BLACKWOOD
Centre for Adolescent Development
"Where We Go One, We Go All"
Address : 210 Brock Road, Hallora VIC 3818
PO Box 338, Drouin VIC 3818
Phone : (03) 56275585
Fax : (03) 56275549
Email : minders@blackwood.vic.edu.au
Website : www.blackwood.vic.edu.au
Established : 1994
Purpose :
- To impact on the increasing number of intelligent young people prematurely dropping out of secondary colleges
- To develop and strengthen adolescents protective factors:
- sense of belonging
- significant other
- low family stress - To make a positive impact on a wide range of risk factors affecting adolescents eg. youth suicide, youth homelessness, substance abuse, violence, etc.
- To continually develop successful methods of educating our young people, who are at risk, to be useful and constructive members of society
Program Type : Early Intervention Alternative Program
Students work towards individually negotiated
and team based goals.
Program Length : School Semester
Participants : Twenty ( 20 ) students per intake
Enrolled in State Government Secondary College
Co-educational
Average Age - 14 years 4 months
Attendance : Daily
Average attendance rate since 1994 - 93%
Selection Process : Referred by students’ home college, doctors,
paediatricians, parent / carers.
Interview based
Administration: Overseen by Blackwood Committee of Management
Committee of Management Chairperson – Cr Peter Kostos
Host College - Drouin Secondary College
Host College Principal - Mr Shane Wainwright
Blackwood Team Leader - Mr David Hayes
School Number : 7785-02
ABN : 26 538 019 611
Youth Foundation : Blackwood Youth Foundation Incorporated.
Established 1998 to financially support the
operation of Blackwood Centre for Adolescent
Development
Certificate of Incorporation Number : A0036066P ABN : 52 257 277 810 Recognised by Australian Taxation Office as a public benevolent and charitable institution, and as such has endorsement as an Income Tax Exempt Charity and as a Deductible Gift Recipient.
