LOOP for Transition Planning
LOOP Career Planning

The LOOP methodology is an especially powerful tool for detailed transition planning. By visualizing one's world in the next two to five years, participants can see themselves "in" their future. Their "transition" plan involves how to get there, step by step,  first things first.  What must you do right away?  What must be overcome to get there?

What training, if any is needed? Whom does the person know who might help along the path (Step 7). What is the timeline for main benchmarks?  What are the activities and tasks that must be initated first, or immediately to get one started?

People leaving institutions, completing programs or moving to new locations--from offenders to graduate students to newlyweds--face many unknowns, and a  world of unclear choices.  An offender must have a transition home  and might  be enrolled in a 12-step program, an educational program, a parenting class--while dealing with old relatrionships.   Graduate students enrolled in a masters program must complete the program, secure internships, make contacts and apply for work--to pursue the job for which that degree qualifies them.    Newlyweds face many post-wedding realities--new homes, jobs, families,  children.  
In a "LOOP for Life in Transition"  planning workshop each person's goals and objectives are pusued individual by individual--whether the group comprises four or twenty-four people. Participants work in small, four- person, self instructional groups. Coaches work with individuals one-on-one as well as provide instructions, guidance and consultation to the whole group over the course of the workshop.
Participants end up with a (1) concrete set of personal planning tools; (2) a  foundation on which to base a life plan; (3) set of objectives; and (4) clarity about their future . And some even change their mind! (The full ten-step LOOP takes two 8 hour days, and the shorter, five step LOOPette takes four hours)