Services at Peace Ranch
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Peace Ranch provides an opportunity for adults with serious mental illness to work toward a more self-reliant and satisfying life through paticipation in a residential thereapeutic farm community.
Nestled in over 25 acres of serene countryside, Peace Ranch is a nonprofit therapeutic farm community located in Caledon, Ontario, just north of Toronto.
Established in 1996, Peace Ranch is the only working therapeutic farm community in Canada, and one of a small group in the world dedicated to helping people with mental illness heal.
The Goals of Peace Ranch
- Peace Ranch offers adults with mental illness an opportunity to grow in a nurturing, trusting environment where residents learn to live independently as they contribute to the greater community good in a setting where they feel needed.
- Peace Ranch’s program is based on a therapeutic community experience, with staff and residents living and working together. Residents will be able to manage psychiatric symptoms and illnesses; develop life skills; gain confidence and courage; and live healthy, productive and meaningful lives.
The Role of Work at Peace Ranch
By participating in meaningful work, individuals make progress on their treatment goals within an environment that is relaxed yet structured, friendly yet challenging.
Examples of goals we establish include:
- Increased motivation
- Improved communication and social skills
- Improved physical fitness
- Reduced Anxiety
- Improved coping skills
- Increased job readiness
- Our Work Teams
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