Field Notes
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Learning to Take Control
People typically have one of two perspectives on intelligence and innate ability: they either believe it’s fixed and can’t be changed and that exerting effort or making mistakes are signs of stupidity, or they believe it can be improved…
Red Top Meadows School Newsletter Spring 2018
Personal Finance: As the Personal Finance course comes to an end, the focus has moved toward wise consumerism Students evaluated marketing and brand recognition by viewing popular commercials, reading about teens as the largest market in the…
Building Relationships and Starting Conversations
“To help children and families find their way to fulfilling and constructive lives”: This is the mission of TYFS as a whole, and directly aligned with my goal as a therapist for the Van Vleck Group Home and Adam’s Canyon Crisis Shelter.
I…
2018 Budget Session Update for TYFS
The 2018 Legislative Session is a Budget Session, with many difficult decisions facing our State Legislators on how to form a balanced budget when State revenues have decreased significantly over the last few years. The Department of Family…
Staff Highlight: NOAH STRAUSS
Noah Strauss was born in Brunswick, Maine.
He attended the University of Maine in Orono where he majored in Elementary Education. He then moved to Jackson Hole two days after graduation to ski and play.
He was drawn to work at the…
ADAMS CANYON STAFF SECURE FACILITY
Over the past year, Teton Youth & Family Services has begun to offer a new service to the community. This service comes in the wake of an increasing number of adolescents who are reporting suicidal ideation. Often these kids show up at the…
RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY GIVES BACK TO COMMUNITY
The theme of fall at Red Top Meadows is community service and the importance of being a positive member of a community. The staff and residents recently returned from their Fall Wilderness Experience where our residents paired up with the Jackson…
OLD BILL’S FUN RUN AMAZES US ONCE AGAIN!
It is amazing! Old Bill’s Fun Run gets better every year. Once again the second Saturday of September was a beautiful morning and the town square and surrounding streets were jammed with a wonderful cross section of Jackson Hole residents.…
Teen Power: Fostering Relationships Through Jobs
“Our work is about relationships.” This message is true and fundamental to TYFS as a whole, and the Teen Power is certainly no exception. Teen Power is an extra-curricular activity open to all Jackson Hole Middle School students. We seek…
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