Even the best parents make mistakes. Good parenting means learning from your mistakes and following principles that will empower you to be effective leaders at home.
Some key skills that give power to parental leadership in the home include:
• Teaching moral values and character development
• Using discipline instead of punishment, while providing opportunities to grow
• Showing “tough love”; letting children suffer the consequences of their behavior
• Getting spiritually involved
• Being a responsible role model
• Respecting and communicating with children as intelligent individuals
• Helping them find solutions to their problems
Through techniques like these, which are the heart of Advent Home’s Maturation Therapy®, your whole family will be empowered.
Don’t forget that in addition to parent power, you can always ask for power from God. Truly, we can do all things through Christ (Philippians 4:13). |
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A Look at the Advent Home Points System |
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Points provide a numeric value to indicate how well a student is doing on the Maturation Therapy® Curriculum. Each Thursday night, sheets are given out showing the weekly points students have earned or lost. Total points are also included, ranging from 70 – 350. Feedback, which coincides with the numbers, is provided regarding their strengths and areas that need improvement.
Points represent the Staff’s collective judgment about a student’s behavior. They actually measure change, so we encourage our boys not to focus on numbers, but on positive growth. Progress comes through the following five levels:
• Knowing, awareness
• Growing, learning
• Maturing, motivating
• Achieving, performing
• Restoration, mastery.
What behavior generally causes students to lose points? They don’t do chores well, disrespect staff or walk off their job assignment. Earning points usually comes as boys become more reliable workers, require minimal supervision, go the extra mile and are helpful to others.
Students should strive to change and grow in all areas—physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual. When they do, the points will follow!
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurological disorder affecting approximately 5% of American children. They are easily distracted, bored, depressed and have low concentration. Others are impulsive, hyperactive and have difficulty finishing tasks or remembering details.
I believe many children are actually misdiagnosed as having ADHD. Parents tell me about teachers who demand that disruptive students be suspended until a physician diagnoses them with ADHD and prescribes medication to keep them still. A lot of physicians willingly comply. |
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What is Maturation TherapyŽ |
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The Maturation Therapy® Curriculum focuses on harmonious development and growth. This methodology consists of three broad areas of personal progress: 1) Foundations of Growth 2)Foundations of Self-Regard and 3) Foundations of Interpersonal Skills. MT® forms the basis for Advent Home Learning Center’s remedial schooling, counseling, vocational training, total wellness and character development. |
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Foundations of Interpersonal Skills |
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Foundations of Interpersonal Skills involve a student’s communication, cooperation, compassion and commitment. |
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