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THE OUTWARD BOUND DIFFERENCE

PREPARING YOUNG PEOPLE FOR LIFE'S CHALLENGES AND ADVENTURES

Outward Bound programs inspire young people and adults to stretch beyond their perceived abilities. In balancing responsibility, risk and reward, and in learning to act boldly, deliberately, and with compassion, students experience profound growth and lasting change. 

These skills are infinitely transferable and support students’ successes at work and school, and in their careers, families and communities.

This is our difference. 

 

WHY OUTWARD BOUND?

 PEOPLE
  • Supportive group environments with shared resources and goals. 
  • Instructors with training in education, group facilitation and outdoor skills.
  • Instructors’ role is to support, teach and encourage students to seek success beyond their perceived limits.
  • Students’ apply their existing strengths coupled with newly discovered abilities to help their group achieve increasing autonomy and success.

PLACE
  • Outdoor environment simplifies as it inspires.
  • Novel physical settings require new ways of thinking and acting.
  • Physical remoteness emphasizes interdependence and self-reliance.
  • Unplugging from connected lifestyles promotes focus and perspective.

PROCESS
  • Students work together to overcome obstacles to discover that true success is earned through action, reflection and perseverance
  • Students learn to trust each other’s strengths and support each other’s needs.  

  • Exploration and reflection create space for mindful learning from experience.

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