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November SEEN N’
HEARD
(Contributed by Lon Woodbury & Loi
Eberle)
[Items of interest from
around the Emotional Growth/
Therapeutic Boarding schools and programs network.]
SIERRA TUCSON OPENS MOOD AND ANXIETY DISORDERS
PROGRAM
(September 12, 2003) James Griffis, Executive Director, 520-624-4000, Sierra
Tucson, Tucson, Arizona, 800-842-4487, www.sierratucson.com, announces on September
1, 2003 they opened their new Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, a new comprehensive
and specialized program, “truly the first of its kind.” Also, Colleen Carr has
been promoted Intake Director, taking over for Gayle Richter, who has been promoted
to Director of Corporate Risk Management and New Program Development for the
parent company, NextHealth.
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LOVE NEWS: WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NAWA’S JASON HULL MARRIES ANNE CASSANO
(September 26, 2003) NAWA, 800-358-6292, www.nawa-academy.com,
celebrates the marriage of Serena Anne Cassano and Jason Thomas Hull, on October
18, 2003.
We wish them every happiness! Jason is NAWA’s Admissions Director.
SUWS/NO. CAROLINA CONGRATULATES Leah and Hansel Halverson
(October, 2003) SUWS of the Carolinas, Old Fort, North
Carolina, 888-828-9770, www.suwscarolinas.com,
announces the wedding of Leah and Hansel Halverson. Leah is one of the therapists
at SUWS/NC. We all send our congratulations.
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BOYD NEW ADMISSIONS AT LOGAN RIVER ACADEMY
(October 6, 2003) Larry Carter, Executive Director of Logan
River Academy, Logan, Utah, 435-755-8400, www.loganriver.com,
announced Ms. Andrea Boyd is their new Admission Coordinator
effective immediately, replacing Clint Dorny.
ADOPTIVE TRACK AT INTERMOUNTAIN HOSPITAL
(Oct. 7, 2003) Denise Minogue, Business Development Director
for Intermountain Hospital, Boise, Idaho, 800-321-5984,
www.intermountainhospital.com, announced the hospital has
established a comprehensive Adoptive Track as an integral
part of their overall treatment program. The Adoptive Track
is coordinated by Senior Program Therapist Rich Michaelson.
SOLTREKS DOING THE SNOWBIRD THING THIS WINTER
(October 9, 2003) Lorri Hanna and Doug Sabo, co-founders
and managers of Soltreks, two Harbors, Minnesota, 218-834-4607,
www.soltreks.com, soltreks@cpinternet.com, announced they
will have one-on-one expeditions in New Mexico for teens
and young adults starting in January.
F. L. CHAMBERLAIN EX. DIR. TO NAPSEC BOARD
(October 10, 2003) Lawrence Mutty, admissions for F.L. Chamberlain
School, Middleboro, Massachusetts, 508-947-7825 x3142,
www.chamberlainschool.org,
admissions@chamberlainschool.org, a residential treatment
school, announced their Executive Director Bill Doherty
was elected to the Board of Directors
of the National Association of Special Education Centers
(NAPSEC), a Washington, D.C. based advocacy group monitoring
special needs legislation. He also announced the opening
on May 12 of a new dorm for 12 students.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTRY
SCHOOL INVITES PUBLIC FOR TOUR
(October 16, 2003) The newsletter for The Hampshire Country School, Rindge, New
Hampshire, 603-899-3325, www.hampshirecountryschool.com, reports: “many students
joined a public crowd (remember, we are a small school, and the word “crowd”
is relative) for a tour of our stone walls and foundations. We hope that this
widening interest will lead to permanent protection of our property so that Hampshire
Country School will always remain both a small, personable school community and
also a significant nature and history preserve.”
CARL OLDING VISITS  WOODBURY
REPORTS
(October 17, 2003) Carl Olding, Executive Director, Elk Mountain
Academy, Clark Fork, Idaho, 800-355-3823, www.elkmountainacademy.org,
visited Woodbury Reports, bringing graduating student,
Tim Ohlrogge, to speak with Loi Eberle, M.A., about his
next move to a more traditional college-prep boarding school.
SPRING RIDGE ACADEMY
AWARDED NCA ACCREDITATION
(October 21, 2003) - Joseph Gubbins, Principal, Spring Ridge
Academy Spring Valley, AZ, 928-632-4602, a girls’ emotional
growth boarding school, announced they were granted continuing
accreditation from the North Central Association Commission
on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI), www.ncacasi.org.
Spring Ridge Academy has maintained its accreditation status
since 1999.
ACADEMY AT SWIFT RIVER ANNOUNCES: No More Wilderness
(October 24, 2003) Academy at Swift River, Cummington, MA,
800-258-1770, www.swiftriver.com,
announced their Base Camp/ Orientation program, Passages,
will re-locate into
dorms. While maintaining its core principles, it will be
integrated into the Crossroads Program, creating an 8-week
program, mostly outdoors during the day, housed indoors
at night, with its students primarily interacting with
Upper School Peer Mentors and staff. Through a merit system,
students can integrate into the main campus as early as
three and a half weeks into the program and counseling
staff will now begin working with their Peer Group during
Passages. For the last two years the Passages program has
been directed by Jim Markham, who has an MA in Counseling
and Music Therapy at The Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
The Crossroads Director is Jeremy McGeorge, who has a BA
degree in psychology from the University of Arizona and
a BS degree in biology from Northern Arizona University.
WILDERNESS PROGRAM LOSES LICENSE OVER TEEN'S DEATH
(October 26, 2003) According to an Associated Press story
reported in the Spokesman Review, October 26, 2003, www.spokesmanreview.com,
an administrative law judge revoked the license of Skyline
Journey over the death last year of a 14-year-old boy who
“collapsed from heat exhaustion in the Utah’s desert.”
At the time, owner Lee Wardle did not comment about whether
they would appeal the decision. According to the story:
“Administrative Judge Sheleigh Harding said Skyline failed
to describe the harsh environment of Utah’s west desert
and the physical demands on the teens when it asked a Texas
doctor to sign off on enrollment for August, who weighted
198 pounds on a 5-foot, 3-inch frame.” The boy had “set
out with five other teens and three counselors on a 3-mile
trek across the Sawtooth Mountain region July 13, 2002.
They had covered little more than a mile over three hours
when August refused to hike further. He sat in the sun
for an hour before he collapsed and stopped breathing,
according to court records…Skyline Journey could still
appeal to the state courts.” Watch Woodbury Reports online,
www.strugglingteens.com/news/news.html for
continuing details.
CEDU MOUNTAIN SCHOOLS EVACUATED DUE TO FIRES
(October 30, 2003) Julia Andrick, 208-265-0607x130 or 208-255-6920
(cell) jandrick@cedu.com writes
that according to CEDU Education California Executive Director
Dr. George Condas,
“CEDU High School and Middle School students and faculty
have evacuated the campus due to the threat caused by wildfires…
[to be] housed in a certified camp in the Calabasas, CA,
area approximately two and a half hours northwest of Running
Springs [where they] will be able to deliver the CEDU program…
Regular communication has been established with the student’s
parents and referring professionals” and daily updates
are posted at: www.ceduhighschool.com and
www.cedumiddleschool.com.
Calls and enrollment inquires to the CEDU Mountain Schools
at their 800-884-2338 number are being routed to Rocky
Mountain Academy. “The very latest eyewitness tells us
that none of the buildings on campus have been damaged
by fire nor have any other structures in the Running Springs
area.” Parents are asked not to call except in the case
of an emergency, and to instead please continue to e-mail
their student letters to cedumtn@hotmail.com
ADELE LOGAN, SHORT RIDGE ACADEMY'S NEW MARKETING DIRECTOR
(October 31, 2001) Adam Rainer, Founder and Director of Shortridge
Academy, Milton, New Hampshire, 603-755-3096, www.shortridgeacademy.com,
is proud to announce the addition of Adele Logan, Ed.S.,
as Director of Marketing. She will be coordinating consultant
relations and marketing from her home office in Colorado
and can be reached at 303-494-1862. Mike Strader, with
eight years of direct counseling experience at Mount Bachelor
Academy, also joins in the school as Program Faculty.
MASON STOPS BY WOODBURY REPORTS
 (October
31, 2003) Ben Mason, M.Ed., CEP, IECA, Charlotte, VT, 802-425-7600, www.strugglingteens.com/ec/bmason,
BEEMASON@aol.com,
a well known and long time Independent Educational Consultant,
stopped by the offices of Woodbury
Reports in Bonners Ferry, Idaho during a tour of several
adolescent programs in North Idaho and Western Montana.
CEDU THANKS DONORS AND SUPPORTERS
(October 31, 2003) Cedu and The Brown Schools President and
CEO, Robert Naples express “heartfelt thanks to the individuals
and organizations that are offering donations and support
for our students and faculty from CEDU California who have
evacuated the campus… We are presently setting up a fund
to which financial contributions may be made to support
our California staff, who have evacuated their own homes…
some have lost their homes to the fire. We have also received
multiple offers of donations of goods… While we are making
sure that our students have everything they need, we are
also appreciative of any additional support. CEDU Education
Director of Family Education and Support Services, Brian
MacInnes, is available to help coordinate any offers of
donations. He can be reached via e-mail at bmacinnes@cedu.com or
at 800-974-1999. In the evening and over the weekend,
he can be reached at 208-290-5065. CEDU Mountain School
web sites are being updated regularly with new information.
www.ceduhighschool.com or www.cedumiddleschool.com. |
