Boot Camps

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Boot Camps
Boot Camps

• Tonyea Monk

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Boot Camps

• The first juvenile boot camp was developed in
  Orleans Parish, Louisiana, in 1985.
• Currently, juvenile boot camps are operating in
  10 States -- Alabama, California, Colorado,
  Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts,
  Mississippi, New York, and Ohio.

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Goals of Juvenile Boot Camps

• Deterrence to discourage or stop by fear
  anything that impedes or has a tendency to
  prevent.
• Incapacitation to make legally incapable or
  ineligible disable.
• Rehabilitation restoring person to a former
  capacity reinstating.
• Punishment any fine, penalty, or confinement
  inflicted upon a person by the authority of the
  law and the judgment and sentence of a court, for
  some crime or offense committed by him or her. A
  deprivation of property or some right.
• Cost Control keeping the operating cost low

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Juvenile Boot Camps

• The cost per day for a boot camp generally will
  be from 300-500 dollars a day or 2,000 to
  4,000 per month.
• Short-term boot camps typically operate between
  May and August while a long-term boot camp
  accepts new cadets year-round during any month.

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Boot Camp Criteria

• Boot camps usually accept students with all of
  the following
• Teens from the ages12-18
• Teens who are falling behind in school
• Teens using drug or alcohol
• Teens who are defiant or resist authority
• Teens with minor legal problems

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Boarding School Goals

• 1. Accountability and self-discipline
• 2. Progressive academics
• 3. Self-esteem and character building

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Candidates for Boarding School

• 1. Poor or failing grades despite potential
• 2. Negative peer groups
• 3. Divorce/adoption issues
• 4. Running away
• 5. Drug use
• 6. Sullen and distant
• 7. Anger and defiance is toward parents

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Differences from other programs

• 1. Not mandated by courts
• 2. Younger staff
• 3. Operated on a year round basis

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Boarding Schools

• Dade County, Florida is attempting to open a
  public boarding school under the premise that if
  they start spending money on preventative
  measures, lower crime rates will follow.

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Patricia Pugh
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S.T.A.R. Program

• The Student Transition and Recovery Program was
  implemented in Texas schools on 9/15/93.
• Designed to meet the needs of juveniles 10-16 who
  had juvenile offenses or were close to expulsion.
• Very cost effective and allows students to remain
  in their everyday environment.

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S.T.A.R. Program Typical Day

• 0500 S.T.A.R. Instructor arrives
• 0530 S.T.A.R. students arrive and begin physical
  training
• 0745 Students shower, eat breakfast, report to
  class
• 0800-1130 Instructors patrol halls, take care of
  disturbances and enforce school policies

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S.T.A.R. Day

• 1200-1245 Instructors and students each lunch
  together
• 1300-1500 Instructors patrol halls and prepare
  for afternoon activities
• 1500-1830 Students report to S.T.A.R. facility
  for study hall and counseling. All homework
  completed here
• 1830 Students released to parents to go home

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S.T.A.R. Program

• All instructors are prior military servicemen and
  women.
• They check on students throughout the week via
  telephone and home visits.
• Monitor community service on Saturdays when
  applicable.

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Wilderness Programs Sheree' Tovey
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Wilderness Experience Programs

• Designed to help
• ADHD
• Substance abusive
• Depressed
• Defiant
• Rebellious
• Sexually/physically abused

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Wilderness as a teacher

• The environment can help teach
• Responsibility
• Teamwork
• Cooperation
• Leadership
• Self-reliance
• Self-esteem

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Wilderness Experience Activities

• Hiking
• Rock climbing
• Rafting
• Mountain biking
• Backpacking

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Examples of Programs
Outward Bound Wilderness Discovery Trailhead
Wilderness School ASCENT
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Research on WEPs
More effective than traditional therapy More
effective with long-term programs Upper-middle
class more likely to participate Over 700
programs in the U.S. Billion dollar industry