Each year we have a very special tradition and celebration at Lakeside. We come together as a leadership team, Directors, and Board members to review our impact and results from the past year. It is a day of reflection which features all of our statistics and many incredible stories. This year was exemplary in our […]
Should All Schools Become Therapeutic Communities?
I remember early in my career at Lakeside having discussions with school administrators about the many needs of their students. They often felt that they were expected to provide social work services when they believed their task should be confined to education and its goals for their students. Students who had special needs or were […]
Non-Profit Leadership: How to Normalize Conflict
A non-profit leader who has any level of compassion would admit that one of the hardest parts of leadership is when there is personal or organizational conflict. It is predictable that not everyone can agree on any one issue. There are different perspectives, changing issues, decisions that are controversial, and personal opinions that can be […]
Is Isolation Regulating or Punitive for Students?
Often those of us who are dealing with students who have struggled with their behavior or impulse control ask what the best strategy is for helping them figure out how to handle these difficult moments. In our schools, our detention facilities and in other types of programs our approach to these situations can make a […]
Labor Day 2022
This is a weekend where we as a country celebrate Labor Day. For many of us it is the time where we end our summer and begin the school year. It feels like some kind of a new beginning when our students return to school as they anticipate another school year. We also must acknowledge […]
How to Consider Environments for Systems Change
It is not a secret that we need significant changes in our systems of care across our country. There are no more challenged and neglected systems than our prison systems. They are typically overcrowded, understaffed, and generally not a place where we can claim significant success in rehabilitation. Yet, in places like facilities for juvenile […]
Back to School – A Call to Parents
As our students return to school, I am sure many parents are breathing a sigh of relief that some of the daily responsibilities will be reduced for managing the everyday activities of their children. Each year the return to school includes excitement, anticipation, anxiety and new relationships for our kids. The acquisition of new school […]
How to Keep the AIR in School Discipline
Here at Lakeside one of the challenges philosophically and programmatically in our schools is to work towards an effective system of school discipline. Our schools are all over the map with concerns of what to do when students’ behavior is destructive, non-compliant, and/or unhealthy. It is essential that we have strong boundaries while promoting structure […]
Remembering the 3 R’s as School Begins
For Lakeside and many other schools this is a week of returning staff, and also training and preparing for school to begin in the next few days. It is a valuable time to set our school environment for the return of our students. Most schools are focused on textbooks, classroom preparation, lesson plans, administrative issues, […]
Non-Profit Leadership: Clarifying Your Non-Profit Values
Whenever I provide consulting for any organization, I create the mission, the vision, and something that people often forget to identify: the values and/or core beliefs of the organization. This is a way to articulate what the leadership and staff value for the environment and programs they create. I feel it is essential that these […]
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