Carey Group

The Carey Guides were created for use with both youth and adults. They were written at a sixth grade reading level; however, developmentally speaking, they ...

The Carey Guides can be used in a group setting. Although the Guides were designed for one-on-one appointments, many of our customers—working in prisons, ja...

Each Carey Guide was developed for use with both youth and adults. In this way, the material and examples are intended to be “age neutral.” Our assumption i...

Keep in mind that people at medium and high risk are the ones most likely to benefit from behavior change interventions. And, having rapport with a person i...

Carey Guide customers are justice system agencies (state departments of correction, pretrial services agencies, state and local probation/parole agencies, d...

The Carey Guides and BITS were written to reach the largest number of people possible: adults and youth, and people in the community or in facilities—regard...

Recently, we corresponded with a court commissioner in Arizona who is using Carey Guide and BITS tools to address people's violations of the law. She is...

Not only CAN the Carey Guides and BITS be used in non-justice settings; they ARE being used in non-justice settings—for example, in social service settings ...

When someone is deemed to be low risk, they are most likely able to self-correct, even if they have a moderate or high level of need in one of the criminoge...

Generally, we don't recommend using the Carey Guides with these populations: People who are low risk: The Guides won't harm people who are low ris...