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Residential Treatment Program for Teen Girls Ages 13-17. Teen Residential Treatment Center for Troubled Girls at Discovery Ranch for Girls. (2021, April 14). https://discoveryranchforgirls.com/.

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This is a framework created by Karen Pittman that provides articulate principles and practices that help communities foster optimal youth development.
-Services: These are things TO or FOR young people to enhance and foster well-being of the adolescent. These services can include:

adequate housing

safety from physical and psychological harm

specialized services, when necessary

food and nutrition

access to health care

instruction in reading, writing and computing

It's important to note that adolescents are the ones receiving these services.
-Opportunities: These are done by the adolescents themselves. Though, opportunities allow the adolescents to be able to explore, express, earn, belong and influence. Some of the most main types of opportunities are towards active learning or decision making roles\responsibilities.
It is important to not that adolescents are the actors and not the recipients of opportunities.
-Supports: These are things done with adolescents. It is the idea that adolescents are able to take full advantage of the services and opportunities provided. There are three types of support which are emotional, motivational and strategic.
It is important to note that adolescents are partners with supports.
Source:
Positive Youth Development 101 (Manual). ACT for Youth. (n.d.). http://www.actforyouth.net/youth_development/professionals/manual.cfm.

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For a clearer read of the model click on this link below. 

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For a clearer read of the model click on this link below. 

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Logic flow model Discovery Ranch equine program FINAL

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Here is a publication from Discovery Ranch on their blog discussing the three reasons why Equine-Assisted Therapy is effective. 

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Here is a publication from Discovery Ranch on their blog discussing the three reasons why Equine-Assisted Therapy is effective. 

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Residential Treatment Program for Teen Girls Ages 13-17. Teen Residential Treatment Center for Troubled Girls at Discovery Ranch for Girls. (2021, April 14). https://discoveryranchforgirls.com/.

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Teen Residential Treatment Center for Troubled Girls at Discovery Ranch for Girls

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During a session of Equine-Assisted Therapy (EAT), your daughter will work one-on-one with a therapist, a trained horse professional, and a horse. As part of the sessions, she may take part in grooming, feeding, haltering, or riding the horse. While these activities may seem recreational, they have enormous therapeutic benefit.

Helping to Develop Social Skills

Horses are naturally intuitive and social animals. Because horses are prey animals, horses tend to observe and react strongly to the people around them. For the horse, being aware of people's feelings is a matter of survival. Therefore, when someone is angry, afraid, or holding back their emotions, the horse will sense that and react. Horses react negatively to aggressiveness, hostility, or coldness. A horse may react to a person with a negative attitude by shying away from the person or stubbornly refusing to follow the person's commands.

While your daughter may try to hide her emotions, the horse that your daughter works with will not. Instead, the horse will provide a mirror for your daughter's emotional experiences. With the help of the horse professional and therapist, seeing her feelings reflected in the horse's behavior will help your daughter to better understand her own behavior. Because horses respond positively to appropriately assertive behavior, working with the horse can help your daughter to practice these behaviors. She will learn the difference between assertiveness and aggressiveness.

Enabling People to Open Up

Many people who struggle to form relationships with other people are able to let down their guard around animals. Unlike human beings, horses have no preconceived notions about people. Your daughter will be more likely to open up emotionally and express her inner feelings and thoughts. This emotional openness is invaluable to the horse professional and therapist who will treat your daughter. When emotional barriers are removed, therapy is most effective.

Providing Immediate Therapeutic Responses

Compared to a traditional therapy setting where your daughter might meet with her therapist once a week in an office, EAT tends to produce more immediate results. In part, this is due to the experiential nature of the therapy.

While your daughter may be able to remain composed during a traditional therapy session, an EAT session allows the therapist to see your daughter in a novel setting where your daughter must adapt to unique challenges and use problem-solving skills. In this environment, it is easier for the therapist and horse professional to see "the real her". They will be able to identify patterns of behavior that are holding your daughter back from reaching her full potential. In addition, the therapist and horse professional have the opportunity to point out these behavioral patterns as they occur, rather than waiting to reflect on them at a later date.

EAT is a unique and effective form of therapy. EAT has made valuable contributions in helping people with a variety of different mental health challenges to gain social skills. In addition, EAT can help people in making them more open and ready to accept therapeutic change. Because of the unique in-the-moment nature of EAT, this form of therapy also tends to provide results more quickly than other forms of therapy.

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Three Reasons Equine-Assisted Therapy is Effective - Teen Residential Treatment Center for Troubled Girls at Discovery Ranch for Girls

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During a session of Equine-Assisted Therapy (EAT), your daughter will work one-on-one with a therapist, a trained horse professional, and a horse. As part of the sessions, she may take part in grooming, feeding, haltering, or riding the horse. While these activities may seem recreational, they have enormous therapeutic benefit.

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Here is the assessment many parents or guardians can fill out to see if the girls really need this specific help. 

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Here is the assessment many parents or guardians can fill out to see if the girls really need this specific help. 

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Residential Treatment Program for Teen Girls Ages 13-17. Teen Residential Treatment Center for Troubled Girls at Discovery Ranch for Girls. (2021, April 14). https://discoveryranchforgirls.com/.

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Residential Treatment Program for Teen Girls Ages 13-17. Teen Residential Treatment Center for Troubled Girls at Discovery Ranch for Girls. (2021, April 14). https://discoveryranchforgirls.com/.

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Equine therapy: How horses are helping teens' mental health | ITV News

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How do you as a teacher or administrator get this program implemented within your community? It's just six simple steps! 

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How do you as a teacher or administrator get this program implemented within your community? It's just six simple steps! 

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1.  Ask yourself as a teacher or administrator if it is a common theme within your school to have girls that are typically labeled "at risk". If so ask yourself whether they have any type of program implemented in the school or community outreach programs. If not then move on to the next step. Even if there is a program ask yourself if it meeting the standards for positive youth development.
2. You must bring it up to the school administration staff and school board. Show them the benefits of this program in which you have learned within this Padlet (especially use the logic flow model to help you!)
3. After, approval by the school board get all resources mentioned within logic flow model. This contains the necessary people that makes the program function. This can include the chef, equine instructor, clinical professional, horses and more. These resources not only the human resources but, the physical resources such as the ranch itself. While getting all the resources check to make sure you are meeting all of the Habits of Minds.
Source: Ho, N. F., Zhou, J., Fung, D. S., & Kua, P. H. (2017). Equine-assisted learning in youths at-risk for school or social failure. Cogent Education, 4(1), 1334430. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186x.2017.1334430
4. Get specific. Meaning while working in the classroom or throughout the school look for girls that are considered "at risk" or just having a hard time coping within the school system. According to research the term "at risk", means "a child or adolescent who faces extreme threats to a successful transition into adulthood". Some characteristics to look at for in "at risk" girls would be truancy, lack of interest in academics, and even having a disconnection from the school environment.
Source: What Are Youth At-Risk and What Can You Do to Help? Rawhide Youth Services. (2021, April 14). https://www.rawhide.org/blog/teen-issues/youth-at-risk/#:~:text=In%20the%20broadest%20sense%2C%20a,disconnection%20from%20the%20school%20environment.
5. Get educated. Ask for other teachers who have the students and get knowledgeable about their home life. If you feel comfortable ask their parents. Have the parents take the assessment located on the Discovery Ranch website or make your own that is similar. Look at the assessment on the website for help.
6. Let the program be known. Discuss with the parents and other members of the school community about how this program will help that specific student. Also, just let it be known to the whole population of the school community that his program exists so that even if unnoticed girls can still attend if they want to.
7. Let the program continue. Keep notifying girls, families and the school community about this program. It will allow the continuation of the program and have it continuing helping girls. Make sure the program keeps in good numbers due to it being in the girls benefit. It has been proven that in this specific intervention if the girls work with not only the horses but, with the other girls it improves the more likely good of social contact. Social contact can be a protective factor that helps protect adolescents from the difficulties in their life which is one of the main purposes of this intervention in the first place. Source: Hauge, H., Kvalem, I. L., Berget, B., Enders-Slegers, M.-J., & Braastad, B. O. (2013). Equine-assisted activities and the impact on perceived social support, self-esteem and self-efficacy among adolescents – an intervention study. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 19(1), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2013.779587
*If the school administration and board do not approve of this program look for other ways it can be implemented within the local community. Ask at ranches, non-profits, the city hall and more. It doesn't have to be just a school program which is clearly demonstrated at Discovery Ranch.

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Source:
Kuther, T. L. (2021). Adolescence in context. SAGE Publications, Inc.

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For a much clearer read go to page 18 on the pdf. Click on this link to bring up the PDF. 

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For a much clearer read go to page 18 on the pdf. Click on this link to bring up the PDF. 

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Equine assisted learning in youths at risk for school or social failure

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Source:
Ho, N. F., Zhou, J., Fung, D. S., & Kua, P. H. (2017). Equine-assisted learning in youths at-risk for school or social failure. Cogent Education, 4(1), 1334430. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186x.2017.1334430

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For more information or a much clearer read of the graphs click this link. 

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For more information or a much clearer read of the graphs click this link. 

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Equine assisted learning in youths at risk for school or social failure

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Here are the graphs to prove the increase in Habits of Mind scores. 

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Here are the graphs to prove the increase in Habits of Mind scores. 

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Source:
Ho, N. F., Zhou, J., Fung, D. S., & Kua, P. H. (2017). Equine-assisted learning in youths at-risk for school or social failure. Cogent Education, 4(1), 1334430. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186x.2017.1334430

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This study examined a three-month equine-assisted learning program and how it improved character skills within adolescents. This study was done in a specialized secondary school for youth that struggled with mainstream curriculum. This study was done in 2013 and 75 students underwent this specific intervention while 85 other adolescents did not (control group). A study was later done within one year later at the same school though only 58 students underwent the intervention while 59 students did not (control group).
What the study found:
The study found an increase in Habits of Mind scores across the three semesters that observed over the two years that the study was done. The study also found an association between rate of change in character skills and grade point average across the semesters that were studied.
Source:
Ho, N. F., Zhou, J., Fung, D. S., & Kua, P. H. (2017). Equine-assisted learning in youths at-risk for school or social failure. Cogent Education, 4(1), 1334430. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186x.2017.1334430

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For more information click the link to this  journal article done about the study. 

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For more information click the link to this  journal article done about the study. 

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Equine assisted activities and the impact on perceived social support self esteem and self efficacy among adolescents an intervention study

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This study was done by researchers Hauge, Kvalem, Berget, Enders-Slegers and Braastad.

Within this study participants were adolescents between 12 and 15 years with an average age of 13.5 years participated. A total of around eighteen adolescent girls participated within this study.

Within the study the adolescents were taught relational and task-specific skills with the horse. "The relational skills consisted of being able to handle and communicate with the horse both on the ground and through riding" (8). The task-specific skills consisted of properly putting the tack on the horses and other basic horsemanship skills. The adolescents also had riding lessons and instructions conducted by the instructors which were equine professionals. The instructors helped and provided intervention if needed. Though, the adolescents were given time to try these multiple tasks on their own due to the focus on the study being on the experienced less on the actual performance level of the adolescents.

Results of the study:
-Within the study the researchers found that social contact with the horse, instructor and other adolescents increased the participants' perception of social support during the time of the study's intervention when compared to a control group.
-The results of the study proved to the researchers that working with horses within this specific intervention has perceived social support emerge as a "main psychological factor" (12).

Why is social support so important for adolescents? How does the horse relate to social support?
According to the study, social support is "information leading to the subject believing that she is cared for and loved, esteemed and valued and belonging to a network of communication and mutual understanding" (3). Social support can be a protective factor that protects adolescents from difficulties in their life. Social support is also derived from relationships. When relationships are created basic needs can be fulfilled for adolescents. Due to the increase of social support within this study, proves that an animal can create a sense of this connectedness and belonging that social support provides.  Animals can serve as "social facilitators" and serve as a "catalyst to human-human contact" (3). The horse responds through its behavior and reacts to people's emotions when they work with them. It provides a direct response to the emotional state of that person. By this interaction, it can provide the adolescence with a feeling of intimacy which is apart of the experience of social support. By forming this connectedness with this horse can be important to how the adolescent develops within and recognizes social support. This can be very beneficial towards the adolescent in their growing abilities within their adolescent states.
Source:
Hauge, H., Kvalem, I. L., Berget, B., Enders-Slegers, M.-J., & Braastad, B. O. (2013). Equine-assisted activities and the impact on perceived social support, self-esteem and self-efficacy among adolescents – an intervention study. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 19(1), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2013.779587

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How does this program relate to the SOS Framework? 

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How does this program relate to the SOS Framework? 

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Services: Discovery Ranch allows girls to have:

Adequate housing

Safety from physical and psychological harm due to being licensed specialists on the ranch and working with the girls.

Specialized services when necessary which is provided through the licensed specialists that actually live and work on the ranch. They are there for 24 hour care. They can also provide individual therapy and group therapy.

Food and nutrition such as a cafeteria where girls get feed three times a day.

Access to health care.

Instruction in reading, writing and computing which is being provided through the school they attend on the ranch.

Opportunities: Girls at Discovery Ranch are provided countless amounts of opportunities to explore and find belonging. They have everyday a new skill to learn with horses. It provides them the creativity to work with their horses and figure out new ways to get certain tasks accomplished. As well as opportunities that they can explore with their emotions when working with the horses. These opportunities allow the girls to be actors.
Supports: At Discovery Ranch the girls able to become partners with emotional, motivation and strategic supports that are provided. Emotional supports are seen by learning how to be empathetic towards horses as well as safety from the staff by being on a horse that might seem scary from some girls. They learn how to be nurturing as well. They also gain the motivational supports. They are provided guidance with the staff in how to work with the horses and learn how to deal with their emotions\learning. There is no consequence by the staff if something doesn't work out and there is no focus on the problem their struggles. Instead, the staff encourages them and teaches them new techniques if something isn't quite going the way they planned it. Lastly, strategic support is provided which provide the girls with specific skills on how to be able to work with others, handle their emotions and more. This provides them with specific resources and skills that they need in the future as they move out of their stage of adolescents. Discovery Ranch allows this partnership.
Source:
Positive Youth Development 101 (Manual). ACT for Youth. (n.d.). http://www.actforyouth.net/youth_development/professionals/manual.cfm.

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A ted talk about the benefit of equine therapy for adolescents and why horses are so beneficial.
Source:
Slattery, J. (n.d.). How horses can help us to find the answers from within. TED. https://www.ted.com/talks/joe_slattery_how_horses_can_help_us_to_find_the_answers_from_within.

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How horses can help us to find the answers from within

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Joe Slattery talks about his own experience of growing up in a socially deprived area of Ireland and how horses helped him cope in that environment. Joe has worked in the area of family support and crisis intervention in a community setting for the past 10 years.

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Hauge, H., Kvalem, I. L., Berget, B., Enders-Slegers, M.-J., & Braastad, B. O. (2013). Equine-assisted activities and the impact on perceived social support, self-esteem and self-efficacy among adolescents – an intervention study. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 19(1), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2013.779587

Ho, N. F., Zhou, J., Fung, D. S., & Kua, P. H. (2017). Equine-assisted learning in youths at-risk for school or social failure. Cogent Education, 4(1), 1334430. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186x.2017.1334430

Kuther, T. L. (2021). Adolescence in context. SAGE Publications, Inc.

Positive Youth Development 101 (Manual). ACT for Youth. (n.d.). http://www.actforyouth.net/youth_development/professionals/manual.cfm.

Residential Treatment Program for Teen Girls Ages 13-17. Teen Residential Treatment Center for Troubled Girls at Discovery Ranch for Girls. (2021, April 14). https://discoveryranchforgirls.com/.

Slattery, J. (n.d.). How horses can help us to find the answers from within. TED. https://www.ted.com/talks/joe_slattery_how_horses_can_help_us_to_find_the_answers_from_within.

What Are Youth At-Risk and What Can You Do to Help? Rawhide Youth Services. (2021, April 14). https://www.rawhide.org/blog/teen-issues/youth-at-risk/#:~:text=In%20the%20broadest%20sense%2C%20a,disconnection%20from%20the%20school%20environment.

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It is important for adolescents to be able to learn the basic skills that are developing during the adolescent stage. If they are not met within this sensitive period then the adolescent will not develop that skill due to the brain "letting it go". This sensitive period is crucial for adolescents and can be very negatively effected by contexts. Source:
Kuther, T. L. (2021). Adolescence in context. SAGE Publications, Inc.

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By being positive context that encourages mistakes and to learn from them. Girls in the program do not fall victim to stereotype threat which can really damage their growth. This is due to everyone being there for help.
Source:
Kuther, T. L. (2021). Adolescence in context. SAGE Publications, Inc.

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By having the adolescent or girls in the program able to gain more confidence in themselves. They are able to gain more self-concept clarity. They are also able to see their talents and weaknesses which helps them identify who they really are which helps them establish their identity which is an important task to accomplish as an adolescent. By having this positive context away from negative contexts the girls are able to find their real selves and plan to work towards their ideal selves. They can thus get rid of their false selves that they had before the program.
Source:
Kuther, T. L. (2021). Adolescence in context. SAGE Publications, Inc.

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This program helps with adolescent's ability which is forming during this time period to control and stop responding to a stimulus. When working with a horse one must learn how to respond accordingly which the girls learn in the program. Adolescents also are developing their knowledge of how the mind works and ability to control the mind. This consists of increasing awareness of personal thought process. As well as gaining the ability to choose and apply appropriate startegies. Discovery Ranch allows the girls to develop in these traits. Girls are having to discuss their feelings by having to recognized them and develop how to control them while on an animal. As well as learning how to apply what strategy when working with a horse. The program also helps learning to occur. By working with horses it forces the girls to pay attention. They are then challenged by having to do the work of the horse all on their own. After, each task when asked about their emotions about an experience they just had helps makes that connections from existing information. Through riding they are able to have enough examples and non-examples to create a rich schemata for themselves.
Source:
Kuther, T. L. (2021). Adolescence in context. SAGE Publications, Inc.

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Resilience and Developmental Assets Concepts

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Resilience and Developmental Assets Concepts

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Resilience is: "The ability to respond or perform positively in the face of adversity, to achieve despite the presence of disadvantages, or to significantly exceed expectations given poor home, school, and community circumstances" (Masten, 2016, cited in Kuther, 2021, pg. 261).
Adaptation: "Part of the resilience process; interaction between developmental capacities and context, including risk and protective factors" (Masten &Moon, 2015 and Ungar, 2015 cited in Kuther, 2021, p. 261).
Discovery Ranch allows girls to be able to be removed from risk factors and have protective factors. Therefore, girls are able to learn the idea of resilience when working with a horse. When they can't complete a task with a horse they are forced to talk it out with the instructor and therapist. It helps them learn this skill. As well as learn how to adapt in certain situations when a horse isn't quite working with them in what task they want to complete.
Source:
Kuther, T. L. (2021). Adolescence in context. SAGE Publications, Inc.

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Within this theory it describes that adolescents' development is influenced by context. It consists of context influence individual, contexts influence context and individual influencing context. Within this program girls are put into a safe context where they can be influenced positively which is demonstrated in the results. As well as the girls are influencing context. What they do with the horse influences how the horse will behave.
Source:
Kuther, T. L. (2021). Adolescence in context. SAGE Publications, Inc.

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Albert Bandura's Theory of Social Learning Theory

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Albert Bandura's Theory of Social Learning Theory

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This theory focuses on adolescents in how they learn through observing others. They learn consequences from watching others as well. This theory can be seen throughout the program. Girls are able to get proper models of behavior through the professional staff. As well as girls learn from their horse as well as other girls in the programs consequences of actions. Thus, making them learn not to do a specific action because they learned the consequence from the others.
Source:
Kuther, T. L. (2021). Adolescence in context. SAGE Publications, Inc.

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The major contexts of adolescence are: home, school, neighborhood, online, cultural, sociocultural. Within this program it provides healthy positive contexts to influence the adolescence. It also takes them away from unhealthy contexts that could be negatively effecting the adolescent.
Source:
Kuther, T. L. (2021). Adolescence in context. SAGE Publications, Inc.

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Horses can be very beneficial to girls at this age. Horses are naturally intuitive and social animals. Horses are prey animals which makes them observe and react strongly to their environment especially people around them. This is an act of survival for the horse. Therefore, when someone is angry, afraid, or holding back their emotions, the horse will sense that and react. Horses react negatively to aggressiveness, hostility, or coldness. A horse may react to a person with a negative attitude by shying away from the person or stubbornly refusing to follow the person’s commands. For example, if a horse were to become difficult it can be used as talking point in how the girl can thus get through that difficult situation with it. As well as can guide the difficult teen in learning how to problem solve. It forces the girls while working with the horses how to recognize their emotions. As well as working with horses that can be scary at first to most girls can help the girls learn how to overcome fears as well as build confidence in themselves. Girls can also learn how to develop the emotion of empathy by working with the horse as well as learning how to recognize their emotions. Girls that struggle in relationships can let their guard down.  Unlike human beings, horses have no preconceived notions about people which makes it easier for people to let their guard down. Your daughter will be more likely to open up emotionally and express her inner feelings and thoughts. This emotional openness allows youth to be able to grow and the therapy is most effective.Lastly, girls learn how to deal with life situations no matter how large or intimidating.
Source:
Residential Treatment Program for Teen Girls Ages 13-17. Teen Residential Treatment Center for Troubled Girls at Discovery Ranch for Girls. (2021, April 14). https://discoveryranchforgirls.com/.

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How does this program benefit the adolescent? 

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Task Completion:  When the girls are first introduced to this program they will be given a task that they must complete. They must learn how to take care of the horses and learn how to ride. This task completion provides a risk where girls are forced to learn how to complete this task. This is due to working with horses. If horses are not feed or taken care of possible harm could be caused on them. It forces the girls to make this task and complete in which case they learn this skill.
-Rule Following: Many girls who come to this program struggle with following basic rules of society as well as authority. Though, when they work with horses they are forced to follow rules due to the danger they could put themselves in with working with this animal. It forces these girls on developing a skill of ruling following due to the possible consequences that could occur.
-Express Emotion: After every task is complete every girl must express their emotions and feelings. This forces the girls to learn how to express what they are feeling. This can help them in the real world to not bottle up emotions and learn how to deal with them.
Develop Social Skills: Many girls within the program may try to hide their emotions or struggle with recognizing them. The horse that the girls work with do the complete opposite. Horses will instead mirror what the girls are hiding with their emotions.  With the help of the horse professional and therapist, seeing her feelings reflected in the horse’s behavior will help your daughter to better understand her own behavior. Because horses respond positively to appropriately assertive behavior, working with the horse can help your daughter to practice these behaviors. She will learn the difference between assertiveness and aggressiveness.
-Cognitive Abilities: Horses sense danger and respond with heightened awareness of their surroundings. Horses can even often flee if they sense danger. By working with horses, girls will have to practice remaining calm and taking responsibility of his or her own thoughts. They can discuss with others about how to deal with certain situations or how they are feeling.
-Practicing Activities: Adolescents in this case girls, could sometimes avoid situations that seem too hard or too stressful. Though, with this program they can choose activities that are outside their own skill level. They can then be assisted as well as can discuss how they are doing throughout the activity. These activities could not only insist on riding the horse but, as well with lunging, bathing and feeding the horse. These activities require coordination, planning and active communication.
-Activity Scheduling: Planning or developing a schedule to care for a horse throughout the day can teach the girls a sense of responsibility as well as flexibility due to the physical needs of the horse changing all the time.
-Play Therapy and Story Telling: Play therapy allows for the adolescents to be able to create relationships and set limits. Story telling encourages adolescents to develop stories about what the adolescent is thinking and conveying emotions. This can be used to develop language skills and creativity.
-Group Bonding: Equine therapy teaches adolescents especially girls how to work with a partner or group. With a horse, one learns the idea of patience as well as communication.
Source:
Residential Treatment Program for Teen Girls Ages 13-17. Teen Residential Treatment Center for Troubled Girls at Discovery Ranch for Girls. (2021, April 14). https://discoveryranchforgirls.com/.

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When the girls arrive at this ranch they will learn the basics of horsemanship. They will learn with a professional trainer how to take care of the basic necessities for these horses. This can include activities such as: feeding, bathing, cleaning stalls and more. The girls will also learn how to tack up a horse which not only teaches them the proper equipment for the horse but, how to properly put it on. After, they learn these basic skills they then can learn how to ride the horses. They can eventually move up levels of riding as they develop their skills. After each task is completed every girl must discuss their thoughts and feelings. As well as what they learned from that experience. They learn the basic skills and horsemanship with a professional trainer. Clinal professionals will be with the girls as well into working with them in the expression part of the therapy.
Source:
Residential Treatment Program for Teen Girls Ages 13-17. Teen Residential Treatment Center for Troubled Girls at Discovery Ranch for Girls. (2021, April 14). https://discoveryranchforgirls.com/.

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One can apply by going to Discovery Ranch's website which is linked here on this post.

On the website, the teen and her family\guardian must take an online assessment which is free of charge. Once this assessment is done and the girl is admitted into the program, one will be met with the support of an administrative team which includes the program's admissions counselor and clinical director. This team will help the family as well as girl be able to get involved in the program.
Source:
Residential Treatment Program for Teen Girls Ages 13-17. Teen Residential Treatment Center for Troubled Girls at Discovery Ranch for Girls. (2021, April 14). https://discoveryranchforgirls.com/.

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Teen Residential Treatment Center for Troubled Girls at Discovery Ranch for Girls

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Contact us to find out how.

Discovery Ranch for Girls helps families year-round. We are an open enrollment school. Our program focuses on helping young women between the ages of 13-17. In special circumstances, we will accept young women as young as 12 years old.

While there is limited space available at the ranch, we can help your family. From the moment you complete our patented, online assessment then you will have the support of our administrative team, including our admissions counselor and clinical director. Our first goal is to find the best help for your daughter, whether or not that is with us.

This online assessment is free of charge. Completing the assessment does not represent any obligation. Also, we will never share your personal information. Please find out more about our assessment here.

If you have questions about our program, please review our frequently asked questions page. You can also reach us by phone at 855-667-9388 . A trained representative will be available to answer your questions.

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We can help your family. - Teen Residential Treatment Center for Troubled Girls at Discovery Ranch for Girls

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Contact us to find out how. Discovery Ranch for Girls helps families year-round. We are an open enrollment school. Our program focuses on helping young women between the ages of 13-17. In special circumstances, we will accept young women as young as 12 years old.

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Teen girls can come from all over all year round. The program focuses on girls between the ages of 13-17. Though, for special circumstances will accept young women as young as 12 years old. Girls comes to this program who are  considered "at risk". These "at risk" girls could range from backgrounds with emotional problems, family problems, intellectual disabilities and more. They come from a wide range of backgrounds to where they need a place that brings positivity to help them deal with what they need therapy with.
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Residential Treatment Program for Teen Girls Ages 13-17. Teen Residential Treatment Center for Troubled Girls at Discovery Ranch for Girls. (2021, April 14). https://discoveryranchforgirls.com/.

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"We believe in the potential of young women and the ability to restore choice. Through nurturing relationships and challenging experiences young women and their families discover hope, passion and perseverance in the face of life's adversity".
-Discovery Ranch's Mission Statement

Discovery Ranch is a program that is placed at a residential treatment center for teen girls. This program focuses on modeling, mentoring and motivating girls through a positive relationship approach. They do this through a unique blend of traditional and experiential therapy (equine therapy). Discovery Ranches helps teach girls how to recognize and regulate emotions and behaviors by performing their main experiential therapy which is working with horses. Their main philosophy is focusing on not shunning girls away from life's difficulties. Instead, this program focuses on putting opportunities in front of them so that they can face their challenge and to then be able to grow their own strengths.
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Residential Treatment Program for Teen Girls Ages 13-17. Teen Residential Treatment Center for Troubled Girls at Discovery Ranch for Girls. (2021, April 14). https://discoveryranchforgirls.com/.

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This is a place where "at risk" girls can go spend as long as they need towards their mental health. They will be able to go to school at this ranch and be taught by certified teachers. Discovery Ranch creates a schedule for each program of the day including school.

When a girl arrives she will be arriving on a sixty-six acre ranch. She will live in a cottage with a small number of other girls.
Source:
Residential Treatment Program for Teen Girls Ages 13-17. Teen Residential Treatment Center for Troubled Girls at Discovery Ranch for Girls. (2021, April 14). https://discoveryranchforgirls.com/.

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-family support
-positive family communication
-parental monitoring
-positive relationships with other adults
-high expectations from adults
-caring school climate
-parents' involvement in school
-organized out-of-school programs
-neighborhood members monitor children the community
-availability of youth programs
-supportive religious community
-availability of libraries and other community resources
-neighborhood safety
Source:
Kuther, T. L. (2021). Adolescence in context. SAGE Publications, Inc.

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-Self-regulation
-Planning and decision-making competence
-Interpersonal competence
-conflict resolution
-school engagement
-Hopeful expectations for the future
-Spirituality
-Achievement motivation
-self-esteem
-sense of purpose
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Kuther, T. L. (2021). Adolescence in context. SAGE Publications, Inc.

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Developmental Assets for Positive Youth Development

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Developmental Assets for Positive Youth Development

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PYD interventions are most commonly seen in schools. Within these interventions in school both students and adults are able to learn and be able to apply knowledge skills and be able to gain attitudes that enhance personal development, social relationships, ethical behavior and productive work. School based intervention focuses on interrelated cognitive, emotional and behavioral competencies that are important in order to gain success in schools and even life. Students are able to learn about self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making.
Source:
Kuther, T. L. (2021). Adolescence in context. SAGE Publications, Inc.

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PYD contexts that are found outside of the school environment can be applied to family, school and community settings. These contexts can help support the adolescent in many broad range of developmental assets including self-control, interpersonal skills, problem-solving, the quality of their peer and adult relationships, commitment to schooling and academic achievement. When an adolescent is able to advance in social and emotional competencies than it is associated with less social and academic adjustment. Even associated with fewer behavior problems and emotional distress.
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Kuther, T. L. (2021). Adolescence in context. SAGE Publications, Inc.

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It is the idea of promoting healthy development in children rather than focusing on simply treating problems. PYD involves creating interventions that that target both the individual as well as context.

Any form of PYD interventions have been associated with decreases in substance use, negative risk-taking, and problem behaviors, suggesting that in addition to promoting positive outcomes, PYD interventions may protect against negative outcomes. The effects seem to persist to at least four years.
Source:
Kuther, T. L. (2021). Adolescence in context. SAGE Publications, Inc.

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"An approach to intervention that emphasizes promoting positive qualities that contribute to adolescents' ability to adapt and engage in constructive interactions with their complex and changing contexts" (Kuther 262).
Source:
Kuther, T. L. (2021). Adolescence in context. SAGE Publications, Inc.