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Aspen Achievement AcademyASPEN ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY

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.




SUWS Wilderness ProgramsSUWS WILDERNESS PROGRAMS

Since 1981, SUWS has assisted struggling teens with behavioral and 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. 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.

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Animal Assisted Therapy   border= Troubled teens nationwide are reaping the psychological and emotional benefits of animal-assisted therapy, namely, the use of horses, cows, dogs, and cats to help treat a variety of physical and psychological problems. Equine therapy programs are now widely used in residential treatment settings, as a component of outpatient therapy, or in gang-intervention programs and a growing body of evidence shows that horses have a lot to offer humans.

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How Can I Send My Child Away?   border= Many parents struggle with the decision of sending their child away to get help. Sometimes you might start to second-guess yourself, feeling guilty or fearful that you're just trying to get rid of the problem temporarily and that your child might hate you for it. Most parents feel that sending their child away to get treatment is an extreme move and usually don't come to make such a decision until after all other alternatives have failed.

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What is Wilderness Therapy?  border= Wilderness therapy is founded on the basic principle that nature serves as the ultimate teacher, unable to be manipulated by defiant teens.

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National Assoc of Therapeutic Wilderness Camps  The primary purpose of NATWC is to support the establishment and continuation of therapeutic wilderness camping organizations; with the attendant responsibility to educate the public as to the existence of such organizations and their success in helping troubled young people change their lives for the better.

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Outdoor Wilderness Therapy Programs from AEG  Outdoor education, also known as wilderness therapy or outdoor therapy, serves as a short-term, high-impact therapeutic alternative to help get troubled teens back on track and develop a sense of personal responsibility. Because of our reputation for quality, safety and longevity, many of Aspen's programs have been highlighted in TV documentaries and written about in the national media. Our therapists and counselors guide teens toward self-reliance and self-respect.

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What are Therapeutic Wilderness Camps?  There are two basic types of wilderness therapeutic camps. These can be described as long term and short term camps. Learn more.

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Wilderness Programs Info  Information and resources related to outdoor education, also known as wilderness therapy, including links to research, outdoor therapy programs, and related topics.

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