Cal Farley's Boys Ranch residents and alumni share their experiences
Among the attributes that makes Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch such a unique therapeutic environment is our commitment to removing obstacles, real or imagined, to our children’s success. In part, that’s an outgrowth of our emphasis on child development and our campus-wide application of the Neurosequential Model. The NM, developed by clinician, researcher and psychiatrist Dr.…
“ Being at Boys Ranch showed me that I can trust people, that people do have good intentions. Not everyone is out to get me, which is how I was feeling for a really long time. Alexis was in her teens before she found out she was adopted. The discovery came as a shock. Years…
“ Life is like this. Each day, you put one ornament on your tree in how you live. And, finally, you get to the end and you put the star on. That’s when you’re done, that’s when you’re complete. It was a striking contrast. The tall figure bent over the workbench, carefully placing the tiny…
“Probably my favorite gift I ever got was coming here,” Cain said as he thought about the upcoming Christmas season, the first he’ll spend at Cal Farley’s. “Boys Ranch has helped me a lot.” Cain, 12, isn’t your average child. When he thinks of Christmas and sharing gifts with his family and Boys Ranch friends,…
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