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Hero's Quest 4-Phase Approach
Phase
1: Struggling Teens Journey
Hero's Quest begins with our 32-day Struggling
Teens Journey curriculum, which transitions participants
to life at CanAdventure Education and stabilizes their areas
of challenge. This phase of their journey maintains constant
focus on personal growth and group cohesion, repeatedly
reinforcing lessons learned through wilderness adventure.
Through primary attention to personal and interpersonal
issues, Struggling Teens Journey develops the team environment
required to tackle some of the most challenging and inspirational
destinations on Vancouver Island and preps participants
for the challenges, growth, and progress that they will
experience during the second phase of their Quest. Please
click here for more information on our Struggling Teens
Journey program. Participants that have already graduated
from our Struggling Teens Journey program will enter the
Hero's Quest Program in Phase 2.
Phase
2: Progress and Growth
After graduating from CanAdventure's Struggling
Teens Journey program, Hero's Quest participants are
guided in internalizing the lessons they learned during
phase 1 and in incorporating positive values, discipline,
respect, and self-esteem into daily life. During this phase
participants focus on academics, community service, family
workshops, and CanAdventure Education's Leaders in Training
programming. This broader scope allows participants to continue
working on their personal growth while re-starting progress
toward high school gradation and a fulfilling career. All
Hero's Quest participants receive a flexible individualized
learning program that focuses on their assets and their
unique areas of challenge. School work is supervised by
our certified teachers and instructors, and our small group
sizes allow for a highly individualized and flexible environment
where each young person is given the support and time they
need to progress at their own rate and in their own learning
style.
Phase
3: Transformation
This phase of the Hero's Quest program integrates the components
of the first two phases and introduces a long-term Personal,
Educational, and Professional Growth Plan that participants
establish and initiate in preparation for their return to
mainstream life outside of CanAdventure Education. Participants
take a leadership role in planning and accomplishing a major
final project, usually a minimum 2-week extended group expedition
and a solo. Students leaving or graduating from the program
are recognized in a ceremony that honours the culmination
of their quest and their transformation from adolescent
to young adult. Family members and other significant community
members are invited to participate in this ceremony.
Phase
4: Incorporation
Hero's Quest participants begin their fourth and final phase
of their Quest upon leaving CanAdventure Education and returning
to mainstream life. The Incorporation phase challenges Hero's
Quest participants to honour their new skills, knowledge,
and awareness by incorporating new habits and goals into
their daily life beyond CanAdventure Education. Through
regular phone calls, our staff provides ongoing support
to participants as they progress with their Personal, Educational,
and Professional growth plans. Families and participants
are also invited to return periodically to participate in
workshops geared toward a successful transition to life
after CanAdventure Education.
For
more information, please call us or email
our admissions office...
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