Health and Education

When you held your tiny infant in your arms, you wished all the best for their future: success, friendship, health, and joy. But eventually independence, rebellion, stressful life situations, behavioral issues, or emotional stressors set in. And here you are now, overcome with emotions centered around your struggling teen. How can I help my son with his depression and anxiety? What can I do to get my daughter to speak to me? I don’t understand why my teen behaves/reacts this way. How did I not see this coming? Where did I go wrong? What now? We are here to help. Our team at   Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness   helps your child overcome their obstacles while participating in our intentional, safe, and life-changing program. We can offer both your troubled teen and your family a pathway for hope, change, and healing. But right now we’re just going to provide you, an overwhelmed parent of a struggling teen, with some wisdom for the moment. The 5 Non-Negoti...

Therefore all staff members participate in a minimum of 80 hours of initial staff training until the Executive and Field Directors believe they are proficient in the following skills: Instruction in safety procedures and proper equipment usage (fuel, fire, life protection) Instruction in emergency procedures like medical, evacuation, weather, or fire Basic first-aid Navigation skills (map and compass use for navigation) Local environmental precautions (terrain, weather, insects, poisonous plants) Planned response to adverse situations or emergency evacuations Counseling, teaching, supervisory skills, leadership, leadership, communication, relational skills, and wilderness hard skills Managing, preparing, and conserving water, food, and shelter Low impact wilderness expedition and environmental conservation skills Group management (containment, control, safety, conflict resolution, and behavior management) Sanitation procedures; water, waste, food, etc. Report writing, inc...