Welcome Home students are expected to become the very best that they can be.
While overcoming their addictions, students develop and improve physically, mentally, emotionally, socially and spiritually within a safe and stable environment.
Physical
Students must participate physically in personal, employment, and recreational activities. They are motivated to do their best. This includes students disciplining themselves in such areas as getting up on time, having proper hygiene and grooming, making their bed each morning, and doing each task when it needs to be done.
Intellectual
Students receive instruction on many topics such as literacy, writing, debating, current events, public speaking, legal documentation, music, developing resumes, and computers. Students are also tutored to help obtain their High School Equivalency (G.E.D.).
Emotional
“Loving but firm” is the Welcome Home approach. Students find support from their peers and staff members. Staff always take an encouraging and motivating approach, presenting rules, activities, and policies in a positive and supportive, but firm, manner. Regular sessions, where students encounter each other on their bad behaviors, are an essential part of the addiction recovery process. During these sessions students vent frustrations and concerns, raise awareness of negative behaviours, and elicit honesty, self-disclosure, and commitment to change.
Social
Social development is addressed at all times. Students are taught communication skills and are required to engage in acceptable and effective interaction with each other. This is especially manifested during encounter sessions. Interaction during meal times and recreational activities is important in developing a healthy lifestyle.
Spiritual
Welcome Home is not faith-based. However, spiritual development is encouraged to provide strength, perseverance, and motivation in addiction recovery and with life’s other challenges. All denominations are accepted and welcomed. Students who do not have an interest in religion learn to be tolerant and respectful. A blessing is pronounced before each meal, and students’ attendance at the church of their choice is encouraged. There is no proselytizing.
Financial
Most Welcome Home students, when they come to us, relate money to drugs. Therefore, money management is an important element of the addiction rehabilitation process. No money is available to students while they are in the junior stages of addiction recovery. During the senior stage of the Program, a small stipend is paid and very carefully monitored as students practice money management.
In addition to developing students in the above areas, the Welcome Home Program provides students with much other educational and vocational training. The importance of self-reliance is emphasized and accountability to both one’s self and the community is paramount.
Learn more about the Welcome Home Addiction Recovery Program.
