An Empathic Helping Skills Program

      Part of the doctoral requirements for New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, this dissertation reported upon and evaluated a program developed by Maness to teach inmates "empathy."  Detailed pre- and post-testing of matched control and test groups proved that basic listening skills and especially the crucial skill of basic empathy could be taught to prisoners.

      In substantiating the need for the program, the author researched the history of relevant in-prison programming in U.S. history relating to prison inmate growth.  Chapters 1-4 will be of interest to the specialist in in-prison programming, for therein is a significant portion of the history with a special focus upon Texas.  

      The program itself was culled from most of the best teachers of basic "Empathy" and "Helping Skills" up to 1997.  Of interest to lay persons will be Appendixes 3a & 3b, which contain the handouts of all the lessons -- the major substance of the developed program (PDFs coming soon).    

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Table of Contents:  Acknowledgments, Expanded Table of Contents
     Lists of Tables, Abbreviations, Mathematical Symbols 

Chapters 1 & 2 - 1.  Introduction, Problem, Importance, Review of Literature:   
2.  Project Description, Development, Enlistment & Implementation 

Chapters 3 & 4 - 3.  Evaluation, Enlistment, Implementation; 
4.  Summary,  Conclusions,  Recommendations

Appendix 1:  missing - needs scanned in

Appendix 2:  Lesson Plans 

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Appendix 3a:  Empathy Skills - Handouts for Days 1 to 3  

Appendix 3b:  Empathy Skills - Handouts for Days 4 to 7  

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Appendixes 4-8:  Pre-Test & Post-Test Instruments

Appendixes 9-10:  Pre-Test & Post-Test Instruments & Bibliography 

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Feeling Words 1:  Substantial List of Feeling Words in Categories

Feeling Words 2:  Some of the Most Descriptive, Culled from Long List