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Outward Bound USA (OBUSA) is a non-profit organization providing experiential education in the United States through a network of regional schools, especially in wilderness settings. Outward Bound counts among its desired outcomes the development of self-awareness, self-confidence, leadership skills, environmental and social responsibility.
Outward Bound International was founded as a non-profit organisation in 2004 to license the use of the brand name "Outward Bound" and to provide support for the international network of schools. [19] Today there are organisations, called schools, in more than 35 countries with 250 wilderness and urban locations around the world which are ...
The largest empirical study of the effects of outdoor education programs (mostly Outward Bound programs) found small-moderate short-term positive impacts on a diverse range of generic life skills, with the strongest outcomes for longer, expedition-based programs with motivated young adults, and partial long-term retention of these gains. [27]
Courses were offered to adults dealing with substance abuse, mental illness, surviving a sexual assault, and others. In 1980, Stephen Bacon wrote the seminal adventure therapy The Conscious Use of Metaphor in Outward Bound, which linked the work of Milton Erickson and Carl Jung to the Outward Bound process. [14] [clarification needed]
Natalie Beck and Jennifer Wong in their 2020 paper "A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Wilderness Therapy on Delinquent Behaviors Among Youth" offer three models of wilderness therapy: an expedition model, generally lasting for less than 8 weeks; a base camp model, where clients stay at a central location but engage in "short wilderness excursions"; and a long-term model, where clients engage ...
Breece, Nicholas, and Ericson formed the nucleus of the early board of trustees. Petzoldt was also an early Outward Bound Chief Instructor, and he wanted to establish a school which promoted concentrating on refining outdoor leadership skills. [6] The first facility opened in 1965 in Lander, Wyoming at Sinks Canyon.
Dynamy strives to challenge, support, and empower young adults from 17-22 to find their mission in life during a gap year.The group provides programs of internship and mentoring that help participants gain confidence, leadership skills and a sense of responsibility to their fellow man.
Expeditionary Learning Schools Outward Bound Archived 2014-09-15 at the Wayback Machine; Herszenhorn, David M., March 20, 2006. "A New York School That Teaches Teamwork by Camping". The New York Times. The Kauffman Foundation; Kearns, David T, "Toward a New Generation of American Schools". The Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 74, No. 10 (Jun., 1993), pp ...