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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 ...
Aspen Achievement Academy has been a subject of several media reports and works of popular culture: The 1999 book Shouting at the Sky: Troubled Teens and the Promise of the Wild by Gary Ferguson, ISBN 0-312-20008-0 recounts the author's experiences and observations during several months he spent in the wilderness with teens at Aspen Achievement Academy.
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).
A 12-year-old boy who was enrolled in a wilderness therapy program for troubled youths in North Carolina died in February from an inability to breathe in the mostly plastic tentlike structure he ...
The boy, who had been at Trails Carolina for less than 24 hours, died of asphyxiation in the one-person tent where he was required to sleep, an autopsy found.
A "character-development wilderness program for troubled teens". [9] An average stay of 45 days, using a dense forest environment for the hikes. [11] Closed in September 2013. [12] Aspen Institute for Behavioral Assessment Syracuse, Utah: Conducted assessments needed to develop intervention and treatment plans for troubled adolescents. [10]
The most high-profile advocate of the troubled teen industry right now is Paris Hilton, who discussed enduring emotional and physical abuse at a Utah boarding institution in a 2020 documentary and ...