ChangeHS

Cognitive Behavioral Change Program
for Home Study

Course Description: This course utilizes a researched and evidence-based curriculum to improve behavior through cognitive restructuring and social skills development and is equivalent to a 16-hour classroom course.

Emphasis is placed on empowering students to identify wrong thinking that so often leads to negative or criminal behavior and replace it with right thinking that results in positive behavior and outcomes.

This program is centered on interpersonal problem-solving. It will assist students to set goals and create positive attitudes and beliefs, as well as to develop personal accountability and responsibility, control anger, provide substance abuse education and impulse control.

It is appropriate as a "sanctions" course for those who violate their probation or parole but do not fit or may require something more intense than the standard programs for anger, theft, and money management, or it can be used as an "up-front" program to facilitate positive life changes from the beginning. It is also beneficial for those involved with the family and protective services system, the health and human services system, or anyone else needing or wanting to bring about fundamental change in their lives through an examination of their values, attitudes, beliefs and thinking patterns.

This workbook is available in both English and Spanish versions.

Download Cognitive Behavioral Change Home Study Flyer

Home Study Registration Conditions

You must meet the conditions outlined below in order to register for this course.

At a minimum, to take the Cognitive Behavioral Change Program for Home Study instead of attending the in-person group course, you must satisfy one of the first four conditions plus conditions #5 and #6.

Satisfy One

You are not court-ordered to complete an Anger Management course; however, you want to take a course for your own benefit and of your own free will.
You are court-ordered or otherwise required to complete the Anger Management for Home Study version, and you have provided us with written verification.
You are court-ordered or otherwise required to take an Anger Management course, and you live more than 45 miles from Amarillo, and you have received and provided us with written permission to take the Home Study version.
You are court-ordered or otherwise required to take an Anger Management course, but you do not live more than 45 miles from Amarillo, and due to some other circumstance (health, work schedule, transportation, etc.) you have received and provided us with written permission to take the Home Study version.

Plus

You have or will obtain a “coach” to assist you in completing your workbook. The “coach” can be a family member, friend, co-worker, or any other individual age 18 years or older who will commit the necessary time and with whom you feel comfortable sharing your thoughts and feelings.
AND
You agree to complete and return the workbook to Amarillo College Intervention Programs by mail or in person within 30 days of payment and registration.

Summer 2025

Cost, Refunds, Class Transfers

The cost for this course is $95. There are no refunds once the Home Study workbook has been issued/mailed.

Registration

Registration must be handled directly through the Intervention Programs office using one of the methods listed below. Full registration conditions are listed above. Students are required to register and pay prior to the Home Study workbook being issued or mailed.

Enrollment Eligibility Notice

Students with outstanding obligations to Amarillo College may not be allowed to enroll in or complete a continuing education course until their obligations are fulfilled. Students who have received a Criminal Trespass Warning from Amarillo College will not be allowed to enroll in courses held on any AC campus unless the warning has been lifted.

Completion

Students must complete and return the Home Study workbook within 30 days of receipt of payment, or they will be required to register and pay again. A Certificate of Completion will then be mailed within two weeks.

Translator

Students are required to bring an adult translator with them if they have limited or no proficiency in the English language.

Questions

For questions regarding our programs, call: (806) 457-4452 or (806) 457-4468 or email rrdominguez@actx.edu
Se habla español.

Visit us online at www.actx.edu/intervention.

How to Register

Make sure you understand the Registration Conditions above, contact Intervention Programs with questions about anything you don't understand. Then complete the Registration Form using one of the following accepted registration methods.

Complete the registration form, enclose check or credit card information, and mail to:

Amarillo College
Intervention Programs
Po Box 447
Amarillo, Tx 79178

No acknowledgment will be mailed.

Complete the registration form, including credit/debit card information, and fax to:

Intervention Programs, (806) 322-9866