Pathways: Base Camp
by Timothy J. Kahn and Dawn M. Pflugradt

Have you been looking for a workbook for your 11- to 14-year-old clients in treatment for sexual behavior problems? If so, the new Pathways: Base Camp has been written for you.

Tim Kahn and co-author Dawn Pflugradt have developed this easier version of the best-selling Pathways, 5th Edition to meet the needs of younger clients for whom Roadmaps to Recovery is too simple, and Pathways, 5th Edition is too difficult. Base Camp covers the same therapeutic territory as Pathways, 5th Edition, but is written at a lower reading level and avoids some of the more mature topics. In addition, common words that might trip up some readers are defined in the margins. Base Camp is also a useful therapeutic tool for older adolescents with lower reading skills.

The Base Camp workbook uses a cognitive behavioral approach, with an emphasis on strengths-based methods consistent with the Good Lives Model of rehabilitation to help young clients build on their existing strengths and develop healthy and productive lifestyles. It utilizes a restorative justice framework stressing victim empathy and personal responsibility.

The core belief that is the foundation of both workbooks is that, with proper guidance, most young clients can mature into sexually healthy adults.

The chapter structure and content of Base Camp tracks the chapter structure and content of Pathways. Therefore, it can be used in treatment programs and treatment groups with some clients working in Pathways and others working in Base Camp. However, there is one exception: the printed Base Camp workbook does not include chapters equivalent to Pathways chapters 12 and 13. Instead, Safer Society Press is offering those two Base Camp chapters, titled, Supplemental Chapter A and Supplemental Chapter B, as free downloads for clinicians as pdf and PowerPoint files. This change was made to make Base Camp more affordable for counseling programs and more appropriate for some younger clients.

Click here to view the Table of Contents and Introduction.

Free Digital Clinician's Guide

In the complimentary Clinician's Guide, authors Timothy Kahn and Dawn Pflugradt provide a detailed overview of Base Camp and guidance for successfully completing certain assignments.

Click here to access the digital Clinician's guide.

Supplemental Materials

Several free supplemental resources give you more tools for working with your clients. The Digital Supplemental Materials included with the purchase of the workbook are:

• Assignments of which you may want to provide additional copies to your clients
• The Healthy Living Project
• The Base Camp Final Exam
• Supplemental Chapter A
• Supplemental Chapter B

What is the Healthy Living Project?

The Healthy Living Project (HLP) and its emphasis on building client honesty, responsibil­ity, sensitivity, and integrity, is now a prominent feature of every chapter. Understanding that today’s teen clients have grown up in the digital age, the 5th Edition includes instructions for building the HLP using a PowerPoint or Google Slides presentation in lieu of a paper scrapbook.

To that end, Timothy Kahn has developed a PowerPoint template for the Healthy Living Project that allows clinicians and clients to collaborate on producing this culminating treatment assignment.

The template—which can also serve as a tool for engaging the client in telehealth—is a free download available to all clinicians who purchase the workbook.