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Posted: Feb 21, 2011, 09:23
RAVEN'S WAY
New Perspectives
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Sitka, Alaska
Brett Wilcox, M Ed, LPC, CDC II
Treatment Supervisor
800-770-3063
www.searhc.org
Raven's Way, (Yéil Jeeyéx), an adolescent substance abuse treatment program for Alaskan teens, ages 13-18 that have a main diagnosis of substance abuse or dependence. This voluntary program is under the umbrella of SEARHC: South East Alaska Regional Health Consortium and is a nonprofit tribal group health service, serving 18 Native communities of Southeast Alaska, established in 1975.
Raven's Way, founded in 1989, is accredited by the Commission for the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF); academics are accredited by the Sitka School District and follow the ethical standards of the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC).
Raven's Way is recognized by the Department of Justice in "Promising Practices and Strategies to Reduce Substance Abuse among American Indians and Alaska Natives," August 2000 and was recognized as a Best Practice Program at the Alaska Native Best Practices Conference, May 2005.
Brett Wilcox, M Ed, LPC, CDCII, serves as the current Treatment Supervisor at Raven's Way.
Upon enrollment in the program, students are assessed to identify physical and educational needs, mental health issues, substance abuse or co-occurring disorders, some of which may include ADD, ODD, depression, post traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, traumatic brain injury and/or fetal alcohol effects. All assessments are done by licensed providers, who work together to create an individualized plan.
With the teachings of the Medicine Wheel, students gain cultural opportunities through outdoor wilderness experiential education and "learning by doing". These experiential's include: talking circles, participating in the sweat lodge, smudging, pouch making and ceremony, drum-making and powwow-style drumming, meeting and learning from cultural guests, a solo expedition and taking turns in being the Leader of the Day, which enables students to learn problem solving, life skills and conflict resolution.
Students participate in academic schoolwork, group and individual counseling, healthy relationship building with their peers and staff and daily teamwork building activities.
[This information came from the SEARHC website.]
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