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Appendix B

Your Re-Entry Success IQ

HOW WELL PREPARED ARE EX-OFFENDERS FOR re-en-
tering and succeeding in the free world? There are no right or
wrong answers to the following exercise. Be aware that it is
a very long and thorough exercise – it may take 30 minutes to com-
plete. Most of the issues included here relate to the re-entry success pro-
cess, which is outlined in another book – The Ex-Offender’s Re-Entry
Success Guide (Impact Publications, 2016). The exercise is designed to
give ex-offenders useful feedback by measuring their current level of
re-entry information, skills, and strategies as well as identifying those
they need to develop and improve. They identify their level of re-entry
competence, or how well prepared they are for re-entry, by completing
the following exercise:

INSTRUCTIONS: Respond to each statement by circ­ling which
number at the right best represents your situat­ion.

SCALE: 1 = Strongly disagree 4 = Agree
2 = Disagree 5 = Strongly agree
3 = Maybe, not certain

Getting Ready for Freedom Day

1. I know my release date. 1 2 3 4 5

2. I’ve been preparing myself for release. 1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
3. I have a written re-entry plan that covers the
first 180 days after my release.

4. I have someone waiting to help me on 1 2 3 4 5
the outside.

5. I’ve changed a lot for the better since I first 1 2 3 4 5
came here.

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