Evidence-Based Services

Evidence-Based Services

The Academy provides the youth assigned to their services with several evidence-based and supported programming. For example, assigned students have access to (a) Aggression Replacement Training (A.R.T.), (b) WhyTry, (c) Thinking for Change (T4C), (d) Teen Intervene, (e) S.E.L.F. (Safety, Emotions, Loss, and Future), (g) Decision Making, (h) Victims Awareness, (i) Gun Prevention, and (j) Parenting and Family Values. In addition, staff at The Academy receive specialized training to facilitate these programs with fidelity.

Aggression Replacement Training (A.R.T.)

Aggression Replacement Training ® is a specific, cognitive behavioral intervention program to help children and adolescents improve social skills, competence and moral reasoning, allowing them to better manage anger, and reduce aggressive behavior.   The program specifically targets chronically aggressive children and adolescents.

Developed by Arnold P. Goldstein, Barry Glick and John Gibbs, Aggression Replacement Training ® has been implemented in schools and juvenile delinquency programs across the United States and throughout the world.  The program consists of 20 intervention training sessions spread out over ten (10) weeks, and is divided in to three core components – social skills training, anger control training, and moral reasoning training. These young people attend a one and a half hour sessions in each of these components each week. The use of incremental learning, reinforcement techniques, and guided group discussions enhance skill acquisition and reinforces the lessons in the curriculum. 

WhyTry

WhyTry is an evidence-based social and emotional learning (SEL) program. Researchers have independently verified that WhyTry improves:

• Locus of control

• Ability to set and achieve goals

• Relationships with teachers and fellow students

• Classroom engagement

• Attendance records

• Academic performance

• Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC) scores

The Academy has been able to incorporate WhyTry into its programming by conducting individual and group

Thinking for Change

Thinking for a Change (T4C) is a cognitive–behavioral curriculum developed by the National Institute of Corrections that concentrates on changing the criminogenic thinking of offenders. T4C is a cognitive–behavioral therapy (CBT) program that includes cognitive restructuring, social skills development, and the development of problem-solving skills.

Teen Intervene

Teen Intervene is a tested, Evidence-Based Program (EBP) for teenagers (12 – 19 years old) experiencing mild to moderate problems associated with alcohol or other drug use, including gambling. Teen Intervene integrates Stages of Change Model, Motivational Interviewing, and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to help teens reduce and ultimately eliminate their chemical use.

The objectives are:

  • To engage teens using the Teen Intervene interviewing techniques.
  • Identify three reasons teens have chosen to use alcohol or substances.
  • To learn three effective ways to help teens explore the impact that substance use has in their lives.
  • To learn three basic skills to intervene when substance use/gambling is suspected in the teenage population

S.E.L.F

S.E.L.F (Safety, Emotions, Loss, and Future) is an evidence-supported, trauma-informed, psychoeducational group curriculum based on the Sanctuary Model principles. The S.E.L.F model is a nonlinear method of addressing complex challenges resulting from trauma. Victims of overwhelming life experiences have difficulties staying safe, finding emotions difficult to manage, having suffered many losses, and having difficulty envisioning a future. As a result, they are frequently in danger, lose emotional control, or are so numb they cannot access their emotions, have many signs of unresolved loss, are stuck in time, haunted by the past, and unable to move into a better future. The S.E.L.F trauma-informed psychoeducational group curriculum is designed to provide clients with an easy-to-use and coherent cognitive framework that can create change momentum.

The Academy provides the youth assigned to their services with several evidence-based and supported programming. For example, assigned students have access to (a) Aggression Replacement Training (A.R.T.), (b) WhyTry, (c) Thinking for Change (T4C), (d) Teen Intervene, (e) S.E.L.F. (Safety, Emotions, Loss, and Future), (g) Decision Making, (h) Victims Awareness, (i) Gun Prevention, and (j) Parenting and Family Values. In addition, staff at The Academy receive specialized training to facilitate these programs with fidelity.

Aggression Replacement Training (A.R.T.)

Aggression Replacement Training ® is a specific, cognitive behavioral intervention program to help children and adolescents improve social skills, competence and moral reasoning, allowing them to better manage anger, and reduce aggressive behavior.   The program specifically targets chronically aggressive children and adolescents.

Developed by Arnold P. Goldstein, Barry Glick and John Gibbs, Aggression Replacement Training ® has been implemented in schools and juvenile delinquency programs across the United States and throughout the world.  The program consists of 20 intervention training sessions spread out over ten (10) weeks, and is divided in to three core components – social skills training, anger control training, and moral reasoning training. These young people attend a one and a half hour sessions in each of these components each week. The use of incremental learning, reinforcement techniques, and guided group discussions enhance skill acquisition and reinforces the lessons in the curriculum. 

WhyTry

WhyTry is an evidence-based social and emotional learning (SEL) program. Researchers have independently verified that WhyTry improves:

• Locus of control

• Ability to set and achieve goals

• Relationships with teachers and fellow students

• Classroom engagement

• Attendance records

• Academic performance

• Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC) scores

The Academy has been able to incorporate WhyTry into its programming by conducting individual and group

Thinking for Change

Thinking for a Change (T4C) is a cognitive–behavioral curriculum developed by the National Institute of Corrections that concentrates on changing the criminogenic thinking of offenders. T4C is a cognitive–behavioral therapy (CBT) program that includes cognitive restructuring, social skills development, and the development of problem-solving skills.

Teen Intervene

Teen Intervene is a tested, Evidence-Based Program (EBP) for teenagers (12 – 19 years old) experiencing mild to moderate problems associated with alcohol or other drug use, including gambling. Teen Intervene integrates Stages of Change Model, Motivational Interviewing, and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to help teens reduce and ultimately eliminate their chemical use.

The objectives are:

  • To engage teens using the Teen Intervene interviewing techniques.
  • Identify three reasons teens have chosen to use alcohol or substances.
  • To learn three effective ways to help teens explore the impact that substance use has in their lives.
  • To learn three basic skills to intervene when substance use/gambling is suspected in the teenage population

S.E.L.F

S.E.L.F (Safety, Emotions, Loss, and Future) is an evidence-supported, trauma-informed, psychoeducational group curriculum based on the Sanctuary Model principles. The S.E.L.F model is a nonlinear method of addressing complex challenges resulting from trauma. Victims of overwhelming life experiences have difficulties staying safe, finding emotions difficult to manage, having suffered many losses, and having difficulty envisioning a future. As a result, they are frequently in danger, lose emotional control, or are so numb they cannot access their emotions, have many signs of unresolved loss, are stuck in time, haunted by the past, and unable to move into a better future. The S.E.L.F trauma-informed psychoeducational group curriculum is designed to provide clients with an easy-to-use and coherent cognitive framework that can create change momentum.