Program Philosophy and General Overview
The Calder
Mission is “Working in Partnership to assist individuals and families
with recovery from chemical dependency”. To achieve this
mission Calder strives to fulfill three main goals:
Calder Centre Adult Program is a 32 bed inpatient program which
provides a safe supportive environment to help chemically dependent
individuals through the Stabilization tasks of recovery utilizing
the biological/psychological/social/spiritual understanding of
addiction and recovery. The program is based on a four-week residential
stay, but offers flexibility to abbreviate, or extend the length
of stay depending on the individual’s needs.
All programming provides counseling
and education on chemical dependency. The Calder Adult
Program is group based and provides competency-based treatment to match
individualized treatment goals. Gender specific treatment is
provided based on research, which indicates males and females
differ in onset, consequences and recovery from chemical dependency.
A variety of therapeutic approaches and philosophies are implemented
into a service delivery which include but is not limited to:
