We know they can be helped. We call it the Real Life Transition Program TM . Troubled teens often have difficulty connecting consequences to their actions. In a gentle, yet still firm way, teens learn that in real life, there are always naturally-occurring rewards and consequence for their choices. It is this system that shapes behavior without anger, without violence, without coercion and without restraint.
Teens are quick to learn that when one makes good choices, good things happen.
This behavior is encouraged and rewarded until it becomes part and parcel of the individual. The results are stunning and the changes are long-term. For those reasons, we run our program on actual, working ranches. Teens get an opportunity to learn the law of the harvest first-hand. They learn that it takes effort to plant, water, weed and fertilize crops.