July 2009

Struggling Teens and a Compass for Living

July 9, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Spiritual progress, not spiritual perfection, is a fundamental goal of recovery. Progress needs a goal for its movement. To that end, the four absolutes as developed by the Oxford Group, honesty, purity, unselfishness and love, provide a guide for struggling teens seeking to grow along spiritual lines. These principles, which align with [...]

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Renewal of School Spirit

July 8, 2009

Over the last two days we have renamed the family units at the Family Foundation School, a therapeutic boarding school in Hancock, NY. Each residential unit now has a house name derived from a hero of recovery. The change was ushered in with group competitions that encouraged participation and enthusiasm. What was fascinating from the [...]

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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 [...]

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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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