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Social Learning

The pictures below represent the artistic ability of our girls in processing and practicing the commitment of Social Learning:

The focus of Social Learning is to become a learning organization. To move toward this goal we strive to improve our discussion skills, adding more dialogue to our communication and see problems in our organization as an opportunity to grow as we engage in a problem-solving process.

There was a "Thought of the Day" which was shared with the Gannondale community each morning in January. The purpose of this is to keep staff and residents continuously thinking about the concept of Social Learning.

For example:

"Two-way communication is a group, motivated by some inner need or stress, leading to overt or covert expression of feeling, and involving cognitive processes and change. The term implies a change in the individual’s attitude and/or beliefs as a result of the experience. These changes are incorporated, and modify his/her personality and self image."
- Maxwell Jones, 1978, Beyond the Therapeutic Community