Executive Function Behavioral Categories Impulse Control The ability to stop and think before acting Emotional Control The ability to manage feelings by thinking about goals Planning/Prioritizing The ability to create steps to reach a goal and to make decisions about what to focus on Flexibility The ability to change strategies or revise plans when conditions…
Read MoreChrysalis is excited to announce our growing music and art program! This fall singer/song writer Michelle Lynn and artist Sean Tribble will be joining the Chrysalis team. They each bring an expertise that will expand the creative offerings for our students. Michelle taught music at Chrysalis years ago, and we’re excited about her return. She…
Read MoreI’d like to congratulate you on the amazing team you put together at Chrysalis. My daughter began the program in 2017 after two months at a wilderness therapy program. Instinctively, I knew Chrysalis was the right place for my family when I read through the website and spoke to Carrie. The magic continued the moment…
Read MoreAt Chrysalis, we engage in intensive work discovering and building our self-identity. There are few better ways to find out who one really is than by serving others. Making connections with, and finding the strengths of individuals in another culture halfway around the world helps to heal one’s own wounds and strengthens ideas about who…
Read MoreDid you know that school refusal is a diagnosis? Many people associate school refusal with defiance or truancy, but often that is not the case, particularly for a Chrysalis student. Outpatient clinicians are noting that they’re seeing an increased number of students who are refusing to attend school. By definition school refusal is the refusal…
Read MoreThere is no denying that Chrysalis is located in a small town (which happens to only be an hour north from what National Geographic considers to be the 7th best ski town in the world), but unless you’ve lived in a small town you probably aren’t familiar with the incredible benefits of small town life.…
Read MoreAs Dolly Parton says, “If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then you are an excellent leader.” At the Chrysalis School in Montana, the most anticipated trips are the two annual Leadership Retreats. These trips are by invitation only, with invitations extended to…
Read MorePlay therapy? For teenagers? Play therapy is often thought to be an approach only for young children; however, this approach has also been found effective with adolescents, as well as adults. Play therapy utilizes a common language in which most of us have used to learn about ourselves and the world around us — Play!…
Read MoreI frequently get asked: “who really makes sense for Chrysalis,” or “what type of student do you work with?” While these are good and important questions, sometimes I find it difficult to answer. Yes, Chrysalis is treatment. Yes, we are a therapeutic boarding school. Yet when you step on campus it doesn’t feel like treatment,…
Read MoreThe first comment I typically get when I tell someone I am an art teacher is, “I can’t even draw a stick figure!”, or, “Teach me how to draw!” I became an art teacher to open my students’ eyes to a new world of wonder, creativity, and imagination. I became an art teacher to empower…
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