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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 ...
The National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP) is a United States trade organization of therapeutic schools, residential treatment programs, wilderness programs, outdoor therapeutic programs, young adult programs, and home-based residential programs for adolescents and young adults with emotional and behavioral difficulties.
A meta-analysis of 26 studies of psychological intervention programs for youth at risk which used a version of the Youth Outcomes Questionnaire found very large positive effect sizes for wilderness-based programs according to observers (g = 1.38), which was larger than the changes according to observers for non-wilderness programs (g = 0.74).
The camp declined to comment on specific children’s experiences. The former Trails Carolina participants who spoke to NBC News ranged in age from 12 to 16 when they attended the program.
Under the tall trees on the banks of the White River in Rocky Ripple, hundreds of children each year are introduced to nature at the White Pines Wilderness Camp.
“The trauma I experienced was preventable,” a former Trails Carolina camper says.
Parents who sign their children up for troubled teen camps will sign over temporary custody to the teen escort company. [27] This transportation is a service offered in the United States and elsewhere, and is a practice that has been criticized on ethical and legal grounds as being akin to kidnapping . [ 28 ]
A former student of a wilderness camp where a boy recently died is suing, alleging staff dismissed her claims of sexual assault and denied her basic necessities.