• Recommended Competencies for Outdoor Educations

• Understanding and Dealing with Self-Harming and Suicidal Behavior in Wilderness, Boot Camp and Residential Treatment Programs  A presentation of reasonable standards of practice, ethical requirements and program responsibility when admitting children with psychological disorders, on medications or histories of social and academic failure.

• The Use Of Force And Restraint In Wilderness Therapy Treatment Programs. An article that presents standards of practice and rational from other professional settings that have implications regarding the professional, legal, moral and ethical use of force in a wilderness therapy treatment program.

• Wilderness Therapy: Evaluation And Treatment Issues That Are Overlooked. An outline and discussion of potential problem areas in wilderness therapy programs that require evaluation, monitoring and follow-up by program staff, referring professionals and parents.

• Decompensation And Failure To Thrive In A Wilderness Therapy Program. A definition of decompensation, failure to thrive and failure to benefit from a wilderness therapy program. Provides an overview of factors that must be evaluated in order to reduce the risk of decompensation and psychological trauma.

• Bulimia And Anorexia In A Wilderness Therapy And Intervention Program: Health And Intervention. A clinical paper that describes how eating disorders may be discovered and could be treated or managed in a wilderness therapy program.  Safety issues including medical and mental health emergencies are discussed. 

• Borderline Personality Traits In A Wilderness Intervention Program: A Questionable Venture. A clinical paper on one of the most difficult behavioral tendencies and personality characteristics to manage or treat in a wilderness therapy program. Warnings and safety issues including the possibility of early discharge from wilderness programs are discussed.

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