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Good job. >> we have drill instructors that are called case managers. and we go out to their home. we go to their job. we go to their school. wherever it is that they might be. to make sure they're not back on the block. you know, that they're not being re-introduced to drugs or gang activity like that. that they stay focused. that is really what separates our program from other programs. that's why we are successful. because we do take an active role in the individual once they leave this particular building. >> hey, you keep moving. get your head out of your tail there. >> aye-aye, sir. >> a...

Out what are our expectations what can we expect to be first what can we expect to be treated what interventions can we bring to bear? we work as a team approach so that we can bring in mental health professionals, case managers for example, psychologists die kie terrorists who address each individual symptom based on what is going on psychologically and i psychiatrically. >> our audience heard a lot of words thrown at them over the weekend. words that you use every day in the course of your practice of law and psychology but most people don't use these words maybe they are not familiar to the...

Out what are our expectations what can we expect to be first what can we expect to be treated what interventions can we bring to bear? we work as a team approach so that we can bring in mental health professionals, case managers for example, psychologists die kie terrorists who address each individual symptom based on what is going on psychologically and i psychiatrically. >> our audience heard a lot of words thrown at them over the weekend. words that you use every day in the course of your practice of law and psychology but most people don't use these words maybe they are not familiar to the...

Probation. >> a lot of these people, they come here and they don't know that they can work. and they think, well, the only way i'm going to get money is if i sell drugs, if i rob, if i steal. you know, they've never really had a sense of pride in anything that they do. so when they begin to do something and they get proud of it, then it brings about a change in them. >> during the final phase of the program, the cadets are allowed to go home where they are monitored daily for several months. >> are you going to be all right? >> yes, sir. >> can't wait to go home? >> can't get to get a second c...

>> they're paid by salary. it is a revolution that has to occur in health care. and that's what you're talking about here. >> i have statistics. geisinger actually added a layer of bureaucracy for their chronic elderly care called case managers. they're essentially nurses that talk to the elderly. or visit them two, three or four times a week, which is also a good thing because, you know, with elderly parents, they complain a lot. they need someone to talk to. >> do they really? >> yeah. what they found is that by adding the case managers, the visits to the hospital were down 18%. readmissions...