Why Wilderness?

Struggling School-Age Boys. This published in the September 2008 edition of Newsweek examines some of the challenges our school children face in the modern classroom.

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Assessment of Treatment Outcomes in Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare by Keith C. Russell, Ph.D. This article examines the expected outcomes for youth who participate in a residential wilderness program.

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Frontline: The Medicated Child

Six Million American children are taking psychiatric drugs, but most have never been tested on children.  Is this good medicine- or an uncontrolled experiment? 

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Generation RX

This documentary is both shocking and incendiary. "I think the use of stimulant medication and anti-depressants in children is just so out of control" (Dr. John Abramson, M.D., Author of Overdosed America).

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Blueprint Education | Finding Success out of the Blue

blueprint EDUCATION is a nontraditional, nonprofit private learning institute offering regionally accredited online and distance-learning courses at the middle school and high school level. Students who are failing or are at risk of academic failure can now work to recoup academic credits while participating in our residential wilderness therapy program.

clothing & equipment list

Proper selection of clothing and equipment is an essential wilderness skill. Outdoor Achievement Group, L.L.C. participants will have an opportunity to experience a variety of traditional and high adventure wilderness activities. Often times these activities will take place at in very remote areas where having the right gear makes a huge difference. Each participant is expected to have a full compliment of gear and equipment.

Authorization for Release of Information

Cooperation and collaboration is essential to our comprehensive behavioral health program. The Authorization for Release of Information will allow the sharing of information between the Outdoor Achievement Group, L.L.C. and your child's therapist, physician, and school.