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PHASE I—Individual Responsibility
The purpose of this phase is for students to experience the immediate effects of their choices and to learn the value of personal responsibility. As they hike along challenging coastal terrain and set up camp each day, students experience the direct relationship between the choices they make and the outcomes of those choices. Learning to care for oneself through completing daily activities such as self-care, journal writing, and curriculum assignments is the primary focus of this phase. |
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PHASE II—Family Responsibility
In this phase, students form a trail family, in which each member is given a specific role or responsibility. Through roles such as A.M. Motivator, Navigator, or Family Cook, each student develops accountability for choices that not only affect themselves, but that also determine the success of their whole family. In order to graduate from this phase, it is necessary for the students to work together and practice effective communication. |
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PHASE III—Reflection:
Once the family has reached their final destination on the beach, the group graduates to Reflection Phase. In this phase, students are brought to individual day-sites each morning, where they spend the day reading, journaling, and resting in preparation for the final phases of the program. The Field Therapist joins the group during Reflection Phase and meets with students at their individual sites. Students are brought back to the group campsite in the evening, where they spend the night with their trail family. |
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PHASE IV—Community:
After completing Reflection, students transition from the Olympic coast to the San Juan Islands, where they board Odyssey’s longboat for the Community Phase. In this phase, traditional longboat sailing skills, nautical traditions and maritime living are all catalysts through which students learn what it really means to live within a supportive community and contribute to something larger than themselves. |
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PHASE V—Mentor:
This final course phase provides students with the opportunity to apply the skills they achieved in previous phases and revisit areas that may need more attention. When mentors join a group of newer students as a leader and positive role model, their new behavior and decision-making abilities are tested and reinforced to ensure success after graduation. Mentors may be placed in a coastal backpacking or longboat sailing group, depending on the student’s needs and group dynamics. |
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PASSAGES CEREMONY:
Students graduate after they complete all the phases of the Odyssey program. On the last day of their course, parents participate in the Passages Graduation Ceremony with their child, which marks the end of the family's Odyssey journey. Parents are also invited to participate in family sessions held the day before and day after their child's graduation. |
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