Who should attend?

Anyone who works with vulnerable and/or at-risk youth with behavior and/or mental health issues in alternative school, community-based, residential or juvenile justice settings will benefit from the tools and methods taught in this workshop. This workshop is designed for program directors, counselors, social workers, facilitators, crisis workers, safety officers, educators, residential staff and para professionals who are seeking alternative approaches that are research based and develop pro-social skills and long-term behavioral change. 


You will:

• Learn how to use PA's core concepts to increase pro-social behavior and achieve social and emotional learning objectives.
• Learn how to use adventure to engage youth who present a challenge to traditional group process.
• Learn techniques to empower groups and individuals to be less dependent on your management and direction.
• Learn tools for moving towards intrinsic versus extrinsic rewards.
• Learn to frame and teach adventure activities to address individual and group therapeutic issues.
• Discuss the use of effective, natural and logical consequences that value the individual and support the group process.
• Consider case studies and examples of implementations that will inform your own use of this model.
• Observe the model in use in our day and residential treatment programs and alternative school (Covington, GA workshop site only).

This workshop begins at 9:00 A.M. on the first day and ends by 5:00 P.M. on the final day. Registration begins at 8:30 A.M. first day.

Graduate credit: 2 or 4
CEUs: 2.4

Behavior Management through Adventure is a research-based program developed by Project Adventure and implemented at Project Adventure Kids (www.projectadventurekids.org) since the early 1980's.  This model provides a framework and concrete skills for increasing pro-social skills, decreasing dependency on strategies that remove children and youth from the least restrictive setting, reduces out-of-school suspensions and expulsions and increases time on learning and academic achievement. 

Customized trainings at your site,  including a whole-school or agency approach that builds internal capacity and sustainability are available.   Call 978-524-4554 or email info@pa.org to learn more.

Adventure Based Counseling is a strongly recommended prerequisite for this workshop. 

Future workshops to consider:  Advanced Facilitation Skills, Adventures in Building Community and Diversity, Adventure Approach to Health and Wellness and Debriefing Tools.