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Camp Summit Correctional Facility - LaPorte County

Established
1995

Security Level
Medium to High

Avg Daily Population
Fiscal Year 2006-2007 - 89

Housing
Dormitories

Mike Scott, Superintendent
Mike Scott
Superintendent

Contact Info
(219) 326-1188
2407 N 500 W
LaPorte, IN 46350

John Galipeau,
Asst. Superintendent

Media Contact
Mike Scott

Visiting Guidelines

Saturday and Sunday 1:00-4:15pm only

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Programs

Camp Summit Boot Camp is a Department of Correction, Juvenile Male Facility. The program is approximately 6 ½ months in duration and includes military drill and ceremony, physical training, full-time education program, substance abuse treatment, group, individual and family counseling.

Our Comprehensive Case Management consists of on orientation level, 4 growth levels, two transition levels, and a release level. Parents are required to have at least one family session and students must complete 8 hours of community service to be eligible for graduation from our program.

Individual Growth/Transition/Release Plans are developed for each student and updated at periodic multi-disciplinary treatment teams.

Individual Aftercare, Career, and Relapse Prevention Plans are developed for each student prior to their graduation.

Education: Camp Summit has one part time Education Coordinator, one full time Lead Teacher, 3 full time Teachers, 2 Teacher?s Assistants, 1 Education Secretary. Our school is Accredited and the credits students can earn will transfer back to their high school. Credits can be earned in math, English, history, and reading. Students 17 years or older work on their GED prior to graduation from Camp Summit.

CCMS Group: 1hr per week, open ended group designed to be a dynamic, pro-active approach to teaching students how to use their growth plans, discuss progress on interventions, set daily goals, measure progress, etc.

Relapse Prevention Group: 1hr per week, open ended group where students discuss relapse prevention skills and review progress on the development of their Relapse Prevention and Career Plans.

Substance Abuse Treatment Group: This group is based on cognitive, behavioral, and learning theory with the focus on skill building, developing a reliable support system, and satisfactory completion of a relapse prevention. This program meets best practices by being research based and by meeting one of the top three needs of our students, Substance Abuse.

Substance Abuse Education: Substance Abuse Education provides an overview and the psychosocial and physiological affects of substance abuse and addiction. This program meets best practices by being research based and by meeting one of the top three needs of our students, Substance Abuse.

Life Skills: Life Skills for Vocational Success is an open-ended group. The program consists of one-hour sessions, five hours each Wednesday, for 12 weeks in duration. It is presented in a group format, combining instruction, discussion, and role-plays. Life Skills for Vocational Success offers an opportunity for students will develop pro-social, life, and employment skills. Program effectiveness is measured by a pre and post-test, role-plays designed to demonstrate skills, group exercises, and group participation. This program meets best practices by being research based and by addressing two of the top three needs of our students, Social/Behavioral Skills and Peer selection, based on statistics that are kept at the facility.

Thinking for a Change: Thinking for a Change is a closed ended cognitive/behavioral program, facilitated by trained staff. The program is presented in a group format, is comprised of at least 12, 1.5 hour sessions and is at least 12 weeks in duration. Thinking For A Change encourages students to gain awareness into the connection between their thoughts and behaviors, to use that awareness to begin catching their irrational/criminal thoughts, and to replace them with rational/pro-social thoughts. Program effectiveness is measured by a pre and post-test, homework, role-plays, and group discussion. This program meets best practices by being research based and by meeting the top three needs of our students, Social/Behavioral Skills, Peer Selection, and Substance Abuse.

Napoleon Hill’s Keys for Success: A 12 2hr session, closed ended curriculum that is values based and makes the connection between positive/pro-social characteristics and success, not only monetarily but as a human being. This is the Moral Reconation/conscience building component of our program. These classes are funded by a grant through Purdue University Calumet.

Normative Culture: The Normative Culture comes from the Normative Model, developed by the North American Family Institute. It is a research-based program that defines the culture at our facility for students and staff as well as teaching skills such as problem solving, decision-making, anger management, communication, etc. The guidelines for acceptable behavior are defined by the general orders, norms, and rules. Tools that are used include SAMS and WHIPS (a problem solving tool), a token economy (behaviorally anchored points system), and the disciplinary system that is directly connected to the general orders, norms, and rules. Effectiveness of this program is measured by direct observation and feedback from students and their parents. This program meets best practices by being research based and by meeting all of the top three needs of our students.

Community Involvement/Community Service: All Camp Summit students are required to plan and complete at least 8 hours of service in their home community. Students also participate in facility based community service. These projects include Habitat for Humanity, The American Red Cross Bloodmobile, The Salvation Army and United Way food drives, the La Porte County Parks department, and a variety of community based non-profit or not-for-profit agencies. Students learn the value of giving back to the community as well as helping those less fortunate than them. They also learn valuable skills through the home building projects of Habitat for Humanity. This program meets best practices by being research based and by meeting one of the top three needs of our students, Social/Behavioral Skills.

Religious Services: Camp Summit meets the religious needs of our students by offering services per the Religious Services Master Design. These services are provided per policy and the Religious Services Master Design by our Community Involvement Coordinator. This program meets best practices by being research based and by meeting one of the top three needs of our students, Social/Behavioral Skills.

Bookmobile: The Bookmobile is provided by the La Porte County Public Library bi-weekly. Seniors are assigned a library card and given the privilege of checking books out from the bookmobile. Skills learned include how to use a library as well as accountability for the books they check out. This program meets best practices by meeting one of the top three needs of our students, Social/Behavioral Skills.

Community Advisory Board: Camp Summit has a Community Advisory Board comprised professionals from the community including the Mayor of La Porte, the La Porte Chief of Police, the director of the Lubeznick Center for the Arts, two local pastors, a representative from a local news paper, and the Executive Director La Porte Habitat for Humanity. Our grant funded art program, increased involvement including a proposed vocational partnership with Habitat for Humanity, and a proposed vocational partnership with the La Porte County Parks department. This program meets best practices by meeting one of the top three needs of our students, Social/Behavioral Skills.

Physical Fitness: Our physical fitness program is comprised of calisthenics, running, a weight lifting circuit course, and structured recreation, including basketball, soccer, volleyball, and touch football.

Team Building: Includes a variety of team building exercises designed and trained by the Army National Guard and our challenge course made up of a series of obstacles that require communication, cooperation, problem solving, and decision making.

Other Volunteer Programs:
- HIV/STDs provided quarterly by a volunteer is a 1.5 hour workshop that teaches the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases as well as prevention. A pre and post-test and class participation are utilized to measure effectiveness. This program meets best practices by meeting one of the top three needs of our students, Social/Behavioral Skills.
- Healthy Relations Training is provided quarterly by a volunteer from the Women’s Health Center of La Porte through the C.A.R.E Program. Elements of the program include goal setting, reasons/risks/results of sexual activity, sexual progression, development of emotional intimacy, and refusal skills. A pre and post-test and class participation are utilized to measure effectiveness. This program meets best practices by meeting one of the top three needs of our students, Social/Behavioral Skills.