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Detention
Options Program
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The Options Program at Thurston
County Detention teaches and promotes the following skills in students
enrolled in this program.
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Anger Management
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Material presented to the student
is based on the Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) model with a few
additions such as role-plays. Students learn the importance of
identifying and coping with their personal triggers, identifying the causes of
conflict, identifying their needs and the needs of the person with whom they
are having conflict, the art of compromising, the importance of time-outs and
planning, and the consequences of their actions in the real world.
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Empathy
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| Students understand that their
careless or illegal actions hurt real people. Students will learn how
their behaviors impact family members, peers, people they have to deal with on
an every day basis. They learn to see that their behavior causes certain
reactions from others. They learn that their actions can have long term
negative consequences. Students learn to understand how the impact of
various crimes affects victims.
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Social Skills
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| Basic social skills are encouraged
and taught. Being polite, respectful, classroom social skills, learning
what it takes to get along with others. Positive examples are encouraged
and reinforced.
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Personal Responsibility
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| A great deal of emphasis is placed
on teaching students that they are ultimately responsible for the consequences
of their words and actions. When a student acts out in class we use that
opportunity as a teaching experience. We use the MRT program, "Character
Development" as one of the components to teach will-power,
self-control, goal-setting, and how to change habits.
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Communication Skills
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| Many of the students that enter
our programs believe that if they are the loudest in a conflict or if they
just ignore the conflict that everything will work out for them. We
teach students that one of the most important aspects of communication is
listening, that many conflicts start with a misunderstanding. If you
reduce the misunderstandings, you reduce the number of conflicts.
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Self Esteem
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| We often see students who have to
prove they are not afraid to do anything: drugs, alcohol, sex, fighting, to
get respect. We strive to teach our students that what they believe
about themselves is more important than what peers believe. Once they
believe in themselves, they don't have to "prove" themselves.
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Refusal Skills
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| Students who believe in
themselves, that have self-confidence, have an easier time saying
"no" to behaviors that get them into trouble.
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Thinking Past "Now"
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| Intertwined through all the
programs taught is the message that a student needs to think about the
ramifications of all of their actions. We spend a lot of time discussing
the ramifications of both positive and negative behavior.
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Program Hours
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Monday through Friday,
12:00 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m.
Option Program Office Phone Number: (360) 709-3160
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