Facilitators to Lead Lasting Change
Upcoming Training
10 Spaces Available
June 2 – 6, 2025
M-Th 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Fri 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Cost: $750.00
Location:
Oregon State Library
250 Winter St NE, Conf Rm 102
Salem, Oregon 97301
Training Details
Training Location: The Thinking for a Change training is located in the heart of downtown Salem Oregon at the Oregon State Library 250 Winter St. NE Salem, Oregon 97301 in Conference room 102
Cost: Individual registration is $750.00. Meals, travel, and other such expenses are the responsibility of the registered individual.
Training Schedule: The training schedule is below. If traveling by air, it is not recommended to book a flight out of Portland that departs before 4:00 pm on the last day of class. Attendance and participation in the entire training is required to receive a certificate of completion.
• Day 1 – Monday, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
• Day 2 – Tuesday, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
• Day 3 – Wednesday, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
• Day 4 – Thursday, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
• Day 5 – Friday, 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Travel: The registered individual bares the soul responsibly for their own individual travel costs (i.e., airfare, meals, hotel, ground transportation and/or downtown parking). If traveling by air, participants will fly into the Portland International Airport (“PDX”) which is 57 miles from the training venue. There are hotels within walking distance of the training location, as well as a variety of restaurants to chose from being in the downtown Salem area.
Registration Deadline: Enrollment space is limited to 10 participants. To confirm your attendance, your paid registration must be received before the training. Registration will close once capacity is reached.
Instructional Methods: This in-person training will feature instructor demonstrations from the program manual, participant role-plays, group discussions, small group exercises, and teach-back/try-out sessions. Additionally, participants should allocate an hour of homework each day for the first four days of the training.
Program Material: Enrollment includes a printed copy of the latest version of the Thinking for a Change facilitator’s manual (version 4.0) as well as a copy of the program slides and video vignettes.
Training Prerequisites: There is no special level of education or professional qualifications required to be trained in the Thinking for a Change program. However, an individual who plans to facilitate the Thinking for a Change program should possess the following characteristics:
1) Believe people, including criminal offenders, can change;
2) Does not easily become frustrated by client participants;
3) Is firm, but fair and nonjudgmental;
4) Is consistent when interacting with client participants;
5) Can communicate in an effective manner (e.g. calm, even voice tone);
6) Has an understanding of cognitive behavioral interventions.
Payment, Cancelation and Refunds
Payments: The cost of this training course is $750.00. Enrollment is not complete or reserved without payment.
Cancelations and Refunds: You may cancel an individual registration and receive a full refund, less a $50 processing charge, provided you cancel at least 10 calendar days in advance of the start date of the training. To cancel your enrollment, you must contact: gary.heard.cog@gmail.com. Refunds will be issued to the payor of record. If you cancel less than 10 calendar days before the class, you must re-register for and attend another class within 12 months; otherwise, all payments will be forfeited.
No shows: There is a non-refundable no show-fee. In the case of a no-show, the course fee will not be refunded.
Incomplete course completions: There is a non-refundable fee for incomplete course completions. In the case that you begin this course and do not complete it, the course fee will not be refunded.
Gary Heard/Trainer reserves the right to cancel any scheduled class at his discretion: If the training is canceled any payment received will be refunded in full.
License to use copyrighted material: Thinking for a Change 4.0 is copyrighted by its authors Jack Bush, PhD, Barry Glick, PhD, and Juliana Taymans, PhD. The authors have granted Gary Heard BA, CADC II., a non-exclusive license to use the copyrighted material for commercial gain. Parties wishing to gain authorization to sell or use Thinking for a Change 4.0 copyrighted materials for commercial gain, should also request the explicit permission of the authors.
This is training for facilitators and NOT for trainers: The Thinking for a Change Facilitator’s training is NOT the same as the Thinking for a Change Train-the-Trainer class. While this Thinking for a Change Facilitator’s training prepares individuals to facilitate Thinking for a Change groups, it does not prepare individuals to train other facilitators. To protect the fidelity of this evidence-based program, it is strongly encouraged by the program’s producer – the National Institute of Corrections, for individuals to only train other facilitators in the Thinking for a Change program, after achieving the following qualifications:
1. Completion of a Thinking for a Change Facilitator’s training of a minimum of 32
2. Facilitation of at least two full cycles of Thinking for a Change groups; and
3. Completion of a Thinking for a Change Train the Trainer training program.
Program Background
Thinking for a Change (T4C) is an integrated cognitive behavioral change program authored by Jack Bush, Ph.D., Barry Glick, Ph.D., and Juliana Taymans, Ph.D., under a cooperative agreement with the National Institute of Corrections (NIC). T4C incorporates research from cognitive restructuring theory, social skills development, and the learning and use of problem-solving skills. T4C is comprised of 25 lessons that build upon each other and contain appendices that can be used to craft an aftercare program to meet the ongoing cognitive behavioral needs of offender groups. Not all lessons can be completed in one session, so a typical delivery cycle may take 30 sessions. Sessions should last between one and two hours. Ideally, the curriculum is delivered two times per week, with a minimum recommended dosage of once per week and a maximum of three times per week. Participants must be granted time to complete mandatory homework between each lesson. The program is designed to be provided to offender populations – adults and youth, males and females. It is intended for groups of eight to twelve and should be delivered only by trained facilitators. Due to its integrated structure, T4C is a closed group, meaning members need to start at the beginning of a cycle, and may not join the group mid-stream (lesson five is a logical cutoff point for new group members).
About the Trainer
Gary Heard has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Management and Organizational Leadership from George Fox University in Newberg, OR. and has a Certified Alcohol and Drug Certification II (CADC II) since 1996. Gary has worked in the Chemical Dependency field since 1987 where he was a volunteer for White Oaks Detoxification unit in Salem, OR. In the 30+ years of working within the field of addiction treatment he has been provided with extensive opportunities to work in most treatment modalities to include: Program Manager and Clinical Supervisor at Marion County Drug Treatment Services in Salem OR, Clinic Director at Allied Health Services in Portland, OR, Contracted Clinical Supervisor at Willamette Valley Treatment Services in Salem, OR, Assistant Program Manager at Serenity Lane Straight F.A.C.T.S. in Salem, OR, Facilitator/Coordinator for the Motivation to Change Program (MCP) in Yamhill County. Also, throughout that time he spent 20 years as a Contracted Counseling and Treatment Services (CTS) provider and Infectious Disease Counselor for the Oregon Department of Corrections in many of Oregon’s Institutions. Gary is certified to facilitate in 7 different Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Curricula; however, he has always maintained a specific preference with the Thinking for a Change (T4C) Curriculum since obtaining his T4C Training Certificate in 2014.