Hi, my name is Ranch Ehrlo Society! My friends call me ‘the Ranch’ for short. I’m primarily a residential treatment facility for youth, but I can also help people from six to 60; boys and girls, men and women, moms and dads. I have a lot of jobs. The ones I spend a lot of time on are helping youth get back to their home communities or transition into independent living. I have a lot of…
In 2016, Ranch Ehrlo is celebrating a golden anniversary. In the past half century, we’ve experienced many successes and much growth. But in order to know where we’re going, we must look back at where we’ve been. When Ranch Ehrlo was established in 1966, Otto Dreidger was the director of child welfare. At that time, residential treatment facilities in Saskatchewan had been shut down,…
On May 16th and 17th, mental health professionals from throughout the province gathered at the Queensbury Convention Centre for two days of learning, listening, and talking – all in the hopes of going back to work a little better prepared than they were before they came. The conference was hosted by Ehrlo Counselling and the Psychology Association of Saskatchewan. Conference presenter…
When you’re young, as many of our 3-mile race participants are, “training” is a foreign concept. Why would you train for a race, especially one as paltry as three miles? You can just go out and run it. It’s no big deal. You have energy, and your joints and muscles will bounce right back – if they’re even affected at all. I like to think of myself as young, too. So I decided I’d…
While all of our programs work hard to reunify youth with their families or communities, Dalla-Vincenza House in Regina is special because it is a family reunification unit. Families are encouraged to come stay with their children, and there are monthly family meeting days. The other thing that makes the house special is their hamper program. Susan Craig with a basket “We’ve been…
Blog from Paper Crane Community Arts Centre. Paper Crane is a community arts program operated by Ranch Ehrlo. Clients at Paper Crane recently participated in a mandala project. A mandala is a spiritual and ritualistic symbol that spans cultures and belief systems around the globe, from Asia to North America, Africa to Europe. Mandalas can also be found in nature—in flowers, plants, or…
Shaun Silzer, a Ranch Ehrlo unit manager in Regina, received recognition for saving a life on May 11th. He received a Red Cross Rescuer Award for performing CPR on a three-year-old girl while on vacation in Mexico in 2014. Ranch Ehrlo requires all of its front-line employees to have First Aid and CPR training, but Shaun proved the training is useful outside of work, as well. Shaun (m)…
Shelley Sayer has worked at Ranch Ehrlo Society for 31 years. Now the director for Ehrlo Housing, Shelley started her career as a youth care worker in 1985. She has seen growth on both the residential and community services side of the agency, which she credits to the Ranch’s highly motivated, creative staff. “People in the Ranch were, and still are, really creative around ideas and…
It is perhaps fitting that the newest home on Ranch Ehrlo’s Pilot Butte campus is named for past chair Jim Kenyon. After all, Jim’s involvement with the Ranch began in the early 2000s when he lent his structural engineering expertise to the design and construction of several group home projects. Andrea Brittin Jim joined the agency board in 2007 and served as board chair in 2012 and…
Guest blog by Warren Powers, Dalla-Vincenza unit manager Dalla-Vicenza house, located in Regina, has a unique, family-centered residential care focus. At Dalla-Vicenza, families are made as much of a part of their children’s treatment as possible – including being able to stay at the house with their children. Everyone who comes into the house sees its guiding vision, framed as a…
Guest blogger Lisa Neill, senior program manager of the Treatment Foster Care Program discusses the program with Toni, a Ranch Ehrlo client. Ranch Ehrlo’s Treatment Foster Care Program (TFC) provides an important resource along the continuum of care for children and families. The program serves children and youth whose needs are not best served in a group home but rather within a family…
Sandra Bird was 13 when she came to Ranch Ehrlo Society after a tumultuous childhood. Abandoned by her mother when she was just an infant, Sandra was raised by the babysitter her mom left her with for the first years of her life. “The babysitter kept me until I was 12 years old,” Sandra explained. “A lot of things happened in that home, so I was removed by social services.” After…
Guest blogger Lisa Neill, senior program manager of the Treatment Foster Care Program discusses assessment services with a foster parent in the program. Through the Treatment Foster Care Program (TFC), Ranch Ehrlo has professionalized foster care. Our caregivers are provided with training, clinical and consultative support, and respite services. Because of the resources available and…
Did you know we’re on Instagram? That’s right – Ehrlo Sport Venture and Paper Crane Community Arts Centre both have active Instagram accounts! If you’re unfamiliar with this social media network, it’s basically a platform that allows you to share photos (and more recently, videos!). Users put hashtags in their captions to group their pictures into certain categories, much like…
The vision of Dr. Geoff Pawson (1938 – 2012) The vision of one man in the mid-1960s has evolved into the quality treatment programs that are now recognized internationally for their excellence in transforming the lives of children, youth, adults, and families. That man, Dr. Geoff Pawson, who opened the doors to the Ranch Ehrlo Society on June 1, 1966, left an incredible legacy to all those…
