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This book provides the first major historical account of the recovery high school movement from its beginnings in the alternative schools of the 1970s that overlapped with the first adolescent substance use treatment programs.
List of contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Prologue
- PART 1: Out of the Wilderness
- Chapter 1: Carrying the Message
- Chapter 2: Freedom Road
- Chapter 3: Spontaneous Generation
- PART 2: Phoenixes Arise
- Chapter 5: Crackdown
- Chapter 6: "The Greatest Show in Rockville"
- Chapter 7: Phoenix Rises
- Chapter 8: Evaluation
- Chapter 9: Phoenix II
- Chapter 10: Sparks
- PART 3: A Movement Begins
- Chapter 11: Normalized Alternatives
- Chapter 12: A New Dimension
- Chapter 13: Becoming Sobriety High
- Chapter 14: All Things Are Connected
- Chapter 15: Imagination P.E.A.S.E. - Peers Enjoying a Sober Education
- Chapter 16: Sock and Buskin
- Epilogue: The Fate of the Schools
- Afterword: Findings
About the author
Dr. Andrew Finch is a Professor of the Practice at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College, where he is a core faculty member in the Human Development Counseling program. He has been a faculty member in the Department of Human & Organizational Development since 2006, where he has taught courses in human development, addictions, college admissions, and career counseling. Dr. Finch co-founded the Association of Recovery Schools in 2002. He has been a lead researcher on three national studies of recovery high schools and helped write their standards for accreditation. Dr. Finch helped start Community High School in Nashville, one of the early recovery high schools, where he worked as a counselor and administrator for nine years. Dr. Finch also helped found Vanderbilt's collegiate recovery program.
Summary
This book provides the first major historical account of the recovery high school movement from its beginnings in the alternative schools of the 1970s that overlapped with the first adolescent substance use treatment programs.
