After leaving basecamp, I spoke with people who were in my orientation about how their first shift went. I noticed they had responsibilities in different areas than mine, and maybe used more of the methods we learned during training. I was impressed that many of them remembered terms such as restructuring and redirecting, and although I believe I used these techniques, having the terms in mind would probably help me have a mental note for different options for how to respond to students’ behavior. Understanding more about the variance in our experiences leads me to want more feedback from our field managers so that I can start to do what my peers are if these components are expected of us.
The basecamp manager calls each team at Open …show more content…
Russell (2001) believes that theoretical basis, practice, and expected outcomes are the three core components involved.
The first implies that therapy is integrated with traditional wilderness programing ideas that help clients find their emotions, and that they were previously inaccessible because of drugs, anger, or depression. Another important component of the therapeutic approach is the use of natural consequences as a way to change behavior without the usual authority figures giving consequences. This way, the staff can step back if a client is not ready to put effort in and let the situational factors be motivators.
Continuous evaluation of progress is important to the area of practice, where healthy diets, exercise, and using survival skills help move them along. The intense social setting, with constant interaction between small groups, adds to this, by making cooperation essential for comfort. Furthermore, clients meet with a therapist throughout their time in the programs to set goals and eventually make a behavior contract for how to follow them before …show more content…
I felt silly for not thinking to research this concept before coming to CO to take the job and figured the most useful information would be on the website, so I studied that. My understanding about this has changed and I feel excited to research further on my own and find answers to the questions I had while reading.
The fact that Open Sky staff mentioned this article during training but didn’t place more emphasis on it is also surprising to me. The section on expected outcomes speaks to how during graduation, students leave wilderness therapy knowing they are embarking on a journey that have only just begun, and this is meaningful after seeing one of my students graduate. I found him very inspirational when observing his behaviors that exhibited strong communication skills and a sense of self-efficacy, and I wondered if he had learned about the idea of starting his journey that was mentioned in the
The basecamp manager calls each team at Open …show more content…
Russell (2001) believes that theoretical basis, practice, and expected outcomes are the three core components involved.
The first implies that therapy is integrated with traditional wilderness programing ideas that help clients find their emotions, and that they were previously inaccessible because of drugs, anger, or depression. Another important component of the therapeutic approach is the use of natural consequences as a way to change behavior without the usual authority figures giving consequences. This way, the staff can step back if a client is not ready to put effort in and let the situational factors be motivators.
Continuous evaluation of progress is important to the area of practice, where healthy diets, exercise, and using survival skills help move them along. The intense social setting, with constant interaction between small groups, adds to this, by making cooperation essential for comfort. Furthermore, clients meet with a therapist throughout their time in the programs to set goals and eventually make a behavior contract for how to follow them before …show more content…
I felt silly for not thinking to research this concept before coming to CO to take the job and figured the most useful information would be on the website, so I studied that. My understanding about this has changed and I feel excited to research further on my own and find answers to the questions I had while reading.
The fact that Open Sky staff mentioned this article during training but didn’t place more emphasis on it is also surprising to me. The section on expected outcomes speaks to how during graduation, students leave wilderness therapy knowing they are embarking on a journey that have only just begun, and this is meaningful after seeing one of my students graduate. I found him very inspirational when observing his behaviors that exhibited strong communication skills and a sense of self-efficacy, and I wondered if he had learned about the idea of starting his journey that was mentioned in the