Program Overview Overview Keys to Excellence, Inc. has integrated into one curriculum, Keys to Innervisions, the most current thinking, information, and research in the field of cognitive restructuring, violence/drop-out/drug prevention, character education, and goal-achievement processes. The result is the most powerful change program available in the field of juvenile and adult corrections, education, alternative education, and other programs for high-risk clients. Keys to Innervisions is a fifth generation curriculum built on 20 years of research and development. Written and implemented in 1990, the content and design are routinely revised to respond to the changing needs of our clients. Thousands of clients, staff, and families across the United States, Puerto Rico, England, and Canada have found KIV to be a valuable tool for empowering change. Keys to Innervisions is designed specifically for at-risk adolescents and adults. Facilitators are trained in multi-sensory and interactive learning styles to ensure that those who have failed in traditional learning situations are engaged in KIV. It is an excellent prevention tool that provides skills for evaluation and self-directed changes in values and behaviors. For those with substance abuse issues/dysfunctional behaviors, it can be the catalyst to break their denial and move them toward a choice for treatment. For adults and youth in recovery/aftercare programs, the curriculum is an excellent deterrent to relapse and recidivism. The design of the Keys to Innervisions curriculum materials enables agencies and schools to make one purchase to provide multiple services. Delivery to the identified clients. Empowerment Team Training: Delivery to the staff, teachers, family members, and others who work and interact with the clients. Empowerment Milieu: Continuity of intervention tools and language, which provides clients with consistent practice and application of KIV concepts to daily life situations and problems. Possibility Parenting: The parenting component of Keys to Innervisions is a powerful intervention and prevention tool to add parents and siblings to the circle of continuity and support for clients. A dynamic staff development curriculum: Assists staff in developing a common vision of mission, promotes teamwork, and decreases stress and burnout. Keys to Innervisions has been researched and cited as a model curriculum. In 2001, The New Jersey Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Violence Prevention Institute, evaluated and cited KIV as a model program. Three research studies have shown Keys to Innervisions to be a highly effective intervention with probation and alternative school clients. In two federal consent decrees, KIV has been required and cited as a model program that enables state facilities to meet federal guidelines for treatment. In 1993, Keys to Innervisions was presented as a program that works to reduce violence at a conference sponsored by the Federal Departments of Justice and Education, "Safeguarding Our Youth: Violence Prevention For Our Nation's Children."