The EQUIP Implementation Guide

The implementation guide was produced in response to the needs of busy practitioners and provides a collection of reproducible program forms, student handouts/ worksheets, and guidelines for group leaders and administrators.

This user-friendly guide is designed to enhance implementation of an EQUIP training program. A copy of the EQUIP program book is required to conduct the program.

It presents step-by-step guidelines for conducting Mutual-Help and Equipment Meetings and for training and motivating staff and group members. It is also useful in developing a comprehensive program statement and in establishing successful operating procedures.

Section One: Implementation Materials

Administrator’s Forms
- Basic Program Requirements Checklist
- Comprehensive Program Statement Outline
- List of Operating Procedures

Section Two: Assessment and Individual Performance Plan

Participant Handout: Individual Performance Plan

Section Three: Mutual Help Meetings

Participant Handouts
- Problem Names
- Thinking Errors
- Problems and Thinking Errors Daily Log
- Ground Rules
- Parts of the Mutual Help Meeting
- Your Turn: Parts of the Mutual Help Meeting
- Life Story Meeting
- My Life Story
- Release/Discharge Meeting Questions

Coach’s Mutual Help Meeting Overview
Observer’s Report and Critique of Mutual Help Meetings

Section Four: Equipment Meetings

The Equipment Meeting Curriculum in a Nutshell

Section Five: Anger Management/Thinking Error Correction

Session 1: Equipper’s Guidelines: Evaluating and Relabeling Anger and Aggression
- Participant Handout: Evaluating and Relabeling Anger and Aggression
Session 2: Equipper’s Guidelines: Anatomy of Anger (AMBC)
- Participant Handouts
- Self-Talk Anger Reducers
- Anatomy of Anger (AMBC)
Session 3: Equipper’s Guidelines: Monitoring and Correcting Thinking Errors
- Participant Handouts
- Gary’s Thinking Errors
- Problems and Thinking Errors Daily Log
- Positive Behaviors Daily Log
Session 4: Equipper’s Guidelines: More Anger Reducers
Session 5: Equipper’s Guidelines: Thinking Ahead to Consequences
Session 6: Equipper’s Guidelines: Using “I” Statements for Constructive Consequences
Session 7: Equipper’s Guidelines: Self-Evaluation
Session 8: Equipper’s Guidelines: Reversing
- Participant Handouts
- Things I Do to Aggravate Others
- Reversing
Session 9: Equipper’s Guidelines: More Consequences for Others/Correcting Distorted Self-Views
- Participant Handout: Victims and Victimizers
Session 10: Equipper’s Guidelines: More Correction of Distorted Self-Views/Grand Review
- Participant Handout: The Mind of a Victimizer
Equipper’s Review and Self-Evaluation Form

Section 6: Social Skills Training

Participant Handouts
- Social Skills Role-Playing
- Social Skills Practice Form
Equipper’s Guidelines/Participant Handouts
Skill 1: Expressing a Complaint Constructively
Skill 2: Caring for Someone Who Is Sad or Upset
Skill 3: Dealing Constructively with Negative Peer Pressure
Skill 4: Keeping Out of Fights
Skill 5: Helping Others
Skill 6: Preparing for a Stressful Conversation
Skill 7: Dealing Constructively with Someone Angry at You
Skill 8: Expressing Care and Appreciation
Skill 9: Dealing Constructively with Someone Accusing You of Something
Skill 10: Responding Constructively to Failure
Equipper’s Review and Self-Evaluation Form

Section 7: Social Decision Making

Equipper’s Guidelines: The Martian’s Adviser’s Problem Situation
Participant Handouts
Session 1: The Martian’s Adviser’s Problem Situation
Session 2: Jerry’s Problem Situation
- Mark’s Problem Situation
Session 3: Jim’s Problem Situation
Session 4: Alonzo’s Problem Situation
- Sarah’s Problem Situation
Session 5: George’s Problem Situation
- Leon’s Problem Situation
Session 6: Dave’s Problem Situation
Session 7: Juan’s Problem Situation
Session 8: Sam’s Problem Situation
Session 9: Reggie’s Problem Situation
Session 10: Antonio’s Problem Situation
Equipper’s Review and Self-Evaluation Form

Final Equipment Meeting: Up or Down?

Equipper’s Guidelines: Up or Down?
Participant Handout: Up or Down?