Saturday, January 3, 2015

A Review Of November Parent Choice Programs

By Saleem Rana


Host Lon Woodbury and Cohost Mary Romero of The Woodbury Report radio program --which is hosted show on K4HD.com--invited 3 guests to share the latest news about their therapeutic programs. Ken Huey is the Founder and Senior VP of CALO, Dr. Rick Meeves is the CEO of Aspiro/Outback Therapeutic Expeditions, and Kathy Rex is Founder of BlueFire Wilderness Therapy.

The host of the radio show is Lon Woodbury. He is an Independent Educational Consultant, and he has helped families and struggling adolescents as far back as 1984. Today he is the founder of Struggling Teens, Inc. He is also widely-known for the Woodbury Reports. As an author, he has written a number of books on parenting at-risk teens.

A consumer advocate, an active life coach in her own business called Live-Coaching, and a writer, Mary wears many hats. Her latest book is called, "The Breakdown of an All-American Family." Mary has not only authored a number of books, but she has also written for a large number of websites in the parenting niche.

Top 3 Parent Choice Interviews

The first guest in the interview series on the Top 3 Parent Choice Programs selected by Woodbury Reports was Ken Huey, who is the Founder and Senior VP of Change Academy Lake of the Ozarks (CALO). He spoke about the new renovations at CALO.

Preteens are intense, especially those with reactive attachment disorders. CALO, which previously only worked with teens, has now opened up two new houses, located on five acres of an adjoining property to the school, to hep preteens. Aged from ten to thirteen, these young people require a lot of love and attention, which means a large staff who can give them personal attention. They crave love and care. They need to talk to build up trust and feel connected to the world around them.

The next guest interviewed was Dr. Rick Meeves. He is the new CEO of Aspiro and Outback Therapeutic Expeditions. He came on the radio show to talk about how the two programs work independently of each other.

He explained that both programs did have something in common: they both used the expeditionary model. However, the emphasis placed on each one was slightly different. Aspiro was an adventure program. Outback was a wilderness program, with some "New Age" features.

The founder of BlueFlame Wilderness Therapy, a school in southern Idaho that follows the wilderness recovery model, Kathy Rex was the third and last guest, and she was invited to share on her new school.

Students between the age of 13 to 17 years could choose from a variety of outdoor adventures or wilderness experiences. The program was focused on a single gender group at a time--it was not coed. Students lived in a yurt for three days and learned arts and crafts.




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