Basic 101 course / Bazicni 101 kurs /

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE OF THE TA 101 COURSE / EATA , ITAA/

The purpose of a TA 101 Course is to provide consistent and accurate information about TA Concepts.

I. DEFINITION AND PHILOSOPHY OF TA AND ITS AREAS OF APPLICATION

A. Definition of Transactional Analysis
B. Philosophical Assumptions
C. Contractual Method
D. Areas of Application - Differences in Process

1. Clinical
2. Educational
3. Organizational 4. Other

II. BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TA

A. Eric Berne
1. Who was Eric Berne 2. Development of ideas 3. Books he wrote

B. Growth of TA
1. San Francisco Social Psychiatry Seminar
2. International Transactional Analysis Association (I.T.A.A.) 3. Regional and national TA associations

III. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

A. Definition of Ego State
B. Recognition and Diagnosis of Ego States C. Behavioral Descriptions

(i.e., Critical Parent, Nurturing Parent, Adult, Free Child, Adapted Child) D. Contamination and Exclusion

IV. TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS PROPER

A. Transactions
1. Definition of a transaction 2. Types of transactions
3. Rules of communication

B. Strokes
1. Definition of strokes
2. Stimulus and recognition hunger 3. Types of strokes

C. Discounts
1. Definitions of discounts (behavior or internal process) 2. Levels of discounts
3. Reasons for discounting

D. Social Time Structuring
1. Structure hunger
2. Six ways of structuring time

V. RACKET ANALYSIS

A. Definitions of Games
B. Reasons for Playing Games C. Advantages of Games
D. Examples of Games
E. Degrees of Games
F. Ways of Diagramming Games

1. Transactional Diagram 2. Formula G
3. Drama Triangle

VI. RACKET ANALYSIS

A. Significance of Internal/Intrapsychic Processes
B. Definitions of Rackets and Trading Stamps
C. Relationship of Rackets to Transactions, Games and Script

V. SCRIPT ANALYSIS

A. Life Positions
1. Definition of life positions
2. The four life positions
3. Relationship between life positions and games and scripts

B. Script

1. Definitions of script

2. Origin of script in child’s experiences

3. Process of script development

   (e.g. injunctions, program, counter-injunctions, early decision)

4. Changing scripts and attributions)

C. Autonomy
1. Awareness
2. Spontaneity
3. Capacity for Intimacy