Outdoor Programs Programs and Services Treatment Child and Adolescent

For sites of institutions offering rehabilitation and therapy for youth with behavioral health issues through outdoor survival training, wilderness camping or hiking experiences, or outdoor living.

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• Kiatou - Wilderness Therapy Center - Provides a six week wilderness therapy program for at-risk teens. Offers a blend of wilderness therapy and emotional growth therapy.
  
• Summit Achievement - Outdoor residential treatment center for boys and girls 13 - 17 years of age.
  
• Aspen Achievement Academy - Outdoor therapy program for adolescents and troubled teens, ages 13-17 with behavioral problems, substance abuse problems, depression and defiance.
  
• Alaska Crossings Wilderness Expeditions - Offers experiential programs for youth with mental health issues, in the Tongass National Forest and on the Stikine River.
  
• Lonestar Expeditions - Offers a therapeutic intervention alternative to boot camps and military schools for troubled teens and their families.
  
• Wikipedia: Wilderness therapy - Online encyclopedia article about therapy based on primitive outdoor sojourns.
  
• Majestic Outdoor Adventures - An independent, non-denominational ministry providing a therapeutic prevention/intervention outdoor program that reaches out to provide Christian morals and values. Missouri.
  
• TraverseKids - Opportunity to be with horses and openly share with the supportive adults who are helping them to become "horse people." Staffed by licensed psychotherapists, certified riding instructors, and compassionate volunteers, offers a nine-month progra
  
• Bethel Boot Camp - Offering a military discipline format including conformity to authority, structure and character development.
  
• Quest Therapeutic Day Camp - A day camp in Huntington Beach, California which provides group therapy in an activity oriented environment for children ages 6-14 with ADD, ADHD and certain other forms of learning and personality disorders. Supervised by Dr. Linda C. Sanicola. Three, f
  
• Tribune Bay Outdoor Education Centre - Non profit organization offers experiential and environmental education programs for youth, including highropes, climbing, ocean kayaking, marine studies. Hornby Island, British Columbia.
  
• Eckerd Youth Alternatives - Nonprofit organization providing proven outdoor therapeutic residential programs for at-risk and troubled youth in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont and New Hampshire.
  
• Second Nature - Outdoor therapy program for adolescents with behavioral, emotional, and substance abuse issues. Locations in Utah, Oregon, and Georgia.
  
• Bonneville Canyon - A treatment facility and remote boarding school that specializes in wilderness therapy and positive reinforcement programs. Helps young men 18-22 years of age. Wyoming.
  
• Outback Therapeutic Expeditions - Wilderness treatment for teenagers, from thirteen to seventeen years of age, with emotional, behavioral, or substance abuse issues. Utah, USA.
  
• Sagewalk - Therapeutic wilderness program that serves as an intense intervention for teens and their families.
  
• Mount Carmel Youth Ranch - Offers a non-profit working experience for youth that takes place on the family cattle ranch in Wyoming.
  
• Agape Youth Ministry - A Christ centered youth ranch program located in Arizona for pre-adolescent girls and boys 13 to 16 years old, exhibiting behavioral problems, or other troubled behavior.
  
• Ridge Creek - Licensed therapeutic wilderness program for students 13-18 that integrates an in-depth clinical component with an intense leadership development component. JCAHO accredited. Located in North Georgia.
  
• WinGate Wilderness Therapy - Utah program for troubled teens. Includes details of program and philosophy.
  
• Project GO - Provides experiential education programs for underprivileged and at-risk youth, including whitewater rafting and challenge ropes courses, in northern California and Nevada.
  
• Englishton Park - Camp for children who are experiencing behavioral, emotional or learning difficulties provided by Englishton Park United Presbyterian Ministries, Inc. Lexington, Indiana.
  
• White River Academy - Behavioral modification camp and school for teenagers. Based in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
  
• Ascent Wilderness Program - Therapeutic wilderness program for troubled teens, located in Idaho. Includes philosophy and approach, family program profile, and admissions and financial information.
  
• Wilderness Quest - Offers 6-9 week courses that focus on self responsibility. Located in Utah.
  
• Project DARE - Residential wilderness therapy using a cognitive-behavioral approach, for students with substance abuse, family conflict, or other behavioral issues. Ontario, Canada.
  
• Adventure Therapy & Wilderness/Nature Therapy - An overview of adventure therapy, with summaries of theory, research, and links to full-text articles.
  
• Rock Solid Character - Character education program that promotes moral and ethical character growth through adventure based rock climbing, primarily for grades 3-6. Offered to U.S. schools and parents.
  
• SUWS - Offers an outdoor wilderness program in Idaho for at-risk youths ages eleven to eighteen.
  
• Wilderness Treatment Programs - Directory of programs offered by Aspen Education Group.
  
• RedCliff Ascent - Wilderness therapy program that offers 30 or 60 day courses. Located in Utah.
  
• SUWS of the Carolinas - Wilderness therapy program for adolescents with behavior, learning, or family problems.
  
• Monarch Center for Family Healing - Offers a wilderness therapy treatment program for youths and troubled teens between the ages of 10 and 18. Colorado, USA.
  
• Open Sky Wilderness Therapy - Holistic treatment for teens and young adults fighting issues such as alcohol abuse, low self esteem, and mental health concerns. Colorado, USA.
  
• Meet the Wilderness - Specializing in character building youth adventure education in wilderness areas of Colorado.
  
• Adirondack Leadership Expeditions - A character development wilderness program for troubled teens that promotes personal growth through a focus on insight-oriented experiences located near Saranac Lake, New York.
  
• Educo Adventure School - Youth adventure school in the Cariboo, British Columbia, Canada. Develops teamwork and inner strengths while handling external challenges.
  
• Bald Eagle Boys Camp - Wilderness camping program providing camp therapy for troubled boys in Mill Hall, Pennsylvania.
  
• CanAdventure Education - British Columbia, Canada, adventure camps for struggling teens, designed to help both teens and parents overcome behavioural issues that affect their growth.
  
• Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy Expeditions - Offers intensive residential therapy within twenty-one day wilderness trips in the Pacific Northwest.
  
• Phoenix Outdoor - Wilderness therapy program for troubled teenagers ages 13-17 in western North Carolina. Includes program, admissions, news and resources, FAQs, and contact information.
  
• Anasazi Foundation - Provides wilderness residential programs for teenagers, as well as intervention courses for parents and professionals. Features details of staff, services and facilities.
  
  

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