Wilderness therapy is safer than it has ever been and research consistently reinforces evidence of its efficacy and safety. If you are a young adult looking for treatment, read this blog, learn useful concepts to investigate, and challenge admissions and marketing professionals for details. […]
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Transgender youth report significanlty increased rates of depression, suicidality, and vicitimization compared to their cisgender peers (Trevor Project). So treatment programs that enroll trans clients must also serve these clients, from enrollment and milieu, until and past completion. […]
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When a child is in need of residential treatment, families can be desperate to find help financially to cover the enormous cost… Often, they find the world of insurance coverage and reimbursement can be incredibly confusing, frustrating, and sometimes down right demoralizing. […]
Video game addiction is defined by the International Classification of Diseases as “a pattern of gaming behavior … characterized by impaired control over gaming, increasing priority given to gaming… and continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences.” […]
As more college-aged students go into treatment programs, it’s becoming harder as a Therapeutic Consultant (aka Educational Consultant) to ensure treatment/recovery programs are what they say they are: how do we ensure that we’re recommending programs that are ethical and focused on the client? […]
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Parents of struggling students often wonder what effect labeling their child with an identified diagnosis or learning disability has, especially within the context of school. Exploring the pathways toward diagnosis, and the potential benefits and results, is a liberating step forward. […]
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Many treatment programs that advertise on AKoT have Joint Commission, CARF or AEE accreditation, above what the state regulates. As a parent or young adult searching for treatment options, understanding accreditation can be a significant piece of the puzzle in finding the *right* treatment. […]
Each generation of teenagers is faced with unique challenges and difficulties specific to their peer group and time in history. What seems to be a universal experience and major roadblock to all generations is navigating the seemingly never-ending pool of “things” that their parents are afraid of. […]
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We all learn differently. Thanks to Howard Gardner’s book Frames of Mind: the Theory of Multiple Intelligences (1983), colleges know this too. Every student, whatever may be their strengths or weaknesses, has an equal opportunity to succeed in college. There are many colleges that provide an environment for students who may have various learning differences. […]
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Researchers are looking at the visible and invisible marks not only on the survivors, but also on their children. Instead of numbers tattooed on their forearms, however, the children are marked epigenetically… a kind of biological memory of what the parents experienced. […]