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.

Basic information and a referral assistance for families seeking outdoor therapeutic experiences.

Offers experiential education programs for young adults. England.

An overview of adventure therapy, with summaries of theory, research, and links to full-text articles.

Offers youth with substance abuse, emotional and behavioral concerns an opportunity to make lasting changes by turning hearts homeward.

Outdoor therapy program for adolescents and troubled teens, ages 13-17 with behavioral problems, substance abuse problems, depression and defiance.

An experiential, 21-day wilderness therapy program of challenging personal and group activities for ages 13-28. Virginia.

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.

Offers intensive residential therapy within twenty-one day wilderness trips in the Pacific Northwest.

Residential programs for young adults to envision and create their own personal rite of passage into adulthood.

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.

Youth adventure school in the Cariboo, British Columbia, Canada. Develops teamwork and inner strengths while handling external challenges.

Camp for children who are experiencing behavioral, emotional or learning difficulties provided by Englishton Park United Presbyterian Ministries, Inc. Lexington, Indiana.

Provides a six week wilderness therapy program for at-risk teens. Offers a blend of wilderness therapy and emotional growth therapy.

Offers a therapeutic intervention alternative to boot camps and military schools for troubled teens and their families.

An independent, non-denominational ministry providing a therapeutic prevention/intervention outdoor program that reaches out to provide Christian morals and values. Missouri.

Specializing in character building youth adventure education in wilderness areas of Colorado.

Offers a non-profit working experience for youth that takes place on the family cattle ranch in Wyoming.

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.

Five to nine week nature-based emotional growth program for young women, aged thirteen through seventeen. Located in Brewer, Maine.

Wilderness treatment for teenagers, from thirteen to seventeen years of age, with emotional, behavioral, or substance abuse issues.

Provides experiential education programs for underprivileged and at-risk youth, including whitewater rafting and challenge ropes courses, in northern California and Nevada.

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.

Paramilitary summer camp for troubled and at-risk boys, ages 11 to 16. Arizona.

Wilderness therapy program that offers 30 or 60 day courses. Located in Utah.

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.

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.

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.

Therapeutic wilderness program that serves as an intense intervention for teens and their families.

Outdoor therapy program for adolescents with behavioral, emotional, and substance abuse issues. Located in Utah.

Outdoor residential treatment center for boys and girls 13 - 17 years of age.

Offers an outdoor wilderness program in Idaho for at-risk youths ages eleven to eighteen.

Wilderness therapy program for adolescents with behavior, learning, or family problems.

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.

Non profit organization offers experiential and environmental education programs for youth, including highropes, climbing, ocean kayaking, marine studies. Hornby Island, British Columbia.

A Christian based wilderness youth camp for young women.

Offers 6-9 week courses that focus on self responsibility. Located in Utah.