1. Everyday Legal Survival Skills for Re-Entry
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Everyday Legal Survival Skills for Re-Entry
Amanda DuBois, Attorney
Cynthia Clauson, Ph.D.
Anne Capellen

3. What is Civil Survival Online?
is a learning program and methodology that is proven to develop problem-solving skills using legal content with predictable and explicit instruction.

4. Course Objectives Participants will learn…
will understand the importance of transitioning offenders having the critical knowledge necessary to navigate everyday legal struggles
to use relevant instructional content to teach students the skills necessary to deal with common legal situations
to design instruction that integrates problem-solving skills, critical analysis and evaluation in a succinct and systematic process using legal content
how the restorative practice model is incorporated in the Civil Survival Online course modules

5. Learning Theory About the Courses . . .
Predictable, explicit, vocabulary-defined
Assessments are embedded through reflective writing.
Critical thinking skills are honed through problem- based case study scenarios.
Increased complexity builds on the basic foundation of vocabulary and common knowledge. Skill building is based on “real life.”

6. Values-Based Decision-Making
Problem-based learning increases ethical decision-making
Courses are based on common legal understandings.

7. Necessary Skills Literacy skills are required to: Read a contract
Interact with employers and co- workers
Complete complicated forms
Understand the terms in a lease
Sign up for basic utilities and services
Comprehend requirements of the workplace
Responsibly navigate marital and child custody matters
Necessary Skills

8. The Importance of Life Skills
Life Skills require:
Basic Education
as well as
the ability to integrate and synthesize information and to interact with new and changing circumstances
Participants learn the importance of meaningful participation as a citizen through understanding of basic legal rights.
Simultaneously, they are learning complex literacy skills by applying the substantive content in case studies crafted to model real world situations.

9. Case Studies
Civil Survival Online content is based on hypothetical case studies requiring:
Regular contact with forms
Contracts
Instructions
that prepare people to successfully navigate society upon re-entry

10. Civil Survival Online Civil Survival Online
Teaches basic legal principles
Applies these principles to real life scenarios
Helps to prepare re-entering populations to engage in everyday legal situations
Negotiating a lease
Properly handling workplace challenges
Dealing with family law issues, such as child custody and divorce

11. Course Distribution 3 ways to access online training courses:
Learning Management System (LMS)
Client Hosting
Stand-Alone Courses

12. Learning Management System
This choice provides access to the training courses through the Civil Survival Online Learning Management System (LMS)
Note: This choice requires Internet access.

13. Client Hosting
For this choice, the client can host the online training courses on their own internal LMS.
If you choose to host our training content on your internal web platform, Civil Survival Online will generate an HTML package that can be unzipped to run in your hosting environment.
Note: If you have no Internet access, the courses will be displayed without media asset (images, ideas, audios) and in text only.*

14. Stand-Alone Courses
With this option, the Client can download the courses without LMS tracking features.
When working “offline,” without access to the Internet, the course will load as text.

15. Statistics
The National Center for Educational Statistics concludes that Incorporating documents and teaching that requires synthesizing information is necessary to improve literacy.
Giving transitioning offenders the opportunity to practice using, reading and understanding the documents and real-life situations will provide experience and, ultimately, confidence to interact in society.

16. Contact Us! We’d love to hear from YOU!
For questions and participation, please contact:
Dr. Cynthia Clauson
Civil Survival Online
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