These Press releases and stories are about adolescent and young adult private programs, summer programs, schools and services that assist struggling and troubled youth throughout the United States and Canada. Updated on a regular weekly basis.
September 1, 2010
NEW COGNITIVE APPLICATION SUBDUES SYMPTOMS OF ADHD
August 31, 2010
AFCC is presenting a two day advanced training program on child custody
One Size Does Not Fit All: Meeting the Residential Treatment Needs of Families
August 23, 2010
EXPLORATIONS ADDS NEW ACADEMIC BASED VALUE TO THEIR OUTDOOR EXPERIENTIAL PROGRAM
Teen Iphone Monitoring Made Easy
August 17, 2010
Arkansas Canoeing & Backpacking - Intercept
August 16, 2010
Keystone Treatment Center Joins Forces with the South Dakota National Guard to Get Teens Off Drugs and Alcohol
Summit Receives Accreditation from COA
August 12, 2010
New Leaf Academy of Oregon Awarded Three-Year CARF Accreditation
August 9, 2010
RADHANATH SWAMI IS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW THIS FALL TO DISCUSS HIS MEMOIR THE JOURNEY HOME: Autobiography of an American Swami
August 8, 2010
Ethical Psychiatric Medication Policy in Clinical Settings
August 5, 2010
New Addition to Bertram's College Advisory Services Team
August 4, 2010
AFCC, in collaboration with the Missouri Chapter of AFCC and the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law, is presenting a two-day advanced training program on child custody
August 3, 2010
BEST-SELLING AUTHOR ANNE RICE DISCUSSES HER DEPARTURE FROM CHRISTIANITY ON LA TALK RADIO
Recreation therapy a key component to overall success at West Ridge Academy
July 30, 2010
SHORT-TERM INPATIENT TRIAGE PROGRAM OFFERED AT CENTER FOR CHANGE
July 14, 2010
Academy at Sisters Students Participate in New Academic Portfolio Presentations
July 13, 2010
Carlbrook School Opens New Residence Hall for Girls
July 9, 2010
LA TALK RADIO: THERE’S AN IPHONE APP FOR THAT!
July 8, 2010
Pasadena Villa Welcomes Patricia Adlerman!
June 25, 2010
Oxbow Academy Welcomes New Therapist
June 23, 2010
Troubled Teen Aftercare Leader Opens Second National Office
June 14, 2010
Certified Coach Training Course
May 18, 2010
Chelsea Dickinson Says Goodbye to Clark Financing
May 12, 2010
Passages to Recovery Outdoor Addiction Treatment Program Achieves Joint Commission Accreditation
May 7, 2010
Academy at Swift River Announces New Executive Director, John Marquis
Emerge College Success Program and Simple Projects
April 27, 2010
Two Psychologists Join Open Sky as Full-Time Clinicians
April 26, 2010
Aspen Education Group's Wilderness Therapy Programs Help Combat Teen Risk-Taking During Summer Vacation
April 21, 2010
Kelly Ryan, LMFT, Returns to Her Aspen Roots
April 20, 2010
Academy at Sisters using Live Video Streaming
April 15, 2010
EAGLE QUEST OF NEVADA WILL OFFER HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS FOR “HERO’S JOURNEY” PROGRAM
Horizon Family Solutions Troubled Teen Help Radio Show Debuts All-New Daytime Program Lineup Featuring Expert Guests; In-Depth Talk, Industry Related Economy and News to be the Focus of New Show Format – “Family Solutions Today”
March 29, 2010
Momentum by Aspiro: The Summer Program Tradition Continues
March 25, 2010
NEXT STEP FOR SUCCESS® Announces the publication of their book “It wasn’t supposed to be this way!”
March 18, 2010
King George School Announces New Fine Arts Faculty
March 17, 2010
Straight From the Horses Mouth Workshop for Working with Youth with Oppositional Defiant and Conduct Disorder
March 11, 2010
Kristi Ragsdale as the new Admissions Director at Solstice RTC
March 9, 2010
8th ANNUAL WILDERNESS THERAPY SYMPOSIUM
March 8, 2010
Thomas Elected to Idaho Association of Marriage and Family Therapy Board
March 6, 2010
Bromley Brook Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls to Raise Money for Haiti Relief
March 4, 2010
OPI is Expanding
March 3, 2010
Justin Robinson, LCSW & Mike Escalante - Within a Seed Foundation - Special Guests on LATAlkRadio.com Monday, March 8th, 12 noon PST
March 2, 2010
NAWA RESCUE proudly presents the ultimate outdoor training experience
Sunset Meditations with Horses
February 2, 2010
Runnymede School in Southwest Missouri now accepting applications for immediate enrollment for boys 9-14 years
January 26, 2010
Newly Integrated Information System Revolutionizes Networking for Troubled Teen Industry
Sheila Tart-Zelvin Joins Memorial Hermann PaRC
January 25, 2010
Benchmark Transitions announces the retirement of Richard Brimhall, Dean of Admissions
Carlbrook School 3 Year Longitudinal Study Combating Substance Abuse
Spruce Mountain Inn Program Participants "Vote With Their Feet"
January 24, 2010
SAGE STAR CENTER LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAM AT CHERRY GULCH
January 20, 2010
Open Sky to Present Lecture on Disordered Eating at NATSAP Annual Conference
January 19, 2010
The Deck House School is pleased to announce that we are becoming a year round school.
Troubled Teen Treatment Becomes More Affordable
January 15, 2010
Dawn Bauer Completes Mentorship with Horizon Family Solutions
January 12, 2010
ANNOUNCING AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO ENHANCE CURRENT TREATMENT TECHNIQUES
News from Elements Wilderness Program
January 6, 2010
Paint Rock Valley Updates
Silverado Academy ~Girls Campus to Hold First Parent Weekend
The Family Foundation School is proud to announce that Mark P. Vogel, Ph.D. has been named Director of Counseling
WINGATE WILDERNESS THERAPY Welcomes John Cohen, LPC and Tracy Schrunk, LCSW
December 21, 2009
Denise Dryden, Director of Admissions at Aspen Institute is moving to Montana!
December 16, 2009
Leading Family Health and Healing Company, Vive Inc., Launches Customer Care Center to Assist Families in Chaos
December 14, 2009
Vardell to Lead Aspen Institute for Behavioral Assessment; Bulloch Promoted to Associate Executive Director
December 9, 2009
New Leaf Academy of Oregon All-Girls Therapeutic Boarding School Welcomes New Admissions Director
December 7, 2009
Leading Autism Organizations Use New Technology to Reach Recently Diagnosed Families
November 30, 2009
Vive, A Nationally Recognized Family Counseling, Parenting Product and Educational Services Company, Announces the Completion of Its Third Round of Funding
November 28, 2009
Immediate opportunity for partnership/acquisition of day & residential/boarding school
November 25, 2009
Horizon Family Solutions Publications Offering Assistance for Parents and Professionals Assisting Troubled Teens
Summit Prep Grads Speak for Red Ribbon Week
November 24, 2009
A Letter from Aspen Education Group’s President Regarding Mount Bachelor Academy
Pacific Quest Has Great News
Vive, A Nationally Recognized Family Counseling Services Company, Evolves As It Offers First Product
November 21, 2009
Help Fulfill Holiday Wishes for Teens At Risk
November 20, 2009
Kevin Knutson, LPC, NCC, Becomes Executive Director of Aspen Ranch
November 19, 2009
Rob Spear passed away on Tuesday November 17,2009 after a long struggle with ALS ( Lou Gehrig's Disease)
November 18, 2009
Upcoming Free and Public Tour at Horse Sense of the Carolinas
November 12, 2009
The New School in the Heights Wins International Award
November 10, 2009
Current statement from Sharon Bitz, Executive Director of Mount Bachelor Academy
NEW PARTNERSHIP BRINGS MORE OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL
November 9, 2009
Certified Coach Training course ~ “Coaching Parents, Struggling Teens and Young Adults”
Jeremy McGeorge ~ Director of Special Needs at Bertram Educational Consultants
November 7, 2009
DORE FRANCES AND DAWN BAUER JOIN FORCES
November 4, 2009
Coral Reef Academy Helps with Distribution on Tsunami Relief Aid
Family Wellness Counselor on the Air
November 3, 2009
Open Sky Wilderness Therapy names Emily Demong, LCSW as Clinical Director
October 29, 2009
Aaron Shaw Joins Clinical Team at Silverado Academy
October 28, 2009
CORAL REEF ACADEMY UPDATE
Mountain Springs returns from successful trip to Washington DC
Open Sky Wilderness Therapy Expands Family Services Team
October 27, 2009
Aspen Education Group’s 5th Annual Professional Development Workshop a Huge Success; Funds Raised to Help Families
SunHawk Adolescent Recovery Center Announces New Name to Reflect Treatment Focus
October 21, 2009
Sunset Bay Academy Proud of Long and Successful History
October 19, 2009
STUDENTS CAN EARN COLLEGE CREDITS FOR FIELD-BASED PROGRAMS
October 17, 2009
Claudia Black, Ph.D. Joins Central Recovery Treatment
October 15, 2009
Ironwood Maine Residents Host Governor John E. Baldacci
October 14, 2009
Open Sky Launches new Web-site
Silverado Academy Celebrates Year Three
October 13, 2009
Service Project on the Gulf Coast
Soltreks is facilitating a trek for women
October 8, 2009
Sober College Films Baby Performing CPR
October 2, 2009
Cramer Creek in Missoula, Montana is now eligible to accept students from other countries
September 30, 2009
CATHERINE FREER NAMESAKE FEATURED IN ROCK AND ICE MAGAZINE
ELK RIVER CAMPUS BUILDS A NEW CHAPEL
September 29, 2009
Academy at Sisters welcomes Dr. Julie Schneider as our new Clinical Psychologist on staff
Aspen Ranch to Present Distinctive Equine Therapy Model at IECA
Logan River Academy Announces a New Girls Program
Prescott College Honors Shannon Knapp of Horse Sense of the Carolinas
September 28, 2009
ECHO MALIBU ADOLESCENT TREATMENT PROGRAM ANNOUNCES NEW LEADERSHIP
September 25, 2009
Horizon Family Solutions Increases Parent Support
September 24, 2009
Open Sky Wilderness Therapy Welcomes Katie Grace MacElveen, PhD to Clinical Team
September 23, 2009
TEEN GAMING ADDICTIONS ON THE RISE IN U.S.
West Ridge Academy Service Expedition to Peru
September 22, 2009
Open Sky presented lecture on “The Importance of Nutrition in Addiction Treatment” at NAADC Annual Conference
September 19, 2009
Boarding School Girls to Compete at Shakespearean Festival
September 15, 2009
A Statement from SageWalk
September 14, 2009
New Roads Treatment Opens New Services
Three Springs Foundation Announces Scholarship Awards
Wisdom Ranch School Receives Highest Accreditation
September 13, 2009
Benchmark Launches Clinical Assessment Center
September 10, 2009
Aspen Education Group Extends Stimulus Package Offer
How To Identify And Avoid Online Parent-Help Scams
September 9, 2009
Melvin Cates Joins Academic Answers of Austin
What's happening at Ventures in Peace
September 7, 2009
A Statement from SageWalk
HealingQuest's Ski Therapy™ Family Integration Program Announces 2009-2010 Therapists
Kristen Luna and Kirk Duncan Receive Doctoral Degrees
Real Help for California's At-Risk Teens
September 5, 2009
Headmaster Emeritus Barclay Mackinnon Honored With New Endowment Fund
September 3, 2009
Shouting At The Sky Updated In Paperback Edition
August 24, 2009
Cedars Academy Closes
Philip Herschman, PhD to Lead Aspen Education Group
August 22, 2009
Mountain Springs returns from successful trip to Yellowstone National Park
August 21, 2009
Three Springs Introduces Substance Abuse Treatment
August 19, 2009
Evelyn Tribole Joins Newport Academy
New Lifestyles is pleased to announce new staff directorships
August 17, 2009
Devereux Glenholme Celebrates Grandparents
Grizzly Youth Academy Part of Successful Drop-Out Program
August 16, 2009
Roy Negrete Establishes "Darren's Shoes" for Nephew
August 13, 2009
SANTIAM CROSSING CELBRATES FIVE YEARS SERVING ADOLESCENTS
August 12, 2009
Brent Bowers Joins Benchmark Transitions
Staff Change at Eagle Summit
August 10, 2009
Trails Carolina Welcomes Jason McKeown
August 6, 2009
Passages to Recovery to Host 2nd Annual Systemic Family Intervention Training
July 27, 2009
Brinkman House Opens
July 23, 2009
Introducing Second Nature 360
NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH ANYTOWN ARIZONA’S LEADERSHIP DIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
July 22, 2009
New Loan Option - Clark Financing
July 15, 2009
Irlen Institute Receives 2009 Best of Long Beach Award
July 10, 2009
Arts in Education at Greenbrier This Month
July 7, 2009
SUWS Welcomes Dan Kemp as Director of Admissions
July 6, 2009
College Excel Staff Announcements
July 5, 2009
Benchmark Transitions Congratulates Class of 2009
July 3, 2009
Day Break Canyon, 1st Green Residential Treatment Center in US
July 2, 2009
Deck House Receives Accreditation from NEASC
June 22, 2009
Open Sky Selected as a Colorado Company to Watch for 2009
June 20, 2009
SUWS of the Carolinas Celebrates 10 Years of Success Treating At-Risk Teens in the Wilderness
June 18, 2009
Gatehouse Academy, Re-Launches Website And Expands Social Media Use To Become Authority On Addiction Recovery, Treatment And Drug Rehab For Young Adults
June 15, 2009
Tracey Sutton to Be Monarch School AdmissionsCoordinator
June 9, 2009
Academic Director Nicole Carter, has returned to Santiam Crossing
Good Will-Hinckley School Temporarily Suspending Residential Programs
Harmony's Family Empowerment Retreat in August
Oakley School Frisbee Team Wins Championship
June 7, 2009
Cherry Gulch wins back to back State Chess Championships
Durango Chamber of Commerce Announces Aaron Fernandes,Founder of Open Sky Wilderness, as Entrepreneur of the Year for 2009
June 5, 2009
Hope High School Gains New Principle and Home
June 4, 2009
Statement by Alpine Academy On Staff Arrest
June 3, 2009
Dr. Norma Clarke Joins Fulshear Ranch Academy
June 2, 2009
PINNACLE SCHOOLS 200TH STUDENT ~ Helping Troubled Teens Find the Path to Success
June 1, 2009
Lee R. Leal Joins Auldern Art Dept. Head
May 21, 2009
Benchmark Transitions Today
May 19, 2009
United States Government Accountability Office Testimony Before the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives (PDF)
May 17, 2009
Cherry Gulch Adds to Facility
May 15, 2009
SANTIAM CROSSING OFFERS ADVENTURE SUMMER SCHOOL
May 13, 2009
Agapé Boarding School Starts Online Auction
Caron Study Finds Teen Online Talk Often About Sex, Drugs & Alcohol
May 12, 2009
Bachman Academy's Summer Camp Options
New Haven Receives Utah's "Best of State" Award Second Year in a Row
Woody Crowell Joins WinGate
May 8, 2009
Kent Sherman is New Managing Partner At Gatehouse Academy
New "Green" Residential Treatment Program Daybreak Canyon Opens
V3 Announces Their New Programs
May 6, 2009
Camp Shane Opens New Youth Weight Loss Camp for Children & Teens in Arizona
Rehab centers a nuisance, residents say
May 5, 2009
COPAA RELEASES REPORT DETAILING 143 INCIDENTS OF AVERSIVE INTERVENTIONS IN SCHOOL PROGRAMS
May 4, 2009
Facility Improvements at Cherry Gulch
May 1, 2009
Four Circles Introduces Adventure Activities
April 29, 2009
Benchmark Transitions: Designates Their Transitional Living Program
April 28, 2009
COPAA Files Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Case Forest Grove School District v. T. A.
The RX LowDown
April 24, 2009
Gregory Vogel Appointed Interim Head of School at Oliverian
Island View Announces Co-Ed Team, Adoption Programming & Clinician Re-alignment
April 20, 2009
NEW PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT OPI
OPI Participants Provide “Christmas in April” For Special Needs Families
April 15, 2009
Oliverian School's Barclay Mackinnon Announces Headmaster Search
April 13, 2009
West Ridge Academy Welcomes Guy Hardcastle
April 10, 2009
College Excel Summer Intensive Starts June 17, 2009
April 9, 2009
Aspiro Celebrates Three Years with Open House
April 7, 2009
CooperRiis To Open 2nd NC Campus in Asheville
Montana Academy and Explorations Create Joint Venture for Girls Summer 2009
Summit Prep Staff Participate in Motivational Enhancement Therapy Training
The Pinnacle Schools Offers Summer Sessions
April 6, 2009
Dr. James Powell Joins Benchmark As New Clinical Director
Monarch Center Introduces New Programs
Soltreks Sibling Work Unique Concerns, Unique Opportunities
April 3, 2009
Copper Canyon Welcomes Paul Ravenscraft as New Admissions Director
Dr. Karen Nelson Joins Coral Reef As New Clinical Director
In Balance Ranch Academy Welcomes Lisa Stark as Parent Liaison
Red Hill Academy announces impending closure
Three Springs Announces Closure of New Dominion School
April 2, 2009
Island View Academics Extend to the Outdoors
April 1, 2009
Agape Boarding School: A School with a Heart In the Heart of Missouri
March 31, 2009
Blueprint Education Celebrates Forty Years of Student Success
March 27, 2009
Troubled Teen Son and His Mother Launch Website for Parents of Troubled Teens
March 26, 2009
Aspen Education Group Returns To Its Roots
Morning Sky School for Sale
March 24, 2009
Jessi Irvin Joins the Aspiro Group of Programs
March 19, 2009
Shannon Knapp of Horse Sense, Shares Expertise at Workshop
March 18, 2009
King George Welcomes Beth Rowley
March 17, 2009
Wilderness Odyssey's Affordable Solution
March 16, 2009
True North Wilderness Program's New Director of Admissions Mike Balotti
March 11, 2009
Coyote Coast Leadership Project Summer Program for Students
Remuda Ranch has recently expanded and now offers four programs
March 9, 2009
Academic Answers Adds Scott Canter
New York Giants Linebacker To Meet with Salt Lake City Troubled Teens
March 6, 2009
Eagle Summit launches website
Echo Malibu Announces Relationship With Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Transitional Program Optimum Performance Institute (OPI) At Fifth Year
March 5, 2009
EAGALA Conference Spotlights Horse Sense Of The Carolinas
Sunrise RTC Announces New Academic Director
Red Hill Academy announces the launch of its new website
March 3, 2009
Auldern Academy Hosts Dance With Stone Mountain School
Carl Baccellieri New Program Manager at Living Well
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Group Offered
March 2, 2009
ATC Aftercare Services
Recovery By Benchmark
Summer Sojourn at Franklin Academy
Vive Provides Highest Quality Service at Affordable Prices
February 27, 2009
Ascent Intervention: Short-term Wilderness Option
Oliverian School Announces 2009 Summer Session
Sharon Laney Back With Three Springs
Summit Preparatory School Gets Approval from SEVP
UHS has made the decision to make a major shift in regards to the Ascent Wilderness program
February 26, 2009
Oxbow Academy Welcomes Erin Smith
Spectrum College Transition Program Announces Their First Summer Program!
February 25, 2009
Silverado Boys Ranch Now Accepts Foreign Students
February 24, 2009
Claudia Peterson and Susie Majeski Join Milestones
Vive Introduces New Parent Coaching Series - Click here to reserve your seat
February 23, 2009
Beverly Ann Cox Replaces Virginia Short At Timber Ridge
Virginia Short Leaves Timber Ridge School for Girls
February 20, 2009
Agape 4th Annual "Walk For the Future"
Cherry Gulch Family Workshop A Huge Success
Grove School Expanding
February 18, 2009
Remuda Ranch Seeks to Increase Awareness of Eating Disorders Among Males During National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (NEDAW), February 22-28, 2009
Shadow Mountain Academy's Women's House Opens
February 16, 2009
Rocky Mountain Region NATSAP Call For Papers
February 13, 2009
Abused children waiting to be rescued by the Canadian Symposium for Parental Alienation Syndrome
February 12, 2009
CALO Announces Reduction in Tuition Cost
Eagle Summit Set To Open Feb 25th
Pa. judges accused of jailing kids for cash
February 11, 2009
Guide Larry and Karen Wells Back With Wilderness Quest
February 10, 2009
Openings at Homelines
Open Sky promotes Danny Frazer to Business Development and Marketing Director
February 9, 2009
ARE YOU A VETERAN? OF THE IRAQ OR VIETNAM WAR? MAY I INTERVIEW YOU?
February 8, 2009
Talisman Programs for Children with Special Needs Launches Webinar Series to Help Parents Keep Kids Safe Online
February 7, 2009
Why Telos Youth Outposts, Inc. is Closing
February 6, 2009
Ascent Offers New Funding Option For Families
COPAA to Present Diane Lipton Advocacy Award to Ellen Chambers At March 2009 COPAA Conference
Family Services at Second Nature
February 5, 2009
Core Health Care offers DVD on Brain Injuries
Eckerd-Blue Ridge Offers 7-Week Summer Program
Telos Opens New Addition To The Public
February 3, 2009
Kathy Donovan and Eilean Mackenzie Join InnerChange And Fulshear Ranch Academy
February 2, 2009
“National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week."
January 30, 2009
Connecticut Junior Republic Announces Plans to Close Residential Program in Litchfield
January 28, 2009
Remuda Ranch Hosts "Hungry for Hope" Conference
January 26, 2009
Clark Educational Loans Alive and Well
January 23, 2009
We have recently made the decision to stop accepting student enrollments at Three Rivers Montana
January 22, 2009
Movie to Be Released Featuring Safe Harbor Boys Home
January 21, 2009
Letter Of Introduction From The Neuro Assessment And Development Center
January 20, 2009
20 Peaks Changes Name to Mountain Meadow Youth Ranch And New Location
January 16, 2009
Aspen Announces Reorganization
Benchmark's Michael Valenzuela Earns CATC
Matrix Model To Enhance Benchmark Young Adult School
January 14, 2009
Exciting Enhancements for SunHawk Academy
January 13, 2009
Arizona Boarding School Offers Flexible Tuition during Economic Hardship
January 7, 2009
SOME SECRETS SHOULD BE SHARED
January 5, 2009
Brownstein Selected As New NATSAP Executive Director
January 2, 2009
Kairos the New Name for Aspiro Young Adult Program