1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Skillful facilitation of House Meetings is one of the most challenging, but also most impactful, aspects of providing a treatment experience.&amp;nbsp; Developing a group of troubled kids into a high-performing team, that absorbs each other’s misbehaviors and promotes maturation, is a difficult task.&amp;nbsp; Storming behaviors are common among kids in residential treatment.&amp;nbsp; In House Meetings, a significant number of kids will deeply struggle with inappropriate meeting behaviors – ranging from aggressively menacing the whole room to simply not paying attention or actively distracting others. &amp;nbsp; However, storming behaviors, that sabotage team-building efforts, can be leveraged by staff to actually speed up the team-building process.&amp;nbsp; One of the best ways to do that is to focus not on the misbehaviors, but on the impact of those misbehaviors on team-building.&amp;nbsp; That is greatly enhanced by repeatedly explaining to the kids the purposes of forming a strong team, the purposes of House Meetings, and really the purpose of their entire residential treatment experience. &amp;nbsp; Becoming Centered http://sites.libsyn.com/479778/site <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/39868765/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/39868765