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LAURIE
CUDDY LEAVES KILDONAN, OFFERS SERVICES
(February 20, 2003) Laurie
Cuddy, Ashland, Oregon, 541-488-3088, has recently moved to
Oregon after working with dyslexic students at the Kildonan School for
the past fifteen years. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Orton-Gillingham
Practitioners and Educators (AOGPE), the highest level of the Academy,
and is certified to train teachers in the Orton-Gillingham Approach.
She is committed to educating students with learning differences and
is available as a tutor, teacher trainer, and workshop presenter.
COLORADO BOYS RANCH GETS
RESULTS
(Spring 2003) Colorado
Boys Ranch, La Junta, Colorado, 800-790-4993, is the final “in-state
treatment option for severely troubled youth from the Colorado social
service system who have exhausted all other available resources.” In
order to be placed at CBR, they must be rejected for admission from
at least three residential treatment centers and receive approval from
juvenile court judges and the Colorado Department of Human Services.
Recently, results from a seven-year follow-up of the CBR program shows
an 85% success rate, that is, after completion of CBR’s treatment program,
for approximately the next two years a boy lives at home in a stable
relationship with family or foster care, or lives on his own while
attending school or holding adown a job. The study, conducted by CBR
in collaboration with Colorado Department of Social Services,
was cross referenced with a state database known as CWEST, and
was further verified by information obtained from the adult Department
of Corrections (DOC).
SOAR CELEBRATES ITS 25TH
YEAR
(Spring 2003) Success
Oriented Achievement Realized, Balsam, North Carolina, 828,456-3435,
is celebrating the close of its 25th year. In addition to welcoming John
Ward Willson VI, born to Big John and Dorothie, and Jeremiah
Baer Bressler, born to Jon and Jessica, they are
also adding a second course, the Spring Semester on the Southeast
Coast and Caribbean. Their publication, the Eagle View
Newsletter, Vol XV, summarized a Frostig Center research
article summarizing a 25-year longitudinal study, that identified six
core success attributes for youth with learning disabilities. “They
include: self-awareness, proactivity, perseverance, goal setting, presence
and use of effective support systems, and emotional stability.”
ACADEMY AT SISTERS WELCOMES
NEW STAFF, ADDS GROUPS
(March 2003) The
Academy at Sisters, Bend, Oregon, 541-389-2748, in Vol. 1, Issue
1 of their newsletter, announced they are now in their 8th year of
operation, and have added new staff including: Rick Buening M.A.T.,
Academic Director, Kristan Joseph, M.A.T., Teacher, Christina
Rudy, M.S., Math Tutor, Caroline Stratton, M.S., Specialty
Group Facilitator, and Fred Saporito, Ph.D., Assessment & diagnosis
and Group Therapy. They have also added two new emotional growth groups:
Adoption, and Self-Discovery, and have become accredited by the Northwest
Association of School and Colleges and Universities (NWASCU) and
licensed by the Oregon Department of Education as a Private
Alternative Program.
JEFF SIMPSON LEAVES ALPINE
ACADEMY
(March 2003) Robert
Simpson, recently informed us that “Jeff Simpson has
recently left Alpine Academy, Salt Lake City, Utah, 800-244-1113,
to develop his own program. Jeff has over 23 years experience in residential
treatment programs, the last 15 of which he has spent developing both
child welfare and private pay programs for large organizations in Montana and
Utah. Jeff has decided to leave the "corporate" world to
develop a residential treatment program that is therapeutically intensive,
yet more affordable for children and their families. Jeff hopes to
be opening the first facility very soon and will keep us posted on
his progress.”
BRIDGES ACADEMY IMPLEMENTS
PLATO EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE
(March 2003) Sara
Engum, Admissions/Marketing
Director, Bridges
Academy, Bend Oregon, 888-283-7362, announced they are implementing
a new educational tool, PLATO educational software. This well
designed foundation curriculum is available without internet connection
and will allow their teachers more time to develop and create additional
learning opportunities for individual students. “Bridges Academy is
pleased to offer PLATO” as part of their self-paced academic program.
GOW SCHOOL OFFERS SUMMER
PROGRAM
(March 2003) Gow
School, South Wales, New York, 716-655-2900, summer@gow.org,
“the nation’s oldest college preparatory school for young people with
language based learning differences,” has offered it’s summer program
since 1990. Designed for co-eds ages 8-16, the summer program “provides
not only remediation and enrichment, but also allows for a fun, engaging
summer full of new experiences, opportunities, and friendships.” Boys
and girls 15 – 16 years of age may also participate in their Counselor
in Training Program (CIT) to develop leadership skills, hands on
experience, useful life skills and community services. The Gow School
also offers a two week Teacher Training Institute, July1-25,
and July 15-26, that educates teachers to remediate students with language
based learning difficulties, using a multi-sensory, phonetic approach
called the Orton-Gow method of reading instruction.
MARK LEONARD, NEW CONSULTANT
LIAISON FOR ACADEMY AT CEDAR MOUNTAIN
(March 18, 2003) Mark
Leonard, Consultant Liaison, Academy
at Cedar Mountain, Cedar City, Utah, 800-748-5368, has recently
been appointed to his current position. As part of his new role, he
has circulated, in response to consultants’ questions, a profile of
potential enrollees. Described as a “voluntary, safe, supportive, and
structured co-ed boarding school for 9th – 12th grade students,” Cedar
Mountain cannot work with students who need long term psychological
therapy, are older than 17, have serious addiction issues, are violent,
destructive, self-mutilators, are adjudicated, or are a flight risk.
HIGH FRONTIER HOSTS COMMUNITY
ART EXHIBITION
(March 18, 2003) Barry
Blevins, Executive Director, High
Frontier, Fort Davis, Texas, 915-364-2241, informed us in November
of 2002, that High Frontier hosted a community exhibition to showcase
the “extraordinary art work produced” by their young artists and residents.
Their art program blends therapy, education, and creative expression.
“Paint, brushes and canvas, provided with technical guidance and tutelage,
give students an outlet for self-expression and a vehicle to explore
the subconscious.”
NORMAN PHELPS, JR., NEW
ACTING HEADMASTER OF PHELPS SCHOOL
(March 18, 2003) James
Spiro, Director of Admissions, The
Phelps School, Malvern, PA, 610-644-1754, informed us that Normal
T. Phelps, Jr. will be serving as Acting Headmaster of the Phelps
School as of June 16, 2003. Norm has worked with the school for 25
years, and has been around it all his life, since his dad founded the
Phelps School in 1946. Bob Ahrens, the current Dean of Students
will assume the position of Assistant Headmaster for Student Affairs. Dan
Knopp, the current academic Dean, will be Assistant Headmaster
for Academics. A Dean of Students will be appointed in the near future.
BECKY SCHOFIELD, LCSW
TAKES THE HELM AT ALPINE ACADEMY
(March 25, 2003) Becky
Schofield, LCSW, Clinical Director, Alpine
Academy, Salt Lake City, Utah, 800-244-1113, writes of staff
changes at Alpine. Jeff Simpson, at the helm of Alpine Academy
since its inception,” has stepped down from the director’s position,
moving on to new adventures, and Becky Schofield has been asked
to fill the vacancy. They are about one month away from moving into
their second phase, Alpine Ranch, which “will provide expanded
and exciting opportunities for struggling girls and their families.”
BREHM PREPARATORY SCHOOL
CELEBRATES ITS 20TH YEAR
(March 22, 2003) Brehm
Preparatory School, Carbondale, Illinois, 618-457-0371, is
celebrating that for the past twenty years, they have “served students
with learning disabilities from all over the country and the world.”
They will have an alumni reception on April 25, and on Saturday, April
26, they will celebrate “carnival” style, with a semi-formal event,
by invitation only, which requires reservations. Contact.
DYNAMY FIVE-WEEK SUMMER
PROGRAM
(March 31, 2003) Dynamy,
a not-for-profit educational organization located in Worcester,
Mass, 508-755-2571, with a mission "to challenge, support,
and empower people of all ages to discover their purpose and to practice
their values," announced launching a five-week program starting
in July, for high school seniors and recent graduates "eager to
push their limits and learn more about themselves and the world." This
mini-version of Dynamy's Internship Year starts with a one week wilderness
experience in the woods of Maine, followed by four weeks exploring "career
interests and real life survival skills" back in Worcester.
DAVE MARCUS’ ARTICLES
ON WOODBURY REPORTS’ WEBSITE
(April 4, 2003) Pulitzer
Prize winning author, Dave
Marcus, will soon release a book about adolescence, that stemmed
in part, from his experiences following a peer group of students from
enrollment until graduation at Academy at Swift River. A number
of his previously published articles discuss the challenges of being
an adolescent in today’s culture, including, “Her
Parents Look at Her As a Problem”, which describes some
of his experiences at ASR. The article, was reprinted with permission
from “Knowledge Quest”, Volume 30, Number 5, May/June 2002,
pages 19–21, copyright © 2002 by the American Library Association. Another
of his interviews "They
Fell Through a Hole" appears in Adviser Update,
Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, Inc., Princeton NJ, 609-520-5929, 609-520-5804
(fax). Other articles by Dave Marcus can be found on his WEBSITE,
including: `Therapeutic'
boarding schools are on the rise; Cummington, Mass.,
David L. Marcus, U.S. News, and, Who
would kill two popular professors?; Hanover, NH,
David L. Marcus.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
THE FUTURE EXPECTATIONS TODAY PROGRAM?
(April 7, 2003)
We’ve been receiving questions about Terry
Staab’s, Future
Expectations Today program in Baja, California, 800-448-0343,
and would be interested in speaking with anyone who’s has had any direct
experience with them. Give us a call at Woodbury Reports, 208-267-5550.
REDCLIFF ASCENT ACQUIRES
DISCOVERY ACADEMY
(April 9, 2003)
The owners of Redcliff Ascent, in partnership with Steve
Nadauld 800-898-1244 or 801-368-1338 and Brent Hall, have
acquired Discovery Academy in Provo Utah. (Story
in Breaking News.) Steve Nadauld will continue his role at RedCliff
but will also participate in business development with Discovery Academy.
Brent Hall, a licensed marriage and family therapist, has been with
Discovery Academy for the last three years, and now will become their
Executive Director. This purchase coincides with the retirement of
Dr. Eugene and Carol Thorne from their many years of
service as owners and directors of Discovery Academy.
COLLEGES ATTENDED BY
JOHN DEWEY ACADEMY GRADUATES
(April 9, 2003) Tom
Bratter, The John Dewey Academy, Great Barrington, MA, 413-528-9800,
reports that since their first class graduated in 1987, 100% of John
Dewey Academy graduates attend college, with more than 70 % graduating
from college and only two discontinuing their education during the
new millennium. At least 25% have attended graduate school. 75% of
the students in the class of 2002 have distinguished themselves academically
during their first term at college. At Columbia University,
one who achieved a 3.9 grade point average, may become the first Dewey
graduate to win a Rhodes Scholarship. Other Dewey graduates
have received the following GPAs at their respective colleges: Bennington (2.5), Carleton
College (3.7& 3.8), Coe College (3.2) then transferred
to St. John’s College, Manhattanville (3.8), NYU (2.9), School
of Visual & Performing Arts, the University of Chicago (3.6).
One third of the class of 2003 was admitted early decision by Grinnell,
Skidmore, and Trinity Colleges, which would have been higher,
but Bratter notified offices of admissions that fifty percent of the
class of 2003 received at least one “C” at midterm, so several were
deferred. There is no grade inflation at The John Dewey Academy. The
other seniors will attend Babson College, Clark University; Eckerd,
Mount Holyoke, Oberlin, & Sarah Lawrence Colleges, Syracuse University, and the
University of Toronto.
ACHIEVEMENT VALLEY RANCH
PLANS TRIP OUT WEST
(April 11, 2003) Eric and Martha
Larson, Achievement Valley Ranch, Westmoreland, Tennessee, 615-644-4956,
announced they are planning a major trip to the mountains and deserts
of the Southwestern United States, visiting the Four Corners area
in New Mexico and the high mountain deserts of the Grand
Staircase Escalante National Monument in Southern Utah.
Planned for May 29th through June 13th, they intend to spend their
days hiking, exploring, camping and “generally being involved in the
spiritual awakening that comes from being out in the peacefulness of
God’s majesty.” The Larsons' have spent many years taking kids on hikes
to the high deserts of the southwest, watching unique changes happen,
pointing out Moses found his peace in the desert as well.
NEW OUTDOOR EDUCATION
CENTER OPENS IN THE NORTHEAST
(April 14, 2003) Julia
Andrick, Communications and Marketing, The Brown
Schools 208-265-0607, Ext. 130, announced the Phoenix Outdoor
Education Center, a new program, developed in conjunction with
and administered by King George School in northeastern Vermont,
will open to serve students on May 12. This unique new 30-day education
center, the first of its kind in the northeast region, is designed
to help girls and boys ages 12 to 15 and their families successfully
navigate adolescence. The culmination of two years of planning, Phoenix
will provide young adolescents opportunities for self-learning and
confidence building through personally challenging nature-based activities.
Students will receive individual academic and clinical assessment and
support. The curriculum will allow students to receive course credit
in four subject areas and contains a comprehensive family curriculum
and workshop. Likely candidates for the Westmore, VT, education
center include young people who are underachieving, depressed, anxious,
distant, overly sensitive, having difficulty adjusting and fitting
in with peers, and/or experimenting with drugs or alcohol.
BROWN SCHOOLS CEO BECOMES
STAFF DIRECTOR FOR U.S. SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
(April 14, 2003) The
Brown Schools, announced their President and CEO, Marguerite
Sallee, has “accepted appointment as Staff Director for the United
States Senate’s Sub-Committee on Children and Families, a role
in which she will have the opportunity to influence national policy
related to our industry. She will work closely with the sub-committee’s
chair, Sen. Lamar Alexander, under whom she served as Tennessee’s
Commissioner of Human Services, as well as with Senate Majority Leader Bill
Frist of Tennessee. Marguerite looks forward to staying in touch.”
The board is honored to have Marguerite named to such an important
national position. Now divested of its residential treatment centers
and having paid off its senior bank debt, they are now “in a unique
position” to find the right person to lead the company with its new
exclusive focus on education. Having identified some promising candidates,
they hope to announce a new CEO in the near future. Bob Naples,
the company’s chief financial officer, has agreed to serve as acting
CEO on an interim basis.
MONARCH SCHOOL FIRST GRADUATES
(April 15, 2003) Monarch
School, Heron, Montana, 877-955-2232, announced they will formally graduate
their first four graduates in the history of the school on Saturday, June 14th,
2003.
WILDERNESS QUEST PROVIDES
TRAINING
(April 16, 2003)
The Treatment Team at Wilderness
Quest, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 208-522-7171, consisting of: Kim
Mlinarik, M.S.Ed, LPC, LSAC, Clinical Director, Ramon Palacios,
Jr., LSAC, Adult Program Director, Anngela Ritter, CADC
Admission Director and Larry Wells, LSAC, CAC, Program Director,
has been selected to present a workshop on “12 Step Strategies and
Techniques in Wilderness Programing” at the Texas Association
of Addiction Professionals, Fort Worth, Texas. Also, Larry, a certified
Instructor for CPI’s Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Program (NVCIP),
recently certified and re-certified Wilderness Quest employees in NVCIP.
Ramon Palacios, an American Red Cross CPR and First Aid Instructor
and Wilderness First Responder also re-certified Wilderness Quest employees
in CPR and First Aid. In another development, they recently created
a new policy and procedure for heat disease prevention, replacing their
old policy, based solely on air temperature, with the WBGT Heat
Index, which regulates hiking time & distance vs. rest, hydration
and shade quantity. Physical conditioning and heat acclimation levels
will also be factored into the hike/rest cycle. Also, Karen Wells,
M.S. RST has recently moved from being their Adolescent Therapist to
becoming their Office Manager so she will have more time at home to
raise her grandchild. She wants to thank all the Educational Consultants,
Counselors, schools and others for the opportunity to work with them
in the therapist position.
DIANA BOYER IS NEW ADMISSIONS
DIRECTOR AT AULDERN ACADEMY
(April 16, 2003) Diana Boyer, Director of admission for CEDU
Middle School, (800) 884-2338, is joining Auldern
Academy, Pittsboro, North Carolina (770) 432-7460 as
their new Director of Admissions starting in May of this year. She
is excited to grow with the school as they expand their transitional
program for girls in grades nine through twelve.
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