From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Talking with Struggling Teens about Sex and Drugs

July 3, 2009

Image by Kassel via Flickr

The book How to talk so teens will listen & listen so teens will talk has been passing through our office.  It presents some good advice about approaching the difficult subjects of sex and drugs with teens.  The simple take away: instead of one big talk, break the discussion up over [...]

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An animal friendly place

July 2, 2009

Image by George Eastman House via Flickr

Dogs abound on our campus.  And so do reptiles if you take a walk up to the woodcarving studio and visit the cold-blooded menagerie.  And there’s a reason.  As a therapeutic boarding school, the relationships of our students to the many animals they interact with provide many opportunities for [...]

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A committment to best practices

July 1, 2009

As therapeutic boarding schools, wilderness programs and residential programs for struggling teens have grown and matured over the past thirty years, they have worked diligently to share best practices and to define quality safety and care standards.  Inviting outside accreditation organizations like the Joint Commission along with the efforts of our peer organizations across the [...]

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