The normative model is the core of the center's treatment philosophy. This treatment approach explicitly recognizes the importance of norms (social rules and expectations) that bond people together. At the center, new positive norms must be learned and practiced by residents to help them become community members. Delinquent or antisocial norms are challenged and discouraged. The program builds upon each youth's desire to become accepted in a social group. A unique component of the center's program consists of "social clubs." These groups include a drill team, a chorus, a photography club, and an Explorer Post. The Boy Scout Explorer Post has proven advantageous to both the youth and the program. It has enabled its members to set goals and work toward positive objectives. The members have the opportunity to see themselves as different from their life of delinquency, and they are able to transform themselves into individuals with promise and dignity.