{"id":65206,"date":"2014-05-20T11:14:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T15:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=65206"},"modified":"2014-05-26T14:26:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T18:26:47","slug":"shock-treatment-boys-get-a-view-of-technical-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2014\/05\/shock-treatment-boys-get-a-view-of-technical-education","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Shock Treatment\u2019 Boys Get A View Of Technical Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"btvi-shock-treatment-02\"As a part of the Ministry of National Security\u2019s Shock Treatment program, a group of 22 at-risk boys were recently exposed to several disciplines while touring The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI).<\/p>\n

\u201cTo see the amount of young people in prison isn\u2019t thrilling. If we don\u2019t save them now, we\u2019ll have to manage them later,\u201d said the program\u2019s Director, Pastor Carlos Reid.<\/p>\n

The boys, ages 11 to 17, are among the first to participate in the intervention program which will see a new installment of vulnerable young males on a monthly basis.<\/p>\n

Shock Treatment allows them to experience first-hand the consequences of deviant behaviour. Over the course of the three-day intensive program, the young men would have visited the prison, morgue and a grave site.\u00a0 However, there will be further training over the next two years. The boys will also be monitored, evaluated and if necessary, intervention performed.\u00a0 Ultimately, the program provides them with positive alternatives.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the objectives is to place them in a position to make positive choices. We want to expose them to different disciplines,\u201d said Pastor Reid.<\/p>\n

Minister of National Security, the Honourable Bernard Nottage mentioned during a recent press conference that it was important to introduce the boys to some of the programs at BTVI in an effort to expose them to the benefits of acquiring a skill.<\/p>\n

The program\u2019s initial participants are from T. A. Thompson Jr. School and C. C. Sweeting Senior High School. According to Manager of the Citizen Security Unit of the Ministry of National Security, Barbara Cartwright, school guidance counselors played a pivotal role in identifying who would be included.<\/p>\n

\u201cApparently, there was a lot of fighting, stealing, parents complaining about students coming home late. Also, most of them admitted to smoking and a few of them admitted to being in gangs.\u00a0 What we\u2019re trying to do is show them a glimpse into the results of making bad choices.\u00a0 We feel BTVI would be able to stimulate and encourage them,\u201d said Ms. Cartwright.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, BTVI\u2019s Dean of Construction Trades, Alexander Darville, encouraged the boys, telling them they do not have to be a product of their environments.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to think about the end results. The mere reason you are here today shows that someone cares. BTVI is an institution where you can come, get a discipline and make some money,\u201d said Mr. Darville.<\/p>\n

BTVI\u2019s Admissions Officer, Kendra Samuels added that BTVI is prepared to offer the boys another level of education.\u00a0 \u201cSkilled labour is needed and the Shock Treatment program is trying to heighten their awareness of that.\u00a0 Our doors here at BTVI are open for them if they have the passion and the thirst for knowledge,\u201d said Ms. Samuels.<\/p>\n

The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI).<\/p>\n

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