Hint of the Month and News Update - October, 2007
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Grouping The Prepare-Enrich Categories

The 165 Prepare-Enrich items are designed to tap into a great deal of diverse information. 
Reducing this down into a set of categories certainly helps to refine this information somewhat.  However, this can still be a complex and bewildering process for couples and administrators.  It might be helpful to think about ways of grouping the categories thematically. 

The categories and other areas of information may be combined into sets or groupings based upon the themes being covered in the categories.  One possible way of doing this is laid out below. 

These groupings can help the administrator to gain a broader overview when considering how to piece together all the sources of information contained in the computer report. 

      · Attitudes     

        Role Relationships 
        Spiritual Beliefs 
        Realistic Expectations
         

      · Crucial general skills     

        Communication 
        Conflict Resolution
         

      · Specific and concrete areas of satisfaction   

        Personality Issues 
        Financial management 
        Leisure Activities 
        Sexual Relationship 
        Children and Parenting 
        Family and Friends
         

      · Couple Family Backgrounds    
       
        Family of origin - closeness and flexibility
         
      · Couple Relationship Structure   
       
        Couple closeness and flexibility
         
      · Individual Personality   
       
        Assertiveness 
        Self-confidence 
        Avoidance 
        Partner Dominance
         
      · Background information   
       
        Demographic data 
        Abuse Issues
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News Update:  

    The June 2007 issue of the Newsletter, the Prepare Diary, is available on this web site: To read, click on: June 2007 Diary    The next newsletter will be posted in mid-June. 

    PROCESSING FEE NOW $44.00  
    This is the first increase in the base cost of processing since 1999.  Our aim is to maintain the new processing charge for a lengthy period of time (as we have done before). We always aimed to make the processing cost comparable to that of a modest meal for a couple – we feel sure that $44 (for a couple) is still well and truly within those limits.