Lindsay

Aftercare Aftercare is by far the most important piece of the puzzle. Aftercare is ongoing and ENDLESS. Aftercare also includes a planned and prepared relapse prevention plan. Your son will complete a good aftercare/relapse prevention plan and, with your help, a good family contract will be included in this plan as well. Remember if you want things to be different, things need to be different. It is important to begin…

Graduation This is a culmination of the efforts made by the student, and staff, to complete the program and prepare for the next stage of the student’s life journey. A program graduation ceremony will be held on-site to celebrate the accomplishments of the student. Parents are welcome to attend and participate in this memorable event. This is the final step-through phase of treatment. In this final phase of treatment, it…

Peak - “Being Real” “Being real” is combining everything a student has learned from all the other steps and really putting all the tools to use. A student realizes that the meaning of charity doesn’t have the word “I” in it anywhere. It’s all about serving others, caring for those who don’t necessarily deserve it, those that might not seem to need help, or just because one is able to…

Summit - “Love Real” This step-through phase of treatment has been designed to help students begin to “love real.” Students learning to “love real” begin to understand that love is work, love takes looking outside of oneself and noticing others’ needs, love takes humility and forgiveness. This phase is the leadership phase and a student that enters the Summit phase of treatment is given more privileges, because he is almost…

Timberline - “Live Real” This step-through phase of treatment has been designed to help students begin to “live real.” Living Real means exercising integrity in one’s life. In other words, genuine living or walking the talk. A student begins to exercise self-management and eventually self-leadership. A student enhances his interpersonal relationships and begins discovering his purpose in life. Building a positive identity and being true to that identity are the…