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The Counseling Department is the primary agent (along with applicable staff) involved in the writing, monitoring evaluating and implementing of a plan of action for each student. He is then interviewed by the Treatment Planning Team. When a student is inducted into the TC program he is monitored for a period of time (30days). He (the student) attends all scheduled activities including receiving an individual counseling session each week.

The team then highlights the areas of concern to the student A mutual agreement is reached concerning the issues identified for help, the process to be implemented to deal with the identified issues and the desired outcomes having applied the process of action are ratified by the signing of a document called “The Treatment Plan” (The student’s signature, the Counseling Department designee’s signature and a witness. A copy is given to the student and one is placed in the student’s file)

The issues are addressed in order of priority (these must be agreed on by both student and TC at the beginning). For example, if a student has 5 issues (identified) the most pressing issues must be addressed first and agreed upon by both parties.

• The assignments and goals given to the student are relevant, attainable and consistent to the student’s needs. As such, a well thought out strategic intervention is formulated by the team in addressing the students’ issues. (Students are given“bite-size” goals and concepts so as to ensure small but progressive steps) Expectations (by Staff) of the students ARE REALISTIC in the light of the fact that they have lived in dysfunctional situation for all or most of their lives.
• There is a time limit given to each student for working on his issues and goals
• These goals are evaluated and re-evaluated by the team
• When there is progress by the student, he IS encouraged
• Where there is need for improvement, the student IS encouraged
• Where there is failure, the student IS encouraged
• There is consensus among the TEAM in making decisions. However, in cases that no consensus is reached, the final authority rests with the counseling department’s view.
• All decisions are treated as team decisions even if individuals don’t agree.
• If a plan of action is not working, it is evaluated ASAP and changed.
• The student is informed as to the reasons for changing his plan of action, so that he is not surprised by any new “course of action” that was not made known to him by the TPT (Treatment Planning Team) in his preliminary meeting.