Principles
Our work is guided by the principles that adolescent services should:
- Treat all youth with respect,
- Empower youth to engage in planning regarding their own lives, as well as service planning within their communities to the extent it is developmentally appropriate,
- Use a strengths-based and culturally competent approach,
- Assist youth to develop protective and positive attributes and reduce risky behavior,
- Be flexibly structured to meet the individual needs of youth,
- Promote healthy connections to family and other caring adults,
- Affirm the ability of all youth to succeed, but at their own pace and with support,
- Be coordinated and accessible and endeavor to meet established and emerging best practice standards, and
- Use data and focus on outcomes.