Implementing the project AlAnon Outreach to Treatment Facilities Building relationships between professionals and family members 1 AlAnon Family Group Headquarters Inc Module Three ID: 615460
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Module ThreeImplementing the project
Al-Anon Outreach to Treatment FacilitiesBuilding relationships between professionals and family members
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2 Stage three, ImplementationContacting and meeting with staffMaintaining relationship with staffTransitioning family members from the facility into Al-Anon.Slide3
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Making contact 4
Personal contact is bestDescribe the types of potential service projectsOffer to meet with the staff member Exchange contact information
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Arrive and depart on time5
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Let staff share about the facility’s activities and goals
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Offer a basic explanation about Al-Anon
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“Keep It Simple”8
Al-Anon’s purpose
Who can attend
Al-Anon
Types of meetings
Our meeting format
Anonymity and
confidentiality
How to obtain local
information
NO
COMPLICATIONS
ALLOWED!
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Al-Anon outreach literature9
Al-Anon Faces Alcoholism
magazine is strongly recommended
Local meeting schedules
Let staff assess the suitability of the items
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Provide local Al-Anon contact information
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Current meeting schedules
Al-Anon telephone numbers
Web site and e-mail
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Maintaining a relationship with staff
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touch12
Take the initiative
Maintain contact at periodic intervals
Ask for feedback about current service projects
Stay
in
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A schedule for our activities is essential
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Presentation dates and times.
Members’ names and
contact information.
Dates to replenish literature
and meeting schedules.
Dates to communicate with
staff.
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14Adjust promptly to changes at the facilitySlide15
15Transitioning family members from the facility to Al-Anon
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Remember how you felt at your first meeting?
Family members are often
Exhausted
Overwhelmed
Distrustful
Fearful of being judged
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A “meeting before the meeting”Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.
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Ask an Al-Anon member to meet with a
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Find the balance between “swarming around” and “giving space” to the newcomer
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Service projects are a commitment
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Congratulations!Now it is time for Module Four
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