Weathering the Storm

My stay at UCAN can be difficult at times especially when students are escalated. Recently I had to physically restrain a student who was attacking a staff member. The incident was exhausting, problematic, and heart wrenching. I believe I forget that the children at the school have a mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder when I see them performing at their base level. The illness is so spontaneous in its appearance that you have to just weather the storm. UCAN is a healing center because love is the only vehicle that will allow you to process with a student who has been escalated and move forward as if nothing ever happened. My heart has become attached to some of these young people because I recognize their will to overcome the limitations.