When I wake up in the morning it is dark and at night the sun is down by 6:00 pm. The mornings and evenings are getting cold, middle of the day is not bad. Last week we had a major rain storm. My son left for Wilderness Therapy the end of May, not a bad [...]
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There are many reasons to send an out of control teen to wilderness camp. But before you enroll them into a camp you may want to ask yourself these questions. This is a guest post by a head instructor.
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The economy is hitting Three Rivers Montana an outdoor wilderness program based in Belgrade. They are closing the doors the end of this month and laying off 37 employees. January is usually a very big month for admissions and they did not get any this year. Many of the families that use the program tend to [...]
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How Long Will My Adolescent Need Mental Health Care at a Residential Treatment Program? When I first learned that my son needed residential treatment, my first question was “What?” I had never heard of residential treatment. Then my next question was “how long?” I figured it would be an in and out process, kind of [...]
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This is a direct affect of our economic times. Sadly our young adults will not be getting the treatments they need. Breaking News – New Horizons For Young Women Closing. Aspen Groups Excel Academy of Texas’ Consolidation of Services
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Wilderness Therapy Programs have been under much scrutiny the past year. Those that are considered “Boot Camps” have received some of the worse press and rightly so. There have been reports of a five deaths between 1990-2002 and one death in Colorado in 2007. The Salt Lake Tribune featured a great article on how [...]
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The Effects of Adolescent Women’s Wilderness Therapy Programs and Changed Attitudes Toward Teen Dating Violence A research study explores the impact of a wilderness therapy program and dating violence. The study interviewed and surveyed eleven adolescent women at an established all-female wilderness program exploring the attitudes toward teen dating violence, definitions of dating violence, previous exposure to dating [...]
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At the end of Wilderness Therapy the parents are invited to meet their teen at a transition camp. These are pictures at the transition camp when our son finished his 8 week stay at Second Nature Cascades Wilderness Program in Oregon. This is a very emotional time for both the parent and the teen. The teen gets [...]
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