Devon Green is the Director of Education at NewPort Academy. She explained to L.A. Talk Radio host Lon Woodbury and co-host Liz McGhee how Sober High Schools offers a new model for education. The talk show host Lon Woodbury is an Educational Expert. His co-host Liz McGhee is an admissions supervisor for Sandhill Child Development Center in New Mexico
Devon Green
Devon Green finished her higher education at Loyola Marymount University in Westchester, CA, earning a Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Studies in 2004. She continued her education to earn a California Multiple Subject Teaching Credential from Loyola. As a teacher invested in the success of her students, her objective is to motivate her student's to identify their strengths, establish clear goals and objectives for themselves, and actively work toward reaching their most desired outcomes in life. In her own case, she struggled with a chronic eating disorder throughout her adolescence, a condition that was finally healed after getting intensive inpatient treatment in 2001. Her adolescent experience with a long-standing addiction has given her the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to direct others experiencing problems with an obsession or addiction.
Can Sober High Schools Be A Model for Education?
Devon described just how Sober High Schools can be a new model for education. It differs from traditional secondary schools in a number of ways. Here the kids have actually made a commitment to staying sober. This includes being willing to take drug examinations. However, a Sober High School is not a variation of a therapeutic residential education program. Although, Sober High School is organized like a normal high school, it has a number of other elements to assist students, including addiction treatment, training in life skills, and classes in health and nutrition.
On average, pupils come from some type of therapeutic program like drug abuse, mental illness, and addiction recovery programs. The school's emphasis is on recovery as a whole, instead of simply focusing on the benefits of getting sober from alcohol.
Devon also elaborated on all the various considerations that went into creating this new education model. Sober High School has a day program while NewPort Academy offers a residential program. The school in Connecticut pioneered this new education model. It designed a program very different from those offered by all other recovery-oriented schools in Connecticut. Now the Orange County school is modeling the one established in Connecticut. Currently, this blend between a regular school and a therapeutic school is most suitable for private schools because of massive budget cuts in the public schools. The school is not accredited in its own right, but has a partnership with an accredited high school. Sober High School hires credentialed teachers with middle or high school teaching experience and licensed therapists who have worked with substance abuse disorders.
Devon also talked about various other subjects, discussing drug abuse news, behavior management, supervising day pupils, managing relapse situations, and handling students with learning challenges.
Final Thoughts
Towards the close of the discussion, Devon talked about how Sober High Schools is a design for education for all type of schools. She mentioned how all schools could benefit from this model since both scholastic excellence and emotional well-being is very important for all students.
Devon Green
Devon Green finished her higher education at Loyola Marymount University in Westchester, CA, earning a Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Studies in 2004. She continued her education to earn a California Multiple Subject Teaching Credential from Loyola. As a teacher invested in the success of her students, her objective is to motivate her student's to identify their strengths, establish clear goals and objectives for themselves, and actively work toward reaching their most desired outcomes in life. In her own case, she struggled with a chronic eating disorder throughout her adolescence, a condition that was finally healed after getting intensive inpatient treatment in 2001. Her adolescent experience with a long-standing addiction has given her the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to direct others experiencing problems with an obsession or addiction.
Can Sober High Schools Be A Model for Education?
Devon described just how Sober High Schools can be a new model for education. It differs from traditional secondary schools in a number of ways. Here the kids have actually made a commitment to staying sober. This includes being willing to take drug examinations. However, a Sober High School is not a variation of a therapeutic residential education program. Although, Sober High School is organized like a normal high school, it has a number of other elements to assist students, including addiction treatment, training in life skills, and classes in health and nutrition.
On average, pupils come from some type of therapeutic program like drug abuse, mental illness, and addiction recovery programs. The school's emphasis is on recovery as a whole, instead of simply focusing on the benefits of getting sober from alcohol.
Devon also elaborated on all the various considerations that went into creating this new education model. Sober High School has a day program while NewPort Academy offers a residential program. The school in Connecticut pioneered this new education model. It designed a program very different from those offered by all other recovery-oriented schools in Connecticut. Now the Orange County school is modeling the one established in Connecticut. Currently, this blend between a regular school and a therapeutic school is most suitable for private schools because of massive budget cuts in the public schools. The school is not accredited in its own right, but has a partnership with an accredited high school. Sober High School hires credentialed teachers with middle or high school teaching experience and licensed therapists who have worked with substance abuse disorders.
Devon also talked about various other subjects, discussing drug abuse news, behavior management, supervising day pupils, managing relapse situations, and handling students with learning challenges.
Final Thoughts
Towards the close of the discussion, Devon talked about how Sober High Schools is a design for education for all type of schools. She mentioned how all schools could benefit from this model since both scholastic excellence and emotional well-being is very important for all students.
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