Principles of Re-ED (Re-Education of Emotionally Disturbed Youth)

Life is to be lived now, not in the past, and lived in the future only as a present challenge.

Trust between child and adult is essential.

Competence makes a difference; children and adolescents should be helped to be good at something, especially at schoolwork.

Time is an ally, working on the side of growth in a period of development when life has a tremendous forward thrust.

Self-control can be taught and children and adolescents can be helped to manage their behavior. Symptoms can and should be controlled.

Intelligence can be taught.

Feelings should be nurtured, shared spontaneously, controlled when necessary, expressed when too long repressed and shared with trusted others.

The group is very important to young people.

Ceremony and ritual give order, stability and confidence.

The body is the armature of the self.

Communities are important.

In growing up, a child should know some joy in each day.

For more information about Re-ED, visit The American Re-EDucation Assocation (AREA) online at http://www.re-ed.org.