The Seven Challenges
Robert Schwebel
Just wanted to let you all know. For many years we’ve made Seven Challenges® materials only available to community agencies fully trained and licensed to use the program. We’ve had many requests to order materials – primarily the journals – for both the adolescent and adult programs, including from people on this listserv. So, we finally decided to make some of the materials available to independent practitioners with only a required four-hour webinar. Those who attend can purchase materials and use them but can’t claim to be doing The Seven Challenges program. If you want information about this, go to https://www.sevenchallenges.com/independent-practitioner/ or contact Taylar Kregness at tkre...@sevenchallenges.com.
Robert Schwebel, Ph.D.
Psychologist
Author and Program Developer
The Seven Challenges
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Robert Schwebel
Robert Schwebel, Ph.D.
Psychologist
Author and Program Developer
The Seven Challenges
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:06 PM
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Subject: Re: The Seven Challenges
Robert Schwebel
Hi Adi,
Thanks for your interest in this. I have a bit of a long answer. You know I started The Seven Challenges as a program for adolescents in 1991 and only in the last seven or eight years adapted it for adults. Because we have supported choice and self-determination and the world has wanted “drug free youth now,” we stayed under the radar and didn’t want to release materials to people who (1) wouldn’t necessarily use them in the spirt of empowerment and (2) wouldn’t support young people in making their own decisions about their lives, including their drug use. We required a three-day training, support calls, and site visits. We monitored everything closely. Now that there is more openness to alternatives to abstinence, we have decided to change with the times and be more accommodating. That’s why we are now making materials available without the extensive training, follow up, and monitoring. So, in answer to your question: There are hundreds of organizations using the program with adolescents. In terms of private practitioners with our four-hour limited training, we are just beginning. There are just a few. As more get trained, we’ll be able to refer young people to these practitioners when we get calls looking for help. We also see these practitioners as a valuable referral resource for young people in communities after they leave residential based counseling.
Robert
Robert Schwebel, Ph.D.
Psychologist
Author and Program Developer
The Seven Challenges
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 5:50 PM