
FIGHT OR FLIGHT IS AT THE CORE OF NEARLY EVERY PRESENTING ISSUE

- Success in program features dependent on calm state:
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- Academics: Focus/concentration, grit, confidence
- Family programming: Phone calls, therapy, workshops, visits
- Milieu: Staff/client interactions, self-directed tasks, goal setting
- Positive peer culture: Group therapy, activities, communication, relating, leadership
- Recreation: Off-site, workshops, retreats
Treatment effectiveness dependent on calm state for nearly all modalities and treatments:
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- Addiction-focused (Smart Recovery, 12 Steps, NA/AA, harm reduction modalities)
- Animal focused (calf program, EAGALA Equine Assisted, etc.)
- Creative therapies (art, music, dance, recreation, sand tray, psychodrama, body movement, songwriting, writing, etc.).
- Emotionally focused (Rational Emotive, etc.)
- Experiential focused (recreation and wilderness components)
- Group therapies
- Motivationally focused (Motivational Interviewing, Psycho-educational)
- Relationally focused (structural, strategic, solution-focused, attachment)
- Trauma-Informed (TF-CBT, EMDR, Trauma-Informed Yoga)
- Other modalities: CBT, DBT, Narrative, crisis management, Psycho-educational therapy,
