Pacific Institute of Chemical Dependency - PICD

Pacific Institute of Chemical Dependency
PO Box 1233
Kailua, HI 96734

Email: picd01@picd.org
URL: http://www.picd.org

The January 2008 Institute Evaluation:
Controlling Anger Through Mindfulness
Michael Leeds

The Goal of this two-day training was to examine mindfulness techniques and interventions with a focus on defusing potentially violent clients. By the end of the institute, participants should have increased their skills in helping clients learn how to be in control of their anger instead of having their anger control them

Speaker Evaluation

The Evalation: Fifty-five evaluations were turned with the following ratings based on a five point scale (excellent, good, average, below average and poor).

  Either Excellent
or Good
Ratings
Speaker Knowledge and Expertise
100%
89% Excellent
Speaker Ability to Communicate
100%
87% Excellent
Presentation: Interesting and Informative
100%
85% Excellent
Presentation: Friendly and Relaxed
100%
93% Excellent
Content: Useful
93%
75% Excellent
Content: Relevant to Clients
80%
71% Excellent
Overall Rating of the Workshop
91%

Overall Ratings:

The 2008 January was held at Tokai University. Five indices in addition to speaker/topic factors were examined: the auditorium in which the training was held, facility parking, lunch, handling of logistics, and an overall rating of the workshop.

The Evaluation: Fifty-five evaluations were turned with the following ratings based on a five-point scale (excellent, good, average, below average and poor).

Auditorium 78% either Excellent or Good 45% Excellent
Parking 71% either Excellent or Good 40% Excellent
Lunch 64% either Excellent or Good38% Excellent
Logistics 91% either Excellent or Good 67% Excellent
Overall 95% either Excellent or Good 78% Excellent