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Reclaiming Children and Youth articles from March 2007
A quarterly publication that provides teachers and others involved in education with articles offering strategies and solutions to many issues facing youth today. Studies used tested models to present techniques for positive youth development.
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Reclaiming Children and Youth archives from March 2007
Back to basics through challenge and adventure.(response ability pathways)
March 22, 2007... A century ago, John Dewey proposed educating children through a curriculum rich in real-life problem-solving experiences. While many traditional schools have been slow to adopt such methods, experiential learning is making a significant impact...
Students explore their grande passion: Kurt Hahn (1886-1974).(voices of pioneers)
March 22, 2007... The schools absorb so much nervous strength through mere bookwork that there is not much spirit left in the young to fashion for themselves soul-restoring activities.--Kurt Hahn (1)
Kurt Hahn is renowned as the founder of adventure...
Building strengths through adventure education.(voices of pioneers)
March 22, 2007... Campbell Loughmiller (1906-1993) is widely recognized as a leader in therapeutic work with troubled youngsters in outdoor settings. Rejecting punitive or institutional models of intervention, Loughmiller set out to demonstrate that every young...
The search for islands of competence: a metaphor of hope and strength.
March 22, 2007... Identifying and reinforcing the strengths and beauty in each child and adolescent as well as in ourselves is a theme that has universal application as conveyed in the author's workshops for parents, educators, healthcare professionals, and...
Mentoring the natural way: Native American approaches to education.(National Indian Youth Leadership Project)
March 22, 2007... Stretching beyond self-imposed boundaries and discovering what one is capable of is the hallmark of the National Indian Youth Leadership Project (NIYLP). At the core of the programs are contemporary applications of the traditional values that...
A mind for adventure.(brain and behavior)
March 22, 2007... Formal schooling began centuries before scientists would discover how the brains of children actually learn. Not surprisingly, traditional teaching was often boring and brain antagonistic. But great teachers in every era intuitively recognized...
The Montcalm Outdoor Challenge Program.(spotlight on excellence)
March 22, 2007... Starr Commonwealth has served troubled children and youth and their families for nearly a century. Starr's Montcalm Schools operate from campuses in Michigan and Ohio, enrolling students referred by families and educational consultants. The...
The adventure of service.(voices of youth)(Academy For Learning)
March 22, 2007... The Academy For Learning (AFL) serves urban students with emotional and behavioral problems. Through a Personal and Social Responsibility program, students develop skills for personal growth and service learning. Many alternative programs for...
Rethinking youthful defiance.(life space crisis intervention)(Children, January-February 1955 issue)(Excerpt)(Reprint)
March 22, 2007... Fritz Redl (1902-1988) originated the life space model of therapeutic intervention with children who display angry and defiant behavior/His methods were honed by decades of direct work with highly aggressive youth. Redl observed that the same...
Behavior management through adventure.
March 22, 2007... Behavior Management through Adventure (BMTA) works to create a healthy community, empowering young people to develop responsibility for self and others. It was initially developed by Project Adventure (PA) for a residential treatment program...
Equine encounters.(Cal Farley's Boys and Girls Ranch)
March 22, 2007... Cal Farley's Boys and Girls Ranch traces its roots to the Dust Bowl years in Texas. It was founded to serve youth who were left "homeless and hopeless" by the Great Depression. In more recent years, the educational and treatment programs of Cal...
Adventure boosts empowerment.
March 22, 2007... In the first volume of this journal, which was then called Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, the following article appeared in the fall issue of 1992. We are reprinting it here as a testimony of the timelessness of adventure camping...
Standing on principle: values trump rules.(re-education in action)(Pressley Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness Camp)
March 22, 2007... Effective group programs with challenging youth need to be grounded in a clear understanding of core principles that guide effective practice. This article examines the operating philosophy of an established outdoor education and therapy...
Wilderness Within, Wilderness Without: A Personal Journey Through Pressley Ridge Wilderness Camp at Ohiopyle.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Pressley Ridge Staff
This is a review of a book by photojournalist and teacher, Shannon Szwarc, a former student at Pressley Ridge who now serves on the staff of that organization. (1) He has created much of the photography in this issue....