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5 Peaks is a great program. They have a very caring staff and our students respond well to them.
5 Peaks has effective and scalable solutions to meet the needs of 6th–12th grade students. We call this solution Basecamp.
5 Peaks Youth Solutions designs interventions that socially and emotionally stabilize students, helping them grow in core life skills, problem-solving, and critical thinking. Basecamp is a coaching group facilitated on middle and high school campuses during the regular school day. Each group serves up to 10 students and are guided by a team of two Mentor-Coaches.
These groups can also be adapted for use in community centers, youth outreach camps, religious organizations, group homes and juvenile detention facilities.
Basecamp groups begin with rapport and trust building activities followed by each student completing a self-reported assessment where they "locate" themselves; identifying their current abilities regarding areas including social relationships, emotional self-management, problem-solving, and help-seeking. Weekly group meetings are organized with up to 10 students. One or two students are directly coached each week while their peers observe the process. The coaches lead engagement activities, provide coaching interactions, and guide peer advising opportunities.
Students receive Basecamp swag items, and either a backpack, hoodie, or similar value participation award at the end of the group process.
At the end of each 12–15 week session, a second student self-assessment is completed and then combined with the Wellness Coach's notes to create a dashboard for school counselors and administrators. The dashboard shows individual student progress and can render results showing aggregate improvement scores from single or multiple groups.
Students Gain Practical Skills that Contribute to Increased Competency, Autonomy, and Relatedness
The objective of Basecamp groups is to help students adopt, adapt, and apply core life skills (what we call Anchor Points). We focus on 15 of them, covering areas centered on who they are Becoming , how they are Connecting with others, and the life-management actions that apply to what they are Doing .
Basecamp is a Place
A weekly meeting where a small group of teenagers push forward on the decisions, goals, problem-solving and plans that matter to them.
Skilled adults who help young people discover, decide and take their own action steps without judging them or offering unsolicited advice.
One that allows teenagers to assess where they are and gain access to tools and life skills that will help them immediately – providing keys to their success and happiness in the future.
Our Licensed Affiliate program includes:
By bringing this program onto schools in your region, you'll introduce coaching solutions that are proven to help students follow a path of self-discovery, personal problem-solving and action steps. Students who have participated in our program demonstrate significant progress in taking doable steps toward their goals and report high satisfaction with their sense of personal support and community.
You'll also activate a financial stream that will help expand your resources and reach.
- 01 Online/on-demand video content that provides instruction in our coaching method, understandings of teen mindsets, and personal change theories. The course also includes demo videos and practical guidance for effective group management and facilitation.
- 02 A detailed training manual and access to sample forms for you to use in groups and for promoting the groups and securing parental permission for student participation.
- 03 8 hours of remote, practice-coaching with one of our training professionals.
- 04 4 hours of remote support to help with implementation and planning and offer experienced suggestions in debrief meetings as you launch Basecamp groups on your campus.
- 05 Administration tools to create individual student and group-averaged improvement reports.
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Basecamp Groups Get Results
