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Aftercare Plans For Non Violent, Violent and Trauma Victims

Matthew Rosario

Southern New Hampshire University

Aftercare Plans For Non Violent, Violent and Trauma Victims

Individuals are faced with different challenges when adapting to their new surrounding after certain activity or events in their lives . It is very difficult to integrate effectively with the society without significantly considering important issues that are involved. Therefore, there is need to formulate a better plan, which ensures that there is a better engagement, and individuals can adapt to their surrounding effectively . Development of an aftercare plan is very important as it puts into consideration different strategies and components that need to be considered while focusing on the condition of an individual at hand. Thus every condition has different aftercare plan, which is developed in a strategic manner to ensure that there, is an easy adaptation to the new changes. This paper, therefore, provides a detailed analysis of after care plan focusing on offenders both violent and nonviolent as well as trauma victims.

In all of the cases considered an individual is psychological influenced which makes it a complicated process to ensure that they conform to a certain way of life with much ease as it would have been expected . Thus, development of aftercare plans in these cases provides a strategic engagement where these individuals can be able to be integrated into the society with much ease through the consideration of respective aftercare plans (James et.al, 2013 ).

Components of an effective aftercare plan

Therefore the aftercare plan will include some components which need to be considered for development of a better plan. Aftercare plan consists of five critical components, which must be considered to create a better aftercare plan. An important component of aftercare plan includes triggers. This includes anything that could lead to the previous conditions. Thus, it is important to list all the factors that are considered as triggers to develop a better plan on how to avoid the situation. This may also include friends. Cravings also form part of the components to include in aftercare plan. This is a feeling of being addicted to a certain way or things (James et al., 2013).

Healthy tools include a list of important tools that have played a significant role in the recovery process and thus it is important to include them in an aftercare plan because of their sheer importance. Recovery program tools are also important in the development of the plan since it involves some steps to consider. Damage control is an important component, which includes various ways, which can be put in place to amend the damages of addiction. These damages should be clearly separated from critical areas in lives of individuals. Thus, occasionally it is important for a patient to revisit their aftercare plan to have a view on some of the important components that are included in the plan (Holdsworth et al., 2014).

Aftercare plan for non-violent offenders

Nonviolent offenders are individuals who are convicted on minor charges, such as property, drug and public order offenses, which do not involve a threat to harm. Most of these crimes involve addiction and thus even though they may have had their time in correctional facilities or rehabilitation centers, there is a high chance of getting back to the previous ways, and thus there is need to develop a better aftercare plan to ensure that they are effectively monitored . Therefore the after care plan will include some components which need to be considered for development of a better plan (Holdsworth et.al, 2014).

Therefore, in this case, the aftercare plan will outline the reasons that led to previous conditions. This would consider in order understanding these factors to develop better strategies to avert the situation. An individual should admit her condition and show a willingness to change his or her ways effectively. Counseling is a very important aspect of aftercare plan for nonviolent offenders since they do not require any significant consideration but rather a reassurance that they are important within the society if they consider the better ways of living. Considering spiritual guidance is also an important part of aftercare plan in non-violent offenders since these are individuals who need to be shown total love through better engagement. Thus, these are important components of the aftercare plan for nonviolent offenders as it focuses on key aspects of their lives (Duwe, 2015 ).

Aftercare plan for violent offenders

Violent offenders require significant consideration since they are capable of extreme actions. The first aspect to consider in developing an aftercare plan for violent offenders is their psychological composition. It is important to understand these individuals are of sound mind before any engagemen t. The psychological consideration will provide the required understanding of their characteristics and why they are violent in nature. There is the need for intense counseling once they are found to be of sound mind. The intense counseling will seek at creating a new understanding of these individuals personality since a violent offender will always receive negative consideration from the society, which is most likely to influence their return to previous violent ways. Therefore, it is important to ensure that these individuals understand themselves and help them to develop their fragile personality until they are strong enough (Gossner et.al, 2016).

Integration into community development programs is an important consideration, which is important in an aftercare plan since being engaged ensures that an individual is not focusing on doing any harm but rather of promoting developmental agendas within their communities. Most of these violent offenders have specific reasons as to why they resort to violence . These reasons must be significantly identified to create a better engagement environment where they can be able to learn and adapt to new way of life (Duwe, 2015 ).

Aftercare plan for Trauma victim

A trauma victim is an individual who has serious psychological issues, which leave them very weak and terrified . Aftercare plan for such individuals involves counseling. The counseling’s process aims at identifying the reasons of the trauma and develop better strategies to engage the victim to help them to regain their initial condition. A trauma victim takes the time to heal since their memory is always engrossed in the traumatic action that occurred. Thus unless the bad memory is erased, it is difficult to engage such victims (Doherty and Morley, 2016).

Therefore, the best and most significant plan is to consider each case differently and help them in undergoing the different counseling stages, which are aimed at improving the wellbeing of the victim. A trauma victim cannot heal at once but it is a process which is systematic, and any omission of one-step prevents the effectiveness of the whole process; thus they are very delicate individuals to deal with, but with proper care and attention it is much easy to manage their conditions (Muraya and Fry, 2016 ).

References

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Gossner, D., Simon, T., Rector, B., & Ruddell, R. (2016). Case planning and recidivism of high risk and violent adult probationers. Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 1(2), 32-43.

Holdsworth, E., Bowen, E., Brown, S., & Howat, D. (2014). Offender engagement in group programs and associations with offender characteristics and treatment factors: A review. Aggression and violent behavior, 19(2), 102-121.

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