Conceptual framework of Circle of Courage
The model was established in 1988, Doctors Larry Brendtro, Steve Van Bockern and Martin Brokenleg were asked by the Child Welfare League of America to make a presentation on Native American child development principles to an international conference in Washington. They called the synthesis of their research the Circle of Courage and it has since become the basis of the work of the Reclaiming Youth Network. That was when the framework was coined and approved (Brown, 2005: 1).
There are four essential human needs that transcend time and place: mastery, independence, generosity and belonging. The idea for these shared human needs came from the traditions and practices of cultures that deeply cherished
The model was established in 1988, Doctors Larry Brendtro, Steve Van Bockern and Martin Brokenleg were asked by the Child Welfare League of America to make a presentation on Native American child development principles to an international conference in Washington. They called the synthesis of their research the Circle of Courage and it has since become the basis of the work of the Reclaiming Youth Network. That was when the framework was coined and approved (Brown, 2005: 1).
There are four essential human needs that transcend time and place: mastery, independence, generosity and belonging. The idea for these shared human needs came from the traditions and practices of cultures that deeply cherished