Important Life Skills we call the “Core Principles”
The following five core principles are the areas students will focus on while at the Journey Home. Each student, with the input of parents and Journey Home team, will establish goals in these areas. Completion of the Journey Home program is based on completion of these goals.
The Five Core Principles include:
1. Healthy Living
- Mental, emotional, and spiritual health
- Physical care and exercise
- Relationships / social interactions
2. Education
- Developing skills, interests, and hobbies
- High school or college academics
- Vocational / career skills
3. Life Skills
- Financial (budgeting, balancing check book, saving)
- Daily Living (chores, cleaning, hygiene, etc)
- Shopping
- Cooking
- Organizational
- Time management
- Job searching skills
4. Personal Responsibility
- Task completion
- Planning and time management
- Keeping commitments
5. Social Integration
- Positive recreational activities
- Community service
- Dating
- Healthy socialization & group activities
Each individual student’s progress is based on these goals, and is reviewed by the treatment team every other week in treatment team meetings. As each student progresses she is able to demonstrate increased levels of responsibility and effective decision making. With progress, the student also earns higher levels of trust which is combined with increased privileges and levels of freedom.
Successful completion of a student’s established goals are indicators that a student is ready to return home.
