Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Industry Council
Mission Statement
OBHIC is an organization of behavioral health providers who are committed to the utilization of outdoor modalities to assist young people and their families to make positive change. OBHIC's mission is to unite its members and to promote the common good of our programs standards and our industry at large. This mission has been accomplished by developing and policing the standards of excellence for membership and to have effective means of operating a service business by sharing and discussing thoughts and processes. By so doing, OBHIC will be the standard which families can trust for effectively assisting children and their families toward positive change.
Philosophical and Ethical Standards
Members serve children and families with understanding, patience and integrity, promoting personal dignity and self-worth.
Members offer a journey of self-discovery that models sound values and principles.
Members do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, handicap, sexual orientation or cultural background and shall acknowledge these individual differences as important in the treatment process.
Members provide quality experiences that are guided by competent and professional staff.
Members promote the protection and beneficial uses of our natural resources, with respect and attention to our impact upon them.
Members acknowledge and practice the effective use of outdoor programming as part of the existing continuum of behavioral health care and therapeutic approaches.
Members acknowledge the risk associated with outdoor programming and take reasonable and responsible steps to manage that risk.
Members provide services after a process of appropriate screening and informed consent.
Members have appropriate licensure and permits when required by regulating agencies or bodies.
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