THE NATURAL SYSTEMS INSTITUTE

THE STRUCTURE OF THE ENCOMPASSING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

The Duplex Pyramids

Maturity Coaches and Live Situations:

Correctional Therapeutic Approaches Within Settings and With Specific Types of Situations

Structure, Dynamics, Language and Correctional Strategies

1. casual conversation: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.

    1. How to initiate casual conversations.
    2. Rules of politeness in casual conversations.
    3. How to end casual conversations.
    4. How to deal with delicate or difficult topics in conversation.
  1. affiliation: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
    1. How to begin trying to belong to a group.
    2. How to try to get someone to belong to your group.
    3. How to say goodbye to your group.
    4. How to get out of a group you no longer want to belong to.
  1. influence: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
    1. The nature and pitfalls of manipulation versus influence and persuasion.
    2. How and when to try to influence someone’s opinions or behavior.
    3. How to spot when someone is trying to manipulate you.
    4. How and When not to allow yourself to be manipulated.
    5. When to and not to allow yourself to be influenced in opinions or behavior and how to handle the potential loss of face issue.
  1. command: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
    1. When is it legitimate for someone else to give you a command or order.
    2. How to react to different kinds of commands and orders from different types of people in different types of situations.
    3. Dealing with feelings related to being commanded.
    4. How to follow through on legitimate commands or orders.
    5. How to deal with negative feedback over your performance in fulfilling a command.
    6. When is it legitimate for you to give commands and orders and to whom is it proper for you to give commands.
  1. instructions in school, work, and dorm life: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
  2. conflict: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
    1. How and over what do conflicts typically arise.
    2. What are the feelings people typically have in conflict situations.
    3. What strategies can you use to avoid conflict escalating into aggression.
    4. How to handle conflict situations when you intentionally or unintentionally were the initial cause of the conflict versus when someone else was the cause.
    5. What is really at stake in conflict situations and what are the barriers to resolving conflict.
    6. What are some effective strategies for de escalating and for resolving conflicts.
    7. How to deal with your own and the other persons’ feelings after the conflict has been resolved.
  1. entertaining: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
    1. When is it appropriate for you to be the entertainer.
    2. How do you deal with stage fright and with heckling or booing or with cheers and praise.
    3. How can you get yourself into the appropriate mood and mode for the type of entertainment.
    4. How do you deal with feelings of jealousy and envy when you wanted to but did not get to be the entertainer.
    5. How do you deal with positive and negative feedback after you have finished entertaining.
  1. recreation: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
    1. How do you plan recreational activities with your group.
    2. How do you cooperate in preparing for the recreational activity.
    3. How do you get involved in and get into the spirit of a recreational activity.
    4. How do you avoid the extremes of non involvement and inappropriate excesses during the recreation.
    5. What is the proper way to behave when bring the recreational activity to a close.
    6. How do you deal with the responsibility for cleaning up after a recreational activity.
    7. To whom and how do you show your appreciation for the recreational activity.
  1. sex/romance/love: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
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  2.   threat/danger/crises: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
  3.   accidents: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
  4.   barriers: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
  5.   competition in school, social life, and sports: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
  6.   cooperation: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
  7.   working: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
  8.   helping: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
    1. When to offer help and when and how to help without first offering.
    2. How to offer help: Self esteem, pride, issues involved in helping.
    3. When not to help and why.
    4. How to react to gratitude and ingratitude after having helped someone.
    5. How to ask for help.
    6. How to deal with the feelings involved in asking for help.
  1.   learning and cheating: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
  2.    problem solving: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
  3.    planning for future goals and events: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
  4. decision making: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
  5.   Interrogation and investigation: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
  6.   evaluation: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
  7.   litigation: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
  8.   counseling: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
  9.   bargaining/negotiation: Structure, dynamics, language and correctional strategies.
 

'Duplex Pyramids' below is the logo of the Natural Systems Institute.  The top inverted pyramid represents layers of  external structures and systems and the bottom pyramid represents layers of internal structures and systems.  The extension of the pyramid to the left represents degrees of distance into the past, while extension to the right represents degrees of projection into the future.  The underlying theoretical assumption is that effective, enduring change in humans and human social systems comes only when these multidimensional relationships of the external, internal, past and future perspectives are all addressed as change efforts are attempted.

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