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Devereux
Glenholme offers a wide range of supportive services to assist
students with individual and family goals. The Glenholme staff
work collectively as an interdisciplinary team to directly affect
and make changes with the student and their family. The four
ingredients necessary to achieve therapeutic treatment are environmental
design, planning, consistency and predictability. Students excel
in the program when this occurs. Students participate in a full
academic school day, instructional based activities in the evening,
weekly individual therapy, and family therapy. Students may
participate in extra curricular activities such as the athletic
sports programs, student leadership council, drama, chorus,
fine arts, technology, music, campus radio station, community
service and the equestrian program. In addition to the interscholastic
sports offered, the students also participate in daily recreational
campus sports and activities as a part of their social and cooperative
group interaction. Intramural games such as kick ball, capture
the flag, relay races, Frisbee toss, flag football, floor hockey,
softball, soccer, tennis, and basketball all focus on teamwork,
respect, responsibility, and fairness. These activities are
planned and implemented by the residential instructors and are
in keeping with the behavioral and socialization goals the students
are working on.
The
residential program is a teaching model outside of the traditional
classroom environment. Planned activity based instruction is
a key factor to the success of Glenholme's residential treatment.
Lesson plans integrate student treatment objectives, socialization
skills and character values. Character education is a natural
fiber woven into every program and teaching opportunity. Glenholme
embraces core values that explain and demonstrate Respect, Responsibility,
Honesty, Community Service, Kindness and Fairness. Teaching
students to cooperate and learn new skills builds confidence,
pride and self-esteem. The residential staff provide students
with daily instruction on how to care for the home, personal
belongings, and how to live cooperatively with other students.
The
weekends provide additional opportunities for students to engage
in planned on-campus and off-campus events to improve upon independent
socialization skills. Glenholme offers a seasonal range of activities
for younger and older students designed to occur within the
cottage groups and in special activity groups. Glenholme’s
student council works collaboratively with the weekend planning
staff to explore activity options and arrange regular events
from Friday to Sunday evenings. Students are eligible to attend
the events based on their weekly behavior and identified individual
needs. Examples of planned activities are Friday night movies,
Saturday afternoon shopping trips, restaurant dining in the
evening, Sunday Brunch, and Sunday ice skating parties. Examples
of planned cottage activities include intramural sports, board
games, baking, swimming, arts & crafts, hiking, and snowshoeing.
The
Glenholme School has established excellent business relationships
with area vendors and shopkeepers to aide in providing the best
possible environment and services for the students to be responsible
consumers. Additional recreational trips are being researched
such as ski trips and bus tours to historical sites. In the
case of larger trips, there may be occasion for parent(s) to
supplement additional funding to offset the price of the event.
The
Glenholme Motivational Management
Approach utilizes a positive
peer management technique
known as The Peer Partner
Program. The program is
designed to identify each
student's behavioral characteristics
and allows students to use
their natural leadership
skills to encourage and
motivate students to work
together as a team. The
residential staff provides
students with leadership
training to become role
models for their peers.
In addition, the staff members
instruct and coach students
to develop teamwork, problem
solving and organizational
skills. Together, they develop
behavioral strategies to
improve peer and adult relationships.
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