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Hope AcademyS.T.A.R.R Program
HOPE ACADEMY
S.T.A.R.R. Supportive, Therapeutic, Action Focused, Recovery Room
Mayor’s Sponsored Special Education Presentation 2013
What is Hope Academy?• Indiana’s First Recovery High School• Tuition-free Public Charter School• Safe, Sober, Supportive, School Environment• Open to all students in grades 9-12.• Core 40/Academic Honors Diploma• Credit Recovery• Recovery Support• Restorative Discipline• Parent Education/Parent Support• Relapse Support and Processing
S.T.A.R.R.Supportive Therapeutic Action-focused Recovery Room
Rationale: The program was created to manage the
contagion of deviant behavior associated with young alcoholics and addicts who struggle with school and recovery; so that the recovery focus and culture of Hope Academy might remain strong and supportive. (This is an evidence-based approach; c.f., Dodge et al., 2005, Deviant Peer Behavior in Intervention and Public Policy for Youth)
S.T.A.R.R.Supportive Therapeutic Action-focused Recovery Room
Target Population:The target population includes students who manifest
a cluster of behavioral, educational, and/or recovery markers that put them at-risk for classroom disruptions, suspensions, and academic and recovery failure.
RecoveryOpenly Negative About Recovery
Sharing “War Stories”
Minimizing Problems with
Substances and Supporting
Others in Doing the Same
Contributing to Others Continued Use
Not Taking Recovery Seriously
Encouraging Relapse
Conspiring to Use
Disregard of Recovery Requirements
Failure to Show Recovery Progress
AcademicNot Engaging in the Learning Process
Expends Little Effort
Does Not Care About Work
Distracts Others From Their Work
Fails to Turn in Work
Does Not Consistently Finish Work
Turns in Incomplete, Poor Quality Work
Classroom DisruptionNegative Attitude
Unwillingness to Participate
Chronic non-compliance
Chronic InappropriateLanguage and Behavior
Chronic Off-task Behavior
Engages Others Negatively
Consistently Provocative
Distracts Others From TheirWork
POTENTIAL MARKERS
S.T.A.R.R.Supportive Therapeutic Action-focused Recovery Room
Objectives and Desired Outcomes:• Program will:• Address and redirect non-normative i.e., deviant behavior into
appropriate and sufficient scaffolding through centered teacher-guided interaction
• Structure for each student’s individualized educational and recovery supports• Students will:• utilize recovery tools and support by meeting recovery
requirements and making progress in recovery• show improvement in academic engagement and academic success• build emotional, social, academic, and behavioral skills • display appropriate behaviors conducive to individuals actively
engaged in recovery and learning • improve their overall attitude toward school and recovery
S.T.A.R.R.Supportive Therapeutic Action-focused Recovery Room
Learning Environment:
Essential Frameworks:Schedule:• Students will have a posted schedule of weekly/daily events and activities that will provide structure and
consistency.• Staff will guide transitions from one event/activity to the next by giving clear instructions as to have minimal
disruptions and “down” time.
Physical Environment:• Computer Area• Independent Learning Area• Collaborative Learning/Group Processing Area• Isolation Area• Independent and Collaborative Rhythms• Scaffolding• Visual Expectations Posted = Visual Authority
Emotional/Psychological Structure:• Stress student problem solving: give students sufficient time and space• Reduce personal battles: redirect to Expectations Poster as authority• Conduct Quadrant Behavior Audits (Staff and Students)• Explore student’s needs
S.T.A.R.R.Supportive Therapeutic Action-focused Recovery Room
S.T.A.R.R.Supportive Therapeutic Action-focused Recovery Room
Weekly Student Performance Audit in 5 Areas:
– Attitude – Behaviors– Skill Building– Academics– Recovery
S.T.A.R.R MOVING OUT OF MOVING INTO
1 2 3 4
Actions
Showing a Positive Attitude (Open and Willing)
Displaying Appropriate Behaviors (Centered, Compliant, Expectations Followed)
Building Skills (Cooperative, Engaged, Making Progress)
Completing School Work (Academic Work is Quality Work)
Utilizing Recovery Tools and Support (Recovery Requirements Met, Making Progress)
S.T.A.R.R.Supportive Therapeutic Action-focused Recovery Room
S.T.A.R.R Student Weekly Score Sheet
Student ____________________ Week of: __________________
ACTION 1 to 4 RATIONALE/FACTS Showing a Positive Attitude (Open and Willing) S.T.A.R.R Teacher, Recovery Coach, Subject Area Teacher
Displaying Appropriate Behaviors (Centered, Compliant, Expectations Followed) S.T.A.R.R Teacher, Recovery Coach, Subject Area Teacher
Building Skills (Cooperative, Engaged, Making Progress) S.T.A.R.R Teacher, Recovery Coach, Subject Area Teacher
Completing School Work (Academic Work is Quality Work) S.T.A.R.R Teacher, Subject Area Teacher
Utilizing Recovery Tools and Support (Recovery Requirements Met, Making Progress) S.T.A.R.R. Teacher and Recovery Coach
Staff Signature _____________________________________________ Date _________________
S.T.A.R.R.Supportive Therapeutic Action-focused Recovery Room
LEARN A NEW TOOL….
LET’S BEGIN.
S.T.A.R.R.Supportive Therapeutic Action-focused Recovery Room
Node-Link Mapping—Source of Process.
Node-link mapping is a simple technique for presenting verbal information in the form of a diagram. It has been shown to have positive
benefits for counseling interactions with clients.
S.T.A.R.R.Supportive Therapeutic Action-focused Recovery Room
Using “unpackings” for Relapse and
Problematic Behavior
S.T.A.R.R.Supportive Therapeutic Action-focused Recovery Room
S.T.A.R.R.Supportive Therapeutic Action-focused Recovery Room
S.T.A.R.R.Supportive Therapeutic Action-focused Recovery Room
Using “unpackings” for Relapse and Behavior
Why Students Are Significantly Less Defensive About A Problem When Unpacking It Vs. Talking About It
Zielke & Pontius, 2006; 2008 Version
Some Hypothesis• Unpacking creates a safe joining space and neutralizes power in
helping.• Unpacking distances self from the account which quiets defenses, as it
objectifies behavior, thus freeing up the exploratory behavior system.• Unpacking creates a holding space where material is held and factors
connected. • Unpacking changes repair motivation as it focuses on the immediate
issue/problem and not self-deficits. Thus, separating shame (with it defensive covering) from guilt (taking action to “mend” what is broken).
• Behavior moves form the agnostic position of “I don’t know” to the existential position of having meaning as a decisive act of self.
S.T.A.R.R.Supportive Therapeutic Action-focused Recovery Room
Goal of Unpacking: • To facilitate a personal deconstruction (i.e., “to take apart or examine in
order to reveal the basis or composition with the intention…of exposing biases, flaws, or inconsistencies”, Merriam-Webster, 2007) of a problematic event.
• To re-engage a youth with his or her memories of the specified event;• To help the youth reconstruct the event as a flow of experiential units
(“units of happenings”)— “What happened?” “And then what happened?” “And then what happened?” and so forth.
• To have the youth relate from memory thinking and feelings associated with each of the experiential units.
• To have the youth make “holistic” observations as to the direction, cohesiveness, and outcome of his or her behavior.
• To have the youth evaluate his/her behavior in the event to personal beliefs, values, goals, dreams and aspirations? Clarify the discrepancies.
• To clarify motivation for behavior change, points for possible change, and challenges to making changes.
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Process and Unpacking Steps
Upper Left Corner—Student Demographics
Precursors to the Event
Balloon Bubble—Date of the Event
Black—What happened?, What happened?, etc.
Green—What were you thinking?, etc.
Blue—What were you feeling?, etc.
Red—Observations; what do you see? Repair/Action Plan; What do you need
To do to repair the situation?
( * )—Where could you have done something different to change the outcome?
S.T.A.R.R.Supportive Therapeutic Action-focused Recovery Room
I know “everyone” loves to
role play so……
Here we go!
S.T.A.R.R.Supportive Therapeutic Action-focused Recovery Room