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Adirondack Leadership Expeditions Description: 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. (adirondackleadership.com) |
Adventure and Outdoor Therapy Programs Description: Basic information and a referral assistance for families seeking outdoor therapeutic experiences. (adventure-programs.org) |
Adventure Education Description: Offers experiential education programs for young adults. England. (adventureeducationuk.com) |
Adventure Therapy & Wilderness/Nature Therapy Description: An overview of adventure therapy, with summaries of theory, research, and links to full-text articles. (wilderdom.com) |
Anasazi Foundation Description: Offers youth with substance abuse, emotional and behavioral concerns an opportunity to make lasting changes by turning hearts homeward. (anasazi.org) |
Aspen Achievement Academy Description: Outdoor therapy program for adolescents and troubled teens, ages 13-17 with behavioral problems, substance abuse problems, depression and defiance. (aspenacademy.com) |
Blackwater Outdoor Experiences Description: An experiential, 21-day wilderness therapy program of challenging personal and group activities for ages 13-28. Virginia. (blackwateroutdoor-ahc.com) |
Bonneville Canyon Description: 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. (bonnevillecanyon.com) |
Boot Camp at Thayer Learning Center Description: TLC boot camp is for teens ages 13 - 18. Camp is highly structured. Offers 30 and 60 day programs. (tlcbootcamp.com) |
Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy Expeditions Description: Offers intensive residential therapy within twenty-one day wilderness trips in the Pacific Northwest. (cfreer.com) |
Earth Schools, Inc. Description: Residential programs for young adults to envision and create their own personal rite of passage into adulthood. (earthschool.us) |
Eckerd Youth Alternatives Description: 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. (eckerd.org) |
Educo Adventure School Description: Youth adventure school in the Cariboo, British Columbia, Canada. Develops teamwork and inner strengths while handling external challenges. (educo.ca) |
Englishton Park Description: Camp for children who are experiencing behavioral, emotional or learning difficulties provided by Englishton Park United Presbyterian Ministries, Inc. Lexington, Indiana. (englishtonpark.org) |
Kiatou - Wilderness Therapy Center Description: Provides a six week wilderness therapy program for at-risk teens. Offers a blend of wilderness therapy and emotional growth therapy. (kiatou.ca) |
Lonestar Expeditions Description: Offers a therapeutic intervention alternative to boot camps and military schools for troubled teens and their families. (lonestarexpeditions.com) |
Majestic Outdoor Adventures Description: An independent, non-denominational ministry providing a therapeutic prevention/intervention outdoor program that reaches out to provide Christian morals and values. Missouri. (majesticoutdoors.com) |
Meet the Wilderness Description: Specializing in character building youth adventure education in wilderness areas of Colorado. (meetthewilderness.org) |
Mount Carmel Youth Ranch Description: Offers a non-profit working experience for youth that takes place on the family cattle ranch in Wyoming. (mtcarmelyouthranch.com) |
Mountain Homes Youth Ranch Description: Outdoor therapy for at-risk youth. Licensed in Colorado. A safe, challenging program designed to help children make positive and lasting changes in their lives. (mountainhomesyouthranch.com) |
New Horizons Description: Five to nine week nature-based emotional growth program for young women, aged thirteen through seventeen. Located in Brewer, Maine. (daughtersatrisk.com) |
Project GO Description: Provides experiential education programs for underprivileged and at-risk youth, including whitewater rafting and challenge ropes courses, in northern California and Nevada. (projectgo.org) |
Quest Therapeutic Day Camp Description: 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, four, and five week sessions. (QuestCampHB.com) |
Reality Ranch Description: Paramilitary camp for troubled teens. Arizona. (realityranchcamp.com) |
RedCliff Ascent Description: Wilderness therapy program that offers 30 or 60 day courses. Located in Utah. (redcliffascent.com) |
Ridge Creek Description: 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. (ridgecreek.org) |
Rivertherapy Description: To enhance interpersonal relationships in couples and families by combining professional counseling with enjoyable experiences to promote positive change and lasting memories. Offers fishing, camping, canoeing trips. (rivertherapy.com) |
RMEPS Description: Rocky Mountain Educational Planning Services offers guidance in the selection of private schools and therapeutic programs for teenagers and young adults. (schoolsthatfit.com) |
Rock Solid Character Description: A character education program that promotes moral and ethical character growth through adventure based rock climbing. Targets students, parents, and school officials with a primary focus on students in the 3rd - 8th grade. (teamsynergyinc.com) |
Sagewalk Description: Therapeutic wilderness program that serves as an intense intervention for teens and their families. (sagewalk.com) |
Second Nature Description: Outdoor therapy program for adolescents with behavioral, emotional, and substance abuse issues. Located in Utah. (snwp.com) |
Summit Achievement Description: Outdoor residential treatment center for boys and girls 13 - 17 years of age. (summitachievement.com) |
SunHawk Academy, Inc. Description: Wilderness treatment program for teenagers with behavior problems, defiance, drug and alcohol abuse and depression. (sunhawk.org) |
SUWS Description: Offers an outdoor wilderness program for at-risk youths ages eleven to eighteen. (suws.com) |
SUWS of the Carolinas Description: Wilderness therapy program for adolescents with behavior, learning, or family problems. (suwscarolinas.com) |
TraverseKids Description: 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 program of experiential group therapy. Florida. (traversekids.org) |
Tribune Bay Outdoor Education Centre Description: Non profit organization offers experiential and environmental education programs for youth, including highropes, climbing, ocean kayaking, marine studies. Hornby Island, British Columbia. (hornbyisland.com) |
Trinity Wilderness Trails Description: A Christian based wilderness youth camp for young women. (trinitywildernesstrails.com) |
Walkabout Description: Wilderness treatment for teenagers, from thirteen to seventeen years of age, with emotional, behavioral, or substance abuse issues. (walkabout-treatment.com) |
Wilderness Quest Description: Offers 6-9 week courses that focus on self responsibility. Located in Utah. (wildernessquest.com) |