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the individual sessions were private... the groups where we met with our psychiatrists were with the whole group of girls and staff

i do feel that my educational needs were tended to properly. i was doing the schoolwork that i needed to be doing at that point in my life. i did not graduate school from PV though because I was doing 11th grade work.

each girl in the cabins was given a individual therapist that we saw once(?) a week. we were taken out of class for it.  we were driven in a van by a staff member down the main road to the  admissions unit, (where all the therapists are). you have a one hour session with your therapist and then the van comes to transport you back to the schoolhouse. we talked about individual issues, but a lot of the things I talked about with my therapist were things that were going on around campus.
i cannot really recall how often we had group therapy. some days it was once a day and some days it was twice. we had a special group therapy sometimes when the psychiatrist would sit in on, some where the addiction specialist would sit in on, and some where the other doctor would sit in on. the group therapy sessions would vary from being at the schoolhouse or the cabins.

What sort of school work, teachers, classroom was provided for this twice a week of education?

 The schoolhouse was a one room building with a bathroom.There were 5 teachers when i was there. 1 was the "principle". The 'classrooms' were maybe 4 or 5 rows of student desks placed in front of the teacher's desk. The classes offered were the basics you find in high school: science, mathematics, literature. The work was pretty independent. there was no real teaching to a class going on. if you had a question you approached the teacher's desk and asked for help.

In STU one teacher comes to the unit and all the girls collect their schoolwork. Level 2s and 3s get to sit at the table in the center of the room and do their schoolwork. level 1 did their work on their beds. If you had a question for the teacher you raised your hand (which is how you are able to talk all the time, except in group therapy or dining at the table if you are not a level 1).


the desks were not like that, though. the chair was attached to the desk and there was nowhere to put things inside of it.

I noticed that school didn't seem to be offered on that schedule. Is there a reason for that?

we did not have school on wednesdays. I cannot remember how many times a week we were doing schoolwork, but  it was at least 2 days a week.

^^that was me, by the way

i found a schedule from PV in my PV notebook. it gives a great idea to how structured our time was. the schedule was pretty much the same every day (wake up times, eating times, group therapy) but the activities like Tai Chi and washing the van were different each day. (This is from the cabins)

Wednesdays

6:00am- Wake up
6:15am- bathhouse/hygiene/pray
6:35am- lanterns/trash
6:45am- Meditation @ YC (the dining hall)
7:00am- breakfast
7:28am- clean up/split rotation/porta/dump and fill gott (porta is short for porta john. there was no running watter in the cabins so we had to use porta johns. There were restrooms at the YC, bathhouse and school, though.)
8:00am- voc/toolshed
11:30am- clean up/toolshed
11:55am- line up/geloha (gelohas set the table for dining.)
12:00pm- lunch
12:33pm- clean up/rotation/porta
1:00pm- group therapy @ cabin
2:00pm- cabin jobs/shower clothes
2:35pm- voc/toolshed
4:45pm- clean up/toolshed
5:10pm- line up/geloha
5:15pm- dinner
5:43pm- clean up/split rotation/lanterns
6:00pm- CD Work (CD work was our AA and NA 12 step work)
6:30pm- consequences
7:00pm- Tai Chi
7:15pm- pirority work/work on skit/consequences
8:15pm- meds @ nursing
8:30pm- showers
9:30pm- wrap up/last porta
10:00pm- bedtime