Keys to Innervisions (KIV) is an educational curriculum about change, specifically changing the beliefs and behaviors that lead to school and social failure, violence, drug abuse/dependency, and criminal behavior. We believe that for anyone to make lasting and meaningful changes in behavior, there is one critical element: they must want to change. Before we can help a person develop an attitude of wanting to change, five fundamental ingredients are necessary.

1. They must believe that change is possible for themselves.
   Many students have experienced so many cycles of failure that they have lost hope that change is possible. At the foundation of this belief that change is not possible, are dysfunctional thinking skills which lead to low self-concept. Keys to Innervisions helps people understand the power that their thinking has on their self-concept and their behavior. Within this curriculum are processes and information that promote self-concept and the belief that change is not only possible, but accessible to all. Students begin to experience hope and a sense of personal power that they can create an alternative to classroom failure, violence, criminal behaviors, and using chemicals to handle their lives.
   
   
2. They must know how to change.
   Keys to Innervisions teaches people how to change. It is one thing to want to change and to believe change is possible, but quite another to know how to create change. The curriculum teaches specific, step-by-step, easy to learn and use processes for making significant changes. These processes are directed at changing the behaviors, attitudes, comfort zones, and personal beliefs that perpetuate the cycles of school failure, drug abuse, violence, incarceration, and personal failure.
   
   
3. They must know what to change.
   All people, but especially at-risk populations, need guidelines on where change should start, what to do first. Keys to Innervisions focuses on these critical issues: School and learning issues, substance use and abuse, criminal issues, family issues about dependency, emotional balance, personal accountability, decision-making, and special attention to transitional issues. By the time a participant finishes this curriculum, he or she will have selected goals in 14 different areas. The "what to change" and "where to start" questions will be resolved.
   
   
4. They must be able to practice changing.
   Learning the concepts and thinking skills in KIV is the first step in the change process. However, in order to get lasting, meaningful change, students must apply what they have learned daily to their personal issues. The KIV ToolBox was specifically created to make daily practice easy for staff and students. The ToolBox consists of simple processes, easily integrated into existing programming, which focus on changing thinking patterns.
   
   
5. They must have support from significant people.
   In order to ensure that consistent practice occurs, the KIV Implementation Plan includes the creation of the KIV Empowerment Team. Specific follow-up and aftercare strategies are designed for schools, community based settings, probation and parole, detention, residential, and families. All significant persons who interact with students become part of the Empowerment Team. They are taught to integrate the KIV ToolBox in their interactions to solve everyday problems, enhance communication, safely handle emotions, and improve decision-making skills.