HERO'S
QUEST
CanAdventure
Education offers a struggling teen school program that
creates an alternative to US boarding schools for troubled
teens; we are located in British Columbia, Canada.
CanAdventure
Education believes that every struggling teen that comes
to us is on a hero's journey to discover themselves. Our
Hero's Quest program is a struggling teen boarding school
alternative that guides troubled teens on this journey,
providing them with the knowledge, skills, mentorship,
confidence, and experience they need to emerge and acknowledge
their true heroic selves.
The
Hero's Quest program blends CanAdventure Education's holistic
Struggling
Teen Journey programming with academic tutorials,
community service, leadership training, and family workshops
to allow participants to go beyond that which is offered
at most boarding schools for troubled teens. Focus areas
consist of:
~ Academic tutorials and study sessions (read
more on our Academic Program),
~ Environmental studies,
~ Eco-tourism studies including industry-related certifications,
~ Outdoor education and skills,
~ Leadership training,
~ Personal growth,
~ Community service,
~ Individual and group therapeutic focus sessions,
~ Family workshops,
~ Individual treatment plans, and
~ Personal, Educational, and Professional Growth Plans.
Struggling
Teen School Program
Participants
in our struggling teen school program must be registered
with the South Island Distance Education School (SIDES)
or a comparable distance education program in your home
region. SIDES is a distributed learning school that allows
students to complete their work through correspondence
and offers all graduation requirements in the Province
of British Columbia. The SIDES program is free for youth with
a fixed address in BC and also serves out-of-province
students for a fee. Most provinces and states have similar
distance education programs available to their residents at no cost. CanAdventure
Education's certified teachers and instructors work in
partnership with distance education schools to ensure
smooth and effective delivery of their course packages.
For more information on SIDES, go to http://www.sides.ca/
Family
Involvement
They say it takes a village to raise a child and at the
core of the village is family. Unlike many struggling
teen boarding school programs, CanAdventure Education
believes that regular family involvement is key to the
success of our troubled teens. We invite family members
and other significant supporters to be involved in the
Hero's Quest struggling teen school program by attending
family workshops and focus sessions. These are geared
toward establishing empathy and common ground in a healthy
and pro-active manner and providing strategies and perspectives
that will result in positive impacts for those involved.
Family workshops and focus sessions may include:
~ Family retreats and weekend workshops
~ Regular phone calls
~ Psycho-educational group workshops
~ Family counseling sessions
Community
Service
Learning to give back to the communities in which we live
is an important aspect of social and personal responsibility.
Our Hero's Quest struggling teen school program is involved
in the planning and delivery of volunteer service projects
in our local communities, helping to develop character,
self esteem, and the value of selflessness among our troubeld
teens.
Leadership
Training
The Hero's Quest struggling teen school program includes
CanAdventure Education's Leaders-in-Training
curriculum, emphasizing the development of outdoor leadership
skills in an adventure-learning context and offering a
balance of formal training, mentoring, and practical hands-on
experience. This aspect of our struggling teen school
program includes a combination of theory and hands-on
practice in eco-tourism industry skills, including adventure
education, leadership, cultural interpretation, wilderness
skills, risk management, trip planning, as well as certification
in food service, water rescue and first aid. By incoporating
leadership training, the Hero's Quest struggling teen
school program provides training, mentorship, and on-the-job
experience that positions troubled teens for the next
steps in an eco-tourism and/or youth programming career.
Personal,
Educational, and Professional Growth Plans
The Hero's Quest struggling teen school program offers
individualized Personal, Educational, and Professional
Growth Plans, which assist struggling teen school program
participants to establish and initiate plans that help
them in their progression through to a happy and healthy
young adult life. These Plans are put in place prior to
graduation in order to help participants prepare for and
carry out a smooth transition to life beyond our struggling
teen school program. Personal, Educational, and Professional
Growth Plans are developed with the assistance of instructors,
certified teachers, and minimum Masters-level Registered
Clinical Counsellors.
Flexible
Length of Stay
CanAdventure Education recognizes that troubled teens
learn in different ways and at different rates. As such,
each struggling teen's time in our Hero's Quest program
will vary according to their needs. Through our flexible
individualized learning program and small group sizes,
each struggling teen is given the support and attention
they need to progress at their own pace. For information
on the four phases of Hero's Quest, our struggling teen
boarding school alternative, click
here...
Click
here to download an application package and schedule
of fees...
For
more information, please call us or email
our admissions office...
