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Aspen Education Group

Wilderness Programs as a Catalyst for Positive Change

Location:

Utah, New York, Texas, Idaho, and North Carolina

Ages:

11-26

Gender:

coed

Season:

summer and year round programs

 

 

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Experience Summers that Change Lives

Aspen Education Group has summer wilderness programs for ages 11-26. Whether hiking the high desert of Utah, white water rafting on a river, or repeling the mountains of the Carolinas, teens are profoundly transformed by the challenges of outdoor wilderness programs. If your teen is struggling to find his or her place in the world, make this the summer they find themselves.

Adirondack Leadership Expeditions - Saranac Lake, NY - Co-educational - Ages 14-17
Adirondack Leadership Expeditions is a character development program that promotes personal growth through a focus on insight-oriented experiences. The forested, mountain setting removes urban distractions and simplifies options to help students gain insight into their core values and accept responsibility for their choices. Our program's nurturing approach helps participants address personal issues, achieve success in a safe environment, and develop their leadership potential.


Aspen Achievement Academy - Loa, Utah - Co-educational - Ages 13-17
Aspen Achievement Academy is a fully-accredited, professionally supervised outdoor therapy program for adolescents, ages 13-17. Aspen specializes in working with adolescents who exhibit behavioral or emotional problems, low self-esteem, poor grades, depression, defiance toward authority, and other self-defeating behaviors. Named one of the nation's most reputable programs by U.S. News & World Report.


Lone Star Expeditions - Groveton, TX - Co-educational - Ages 13-17
Lone Star Expeditions is the alternative to boot camp environments, licensed to offer students outdoor experiential therapy under the care of doctorate and master’s level licensed therapists. Lone Star Expeditions is a therapeutic program designed by clinicians to provide a focus on assessment, intervention, and aftercare. In a traditional camp setting free of modern distractions, students have the opportunity to simplify choices, gain insight into their values, and learn to accept responsibility for their decisions. As they progress through the program's level system, students experience success and develop healthy self-esteem. Program emphasis on keeping parents connected to facilitate overall family growth.

Passages to Recovery - Loa, Utah - Co-educational - Ages 18 & over
Passages to Recovery is a 35-50 day intensive outdoor drug and alcohol rehabilitation program for, ages 18 and over, operating in the beautiful high desert region of Southern Utah. The program offers a unique, innovative approach to substance abuse treatment, integrating a 12-step treatment with wilderness journeying and rites of passage. In addition, Passages to Recovery offers primitive living skills, general physical fitness, a strong yet diverse spiritual component, family participation and aftercare planning. Passages to Recovery's staff includes experienced wilderness therapy guides, licensed therapists, and chemical dependency recovery professionals.

SUWS Youth & Adolescent - Gooding, Idaho - Co-educational - Ages 11-17
SUWS Adolescent and Youth Programs specialize in helping struggling teens with behavioral and emotional problems. Operating in southern Idaho since 1981, SUWS has assisted young people with identifying and working through internal conflicts 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. SUWS provides families with a safe and immediate intervention by utilizing its search and rescue metaphor, individualized treatment plans, and flexible length of stay. 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. Our Youth Program addresses the distinctive needs of younger children, ages 11-13.

SUWS of the Carolinas - Old Fort, NC - Co-educational - Ages 14-18
Employing the successful therapeutic process of it's West Coast sister program, SUWS of the Carolinas incorporates the Search and Rescue metaphor in the serene beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains. SUWS of the Carolinas has a flexible length-of-stay, typically between 4 and 7 weeks, with extended care options. SUWS of the Carolinas offers an expanded curriculum designed to address the needs of those families seeking solace for their struggling child, ages 14-18. Distinguished by its three-day parent program component, a clinical PhD on-staff, and licensed counselors, SUWS of the Carolinas offers hope.

Outback Therapeutic Expeditions - Lehi, Utah - Coeducational - Ages 13-17
Outback Therapeutic Expeditions wilderness therapy program for youth ages 13-17 blends the best of the "ancient cultural systems" with the most effective and proven therapeutic processes. Many of our students have been experiencing family conflict, been involved in negative peer groups, were isolating themselves, or were focusing excessive time on computers. Some have been struggling academically, have low self-esteem, may be abusive toward their parents and siblings, or may be experimenting with drugs and alcohol. Others are bright but underachieving. Your child will experience the highest standards of safety and therapy in the context of one of the most powerful settings for real change - the wilderness. Students can earn academic credit while in the program.

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Testimonials

“Wow! You Aspen folks certainly know how to deliver a solid program in both a meaningful and fun-filled way.”
-About Adirondack Leadership

I think I have changed how I used to take my mom, home and friends for granted. Like I always expect them to be there and I used to always expect to get things, now I know I need to earn them.
-About Aspen Achievement Academy

Overall I was really impressed with the concern and care of the counselors for the children. I think the kids really felt this and it made a big difference.
-About Aspen Achievement Academy

Enrolling my son in Outback was one of the best decisions we made. Outback gave him the time to settle down and the basics to move forward with a positive and committed attitude.
-About Outback Therapeutic Expeditions