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The Barra School, Inc is a 501c3 nonprofit educational organization located on the Waits River in East Corinth, Vermont. Our mission is to support a deepening awareness of, connection with, and utilization of the powers of nature to foster individual and collective growth, development, healing, and resiliency. We provide year-round youth, adult, and family workshops utilizing trauma-informed, forest-based therapeutic practices, and specialize in immersive group experiences for at-risk youth and youth of other underserved and marginalized populations.

Campers at The Barra School's riverside campsite participating in a humanities-based Council circle. Image includes forest landscape with youth laying down on mats in a circle reading with the river in the background. Image is of a cool, shaded forest space. There are sunflowers and ferns in the center of the Council circle.

Three campers are sitting together weaving traditional Abenaki ash baskets at The Barra School's riverside campsite.

A solo youth stands on the bank at The Barra School's riverside campsite. Image includes a cool, dark forest in the foreground and the youth and the river in the background.

Certified Forest Therapy Guides lead youth through place-based healing modalities and use the practice of Council to create community. Through this process, Youth undergo deeply therapeutic experiences in a way which is personalized, culturally-responsive, trauma-informed, and community-minded. As well, youth are immersed in other healing and mindfulness strategies and practices which will benefit them well beyond their time here. At the end of our programs, youth leave with tools and strategies to support their transformational journeys as well as with resources and contacts for further mentorship and support.