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Title: | Wilderness Therapy Settings: An Industry in Need of Legal and Regulatory Oversight. |
Authors: | Pollack, Daniel Eisenberg, Khaya Shipp, Katie 0000-0001-7323-6928 |
Keywords: | Wilderness therapy Behavior modification --Adolescents -- Treatment |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
Publisher: | State Bar of Michigan Children's Law Section |
Citation: | Pollack, Daniel ; Eisenberg, Khaya ; Shipp, Karie M. (Fall 2013). Wilderness Therapy Settings: An Industry in Need of Legal and Regulatory Oversight. Michigan Child Welfare Law Journal 16(1): 8-27. |
Abstract: | Wilderness therapy, aimed primarily at adolescents presenting with problem behaviors, includes a range of interventions that incorporate nature and the wilderness as prominent aspects of treatment. In theory, wilderness therapists seek to effect both behavioral and attitudinal changes. Through providing a context of challenging outdoor living and a group setting in an emotionally safe place, wilderness therapy aims to address problem behaviors and to facilitate an emerging sense of healing, well-being, and personal and social responsibility. Wilderness therapy’s action-oriented approach is said to be particularly appropriate for adolescents and is intended to build self-esteem, internal locus of control, interpersonal skills, trust and team building, and a sense of group belonging. |
Description: | Scholarly article |
URI: | http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/60f55267#/60f55267/10 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/4749 |
Appears in Collections: | Wurzweiler School of Social Work: Faculty publications |
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