Press Releases

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