New Directions Institute
NDI Program Offerings

New Directions has the following program offerings:


DWI

  • First time offenders, multiple offenders, youth and families
  • Comprehensive long term programming
  • Ongoing research in program quality and outcome studies
  • Aftercare programs incorporating community resources
  • Continual involvement with and reports to Judges and compliance monitors

Athletics

  • Performance nutritional counseling
  • Teambuilding activities for cohesion and performance
  • Individual work on visualization and stress management
  • Performance anxiety and optimum mental attitudes
  • Training and development of high performance athletes

Youth at Risk

  • Juvenile justice system and school based
  • Self-esteem, self-competency, leadership, community and group involvement
  • Independent programs as well as adjunctive designs with existing programs
  • Action oriented outdoor programming
  • Ayurvedic treatment protocols

Substance Abuse Treatment

  • Group and Family therapy recognizing cultural sensitivity
  • Community resource development
  • Flexible evening and weekend programs
  • Relapse prevention
  • Biochemical restoration and Traditional Chinese Medicine

Education

  • Full day & half day formats (Indoor or Outdoor)
  • Extended retreats & workshops (Resort or Wilderness based)
  • Life skills development
  • Environmental education, deep ecology, wilderness skills
  • Creative and expressive education

Next Step Leader Mentoring (NSLM)

  • A mentoring relationship for life, if one chooses
  • A personal framework for assessing leading style
  • Create and communicate a compelling leader brand
  • A focused leadership curriculum
  • Advance one's leading with the support of like-minded network of leaders
  • Experiential learning situations to practice taking risks
  • A forum of inspiration by hearing other people's stories