If a child becomes a discipline problem, the teacher simply calls the childcare staff. In the classes I observed, the students showed remarkable focus on their lessons, attention to the teacher, and avoidance of the usual messing around seen in mainstream classrooms. Since most students arrive physically unfit, Physical Education is an important part of each student's day. A high and low ropes course was just being completed on the boys' campus while I was there, which contributes not only to Physical Fitness, but also to emotional growth work. Their concept of structure is helping the students learn to control their lives.
Consequences are throughout the program.
Simply earning their way up the level system allows for increased responsibilities and privileges. Immediate consequences consist of a series of immediate interventions such as, when appropriate, asking a student to sit in a chair to cool off. I was informed that the use of any kind of restraint has been de- emphasized, used only as a very last resort. It was reported that more than two years have passed since any kind of mechanical restraint has been used and that the time-out rooms have been used far less frequently than in the past. The students I met gave a mixed impression.