Calo's Clinical Approach
Calo Preteens achieves emotional and behavioral regulation through playfulness and spontaneous, connective experiences. The program utilizes dyadic developmental psychotherapy and a proprietary therapeutic model, an evidence-based and effective treatment for trauma and disorders of attachment, to restore trust and heal relationships.
Mapping the brain with Neurotherapy
Neurofeedback (NFB) is electroencephalography (EEG)-biofeedback; it measures electrical brain-wave activity then transforms the frequencies into a digital signal which allows a computer to feed back the information to a student through video and sound. Its effect is that it helps to treat various psychological and physical disorders by shaping the way the brain behaves. This shaping improves the efficiency of the brain and provides the ideal functioning for healing and development to occur.
Professional Endorsements
"Attachment-focused treatment is an evidence-based, effective and empirically validated treatment. Calo is world-class at this trauama and attachment treatment."
Dr. Arthur Becker-Weidman
Leader in the field of adoption-specific therapy
"Attachment-focused treatment is an evidence-based, effective and empirically validated treatment. Calo is world-class at this trauama and attachment treatment."
Dr. Arthur Becker-Weidman
Leader in the field of adoption-specific therapy
"Calo is a program based on the healing and restorative power of relationships: building trusting relationships that kids have with staff, with each other, with canines, and with family. What Calo has to offer those kids who live there is something that they can take home with them--how to trust good."
Dr. Daniel Hughes
Author of Building the Bonds of Attachment
"Calo is a program based on the healing and restorative power of relationships: building trusting relationships that kids have with staff, with each other, with canines, and with family. What Calo has to offer those kids who live there is something that they can take home with them--how to trust good."
Dr. Daniel Hughes
Author of Building the Bonds of Attachment
Animal Asisted Therapy
Animal-assisted therapy provides opportunities for students to experience love, empathy, and acceptance by building relationships with animals. In our environment, students experientially live and learn our CASA model through the practice of building relationship skills with a safe animal, then taking those skills and practicing them in their healthy human relationships. We call this Transferable Attachment Therapy and it is incredibly powerful.
Occupational Therapy
Our goal is not to focus on the behaviors (with rewards, advice giving), but what causes those behaviors- their feelings. Going deeper still, what causes those feelings is the core self-concept. At Calo, rather than just correct the behaviors, we're actually going to the source. How we correct this core, is by providing an accepting atmosphere...