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• Adirondack Leadership Expeditions

  Adirondack Leadership Expeditions is a character development wilderness program for troubled teens that promotes personal growth through a focus on insight-oriented experiences. The forested, mountain setting removes urban distractions and simplifies options to help students gain insight into their core values and accept responsibility for their choices. Our wilderness program's nurturing approach helps participants address personal issues, achieve success in a safe environment, and develop their leadership potential. Wilderness programs for troubled teens serve as excellent alternatives to boot camps because teens learn through natural consequences and positive peer relationships.

• Aspen Achievement Academy

  Located in Southern Utah, Aspen Achievement Academy is a flexible length of stay program for adolescents 13-17, emphasizing therapy, experiential learning and behavioral change. As one of the few licensed and accredited outdoor treatment programs, AAA has a decade of history in providing high impact professional staffed treatment to adolescents and their families. As a clinically based program , Aspen Achievement Academy is contracted with a number of insurance companies and EAP's to provide treatment for mental health and substance abuse.

• Outback Wilderness Program

  Outback's Wilderness Program for youth ages 13-17 blends the best of the "ancient cultural systems" with the most effective and proven therapeutic processes. Many of our students have been experiencing family conflict, been involved in negative peer groups, were isolating themselves, or were focusing excessive time on computers. Some have been struggling academically, have low self-esteem, may be abusive toward their parents and siblings, or may be experimenting with drugs and alcohol. Others are bright but underachieving. Your child will experience the highest standards of safety and therapy in the context of one of the most powerful settings for real change - the wilderness. Students can earn academic credit while in the program.

• Passages to Recovery

  Passages to Recovery is a nomadic wilderness program incorporating an innovative, holistic approach to a variety of issues including substance abuse, anxiety, depression, difficulties with relationships and others. We are a treatment and recovery program set in the wilderness. Passages to Recovery specializes in helping adults 18 to 50. The program offers a flexible length of stay with a minimum of 35 days. The program integrates the philosophy of the twelve steps with traditional therapy and the healing power of the wilderness.

• Phoenix Outdoor

  Phoenix Outdoor is a licensed wilderness therapy program located near Asheville, North Carolina focusing on teenagers ages 13-17 who need treatment for substance abuse or chemical dependency. Phoenix Outdoor is a 12-Step based program that utilizes the wilderness as its treatment setting. A field-based curriculum, group sessions, individual therapy, psycho-educational classes, and 12-Step support combine to encourage adolescents to consider the changes they need to make and how to create a path to stay clean and sober.

• SUWS Adolescent Wilderness Program

  SUWS Adolescent specializes in helping struggling teens ages 14-17with behavioral and emotional problems. Operating in southern Idaho since 1981, SUWS has assisted young people with identifying and working through internal conflicts and emotional obstacles that have kept them from responding to parental efforts, schools, and treatment. These are children who are inherently good and have the ability to be successful, but because of unhealthy misperceptions about themselves, they have limited access to their own abilities and strengths. SUWS provides families with a safe and immediate intervention by utilizing its search and rescue metaphor, individualized treatment plans, and flexible length of stay. The outdoor environment and experiential learning help students recognize and build upon their own sense of self-worth as they learn the value of helping others.

• SUWS of the Carolinas

  SUWS of the Carolinas is a therapeutic wilderness program with a focus on clinical intervention and assessment. The program uses the wilderness setting to remove modern distractions, simplify choices, and teache valuable lessons. As a result, students begin to accept responsibility for personal decisions, address individual and family issues, and become invested in their own personal growth. Since 1981, SUWS programs have provided essential guidance and support to thousands of misdirected and at-risk adolescents. SUWS of the Carolinas specializes in the assessment and treatment of students ages 13-17.

• SUWS Youth Wilderness Program

  Working with the distinctive needs of 11-13 year olds, the minimum 28-day SUWS Youth Wilderness Program offers a highly structured environment that provides each child with a positive and rewarding learning experience. The concrete thinking inherent in this age group requires tangible learning experiences from which to build. Our base camp model provides safety, security and predictability. The program's high staff-to-student ratio and personalized treatment plans ensure emotional growth and increased awareness of self and others. Unique in that the Youth Program uses llamas in the therapeutic process, a child has the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in developing responsibility and care-giving skills. Twenty-eight day courses begin every week.