What is the Turning Winds Program?
Three phases: orientation, transition, aftercare Orientation Phase: Each adolescent who is admitted to Turning Winds begins his/her stay in the orientation phase. During this time, each child is given rules and stipulations that he/she must meet in order to progress to the next phase of the program. Immediately after arrival at Turning Winds, a psychologist develops a service plan that details the reasons for each child’s arrival at Turning Winds and the goals that must be accomplished before the adolescent can enter the Transitional Phase of the program. The goals set for each child will include things such as learning how to be respectful to parents, staff and peers, learning how to communicate effectively and properly channel feelings of anger, to show sustained academic improvement and to learn how to problem solve. The primary goal of the Orientation Phase is to stabilize each adolescent and to work towards building positive relationships with family members. Upon satisfactory com
