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 Posted August 28, 2003 

FRANKLIN ACADEMY RECEIVES ACCREDITATION
(June 4, 2003) Franklin Academy, East Haddam, Connecticut, 860-873-2700, slated to receive their first students in September, received an endorsement by the Connecticut State Department of Education as a college preparatory boarding school that did not require licensing as a special education facility. This endorsement is a requirement for a boarding school to open in Connecticut. This will be renewed annually, and after three years, it is the school’s intention to seek accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, which is the standard accreditating agency for their part of the country.

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST DR. GARY KATZ JOINS ACADEMY AT SWIFT RIVER
(July 17, 2003) Brenda Briggs, Academy at Swift River, Cummington, MA, 800-258-1770, writes that Dr. Gary Katz, joined them in the beginning of June as their consulting Clinical Psychologist. Available to do testing and evaluations as well as acting as a resource to their staff, Dr. Katz earned his doctoral degree in clinical psychology at the Wright Institute in Berkeley. He holds an MS in Clinical Psychology from San Francisco State University, has been the Senior Staff Psychologist at the Children’s Hospital of San Francisco, and was the San Francisco Mayor’s Special Consultant on Adolescents. Most recently Dr. Katz was the Special Education and School Psychology Consultant to the Minister of Education and Minister of Health in Israel specializing in PTSD.

ASR COUNSELOR LISA KATE AUGMENTS ADDICITONS PROGRAM
(July 17, 2003) Lisa Kate, addictions counselor at the Academy at Swift River, Cummington, MA, 800-258-1770, , has been working full time for the past three months developing a program for ASR students that will augment their existing Straight Talk addictions program. It will use the innovative Seven Challenges approach, created by Dr. Robert Schwebel. This model is specifically designed for the treatment of adolescents based on the elements of the more traditional 12- Step program. Lisa, who has a post Masters degree from Keene State College and an MA from Antioch New England Graduate School, will continue to work with Dominick Sacco and Charles Mitchell in this endeavor.

TOP FLIGHT ACADEMY GRADUATES FIRST STUDENT
(July 21, 2003) Top Flight Academy, announced their first student, Micah, graduated after he soloed and passed the FAA Private Pilot Examination, the largest hurdle in obtaining a pilot’s license. He continues to fly with their flight instructor at the school and is likely to receive his private pilots license in August. He also will have earned 8 hours of Aerospace Science Credit from Utah State Collage in addition to completing his regular high school credits for his junior year. [E-mail]

SAN CHRISTOBAL RANCH ACADEMY STAFF TRAINING FOCUSES ON BALANCED LIVES
(July 21, 2003) Anthony S. Geraci, Jr., President and Executive Director, at San Cristobal Ranch Academy, 505-776-8347, writes his staff recently completed an insightful staff training for Substance Abuse Counseling with Ed Cardenas, LISW, who believes positive, healthy and balanced lives lead to recovery. Cardenas, listed in “Who’s Who 2002,” received the Dorothea Spellman Award for “Creativity in Working with Groups” at the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work. He has written two books, “Beachball – Balancing our Relationship World,” and “Abuelito,” which is awaiting the publishers’ release date. He has also written a manual, “Grief and Loss for Counselors.” This El Prado, New Mexico resident has worked with children, youth and adults in the areas of grief and loss, substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, and spinal cord injury. His insightful training is highly recommended to anyone working with young people who struggle with substance abuse issues.

ASCENT’S BACK TO SCHOOL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM
(July 24, 2003) Julia Andrick, CEDU, Sandpoint, Idaho, 208-265-0607, informed us that once again in August, ASCENT, a wilderness program in Naples, Idaho, 800-974-1999, will make available a Back to School Assessment Program for young adults returning to school. This short-term, three-week program prepares a child to begin the new school year with enhanced self-esteem, motivation, and valuable personal-growth knowledge that will equip them with new skills to successfully navigate the school year. It also provides parents and referring professionals with assessment of the child’s issues and behaviors, as well as recommendations for future treatment. Admissions Director, Reid Treadaway, welcomes questions and enrollment inquiries at 800-974-1999.

WILDERNESS THERAPY SYMPOSIUM IN SEPT.
(July 24, 2003) Rob Meltzer, with Rocky Mtn. Educational Planning, 303-650-2944 announced that the Wilderness Therapy symposium will be held September 26-28 at Boulder, Colorado. For more information call 800-603-3117 or 303-245-4800, Naropa University Extended Studies, Boulder, Colorado.

FAMILY FOUNDATION CHORUS PARTICIPATES IN NORTH AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
(July 29, 2003) For the second straight year, the Family Singers, the chorus from the Family Foundation School, 914-887-5213, Hancock, NY, were invited to compete at the North American Music Festival’s “superior only” festival. This festival is open only to choruses that have achieved a superior ranking in a festival within the last two years. At this year’s festival the Family Singers earned three superior ratings and one excellent rating. Additionally one of the tenors was selected as best solo performer. They missed the grand prize by only .8 of 1 point. All the other schools that competed had an enrollment of 600 or more. The North American Festival office just released the over all rankings of all schools who participated in any of their 14 their festivals. The Family Singer’s mixed chorus was ranked 12th, the Women’s chorus, 21st, the Show Choir, 4th, and the Men’s chorus, 3rd. Fifty-four schools competed in these fourteen festivals.

ALLDREDGE ACADEMY NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: ANGIE SENIC
(July 29, 2003) Chip Huge, Ph.D., Marketing and Admissions Director of Alldredge Academy, Davis, West Virginia, 866-382-4332, and founder, L. Jay Mitchell, announced that Angie Senic, MA, 304-259-2262, has been appointed Executive Director of Alldredge. A Master’s level Certified School Administrator-Principal, she has been Principal at the Mountain Campus for three years

SUMMIT SCHOOL PREPARATORY DEDICATION

(July 31, 2003) Angie Satter announced the August 13th dedication of Summit Preparatory School in Kalispell, Montana, 406-758-8118, a not-for-profit college preparatory boarding school that features an integrated approach to academic and emotional growth for coeds ages 13 to18 years.

FORGY FORMS PSYCHIATRIC CONSULTING ASSOCIATES
(August 1, 2003) Michael R. Forgy, MA, 208-887-3976, Meridian, Idaho has founded a consulting firm to help those providing services to adolescents, called Psychiatric Consulting Associates. Forgy had been the program director of Intermountain Hospital RTC in Boise, Idaho for the last ten years.

PAUL JOHNSON NEW HEAD OF BOULDER CREEK ACADEMY
(August 04, 2003) The leadership team for Boulder Creek Academy, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, 877-348-0848, announces that Paul Johnson has accepted the position of school director after “friend and respected colleague, Larry Stednitz, has chosen to step aside as Boulder Creek Academy School Director. We all support Larry’s decision and celebrate his successes here this past year. We are pleased to share with you that he has agreed to play a consulting role for CEDU and will support us in the area of risk management.” Paul Johnson has a bachelor’s degree in Sociology, a teaching certificate, and several years’ experience of youth work at Hurricane Island, Outward Bound, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. He has been with CEDU since 1994, where he has worked as wilderness instructor, admissions director for ASCENT, and in several management positions at CEDU, most recently as regional director of support services. To speak with Paul or any member of the leadership team, please contact Starr Aldridge at (208) 267-2873, extension 3012.

BENCHMARK CELEBRATES TEN YEARS
(August 5, 2003) Jayne Selby-Longnecker, Executive Director and CEO of Benchmark Young Adult School, Redlands, California, 800-474-4848, announced Benchmark will celebrate its 10-year anniversary on September 9, 2003. Benchmark is a private transition school for young adults ages 18 to 28.

CASA DE AMMA WEEKEND
(August 5, 2003) Russ and Susie Leatherby, with Casa de Amma, Newport Beach, California, 949-721-6605, “A state-of-the-art living residence and program for adults with learning disabilities and related special needs,” announced an invitation to join them for the weekend of October 3-5, 2003, “to introduce and present the Casa de Amma vision.”

GRAND RIVER ACADEMY ACCEPTING UNDERCLASSMEN FOR 2003-2004 SCHOOL YR.
(August 6, 2003) Grand River Academy, Austinburg, Ohio, 440-275-2811, announced they are still accepting underclassmen for the 2003-2004 school year. For more information, contact San or Christina.

BRIAN ROSSITER VISITS WOODBURY REPORTS
(August 8, 2003) Brian Rossiter, Program Director for Brown School’s new Phoenix Outdoor Education Center, Sutton, Vermont, 800-218-5122, stopped by the Woodbury Reports Inc. office to talk about their new outdoor program which is currently forming their third seven-member group.

ASPEN OPENS TWO OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS
(August 8, 2003) Sue Crowell, Senior Vice President, Aspen Education Group, headquartered in Cerritos California, 828-225-1056, announced that the opening of their two outdoor education programs enables Aspen to extend their services further East, so they can “locate services closer to regional population centers.” The two programs are Lone Star Expeditions in Texas, “a short-term therapeutic intervention” program combining “traditional therapy in an outdoor setting...,” and the Adirondack Leadership Expeditions, in New York, “a character development program that promotes personal growth.”

BIGGS, WOLFRAM AND DOERING VISIT WOODBURY REPORTS
(August 9, 2003) Woodbury Reports Inc. was pleased to have three visitors stop by on their way back to the airport. Visiting from left to right were Sue Bigg, Chicago, Illinois, 773-404-1699, Rhea Wolfram, Dallas, Texas, 972-233-1115, and Dana Dean Doering, Seattle, Washington, 360-692-4949.

ZIMMERMAN AFFILIATES WITH WOODBURY REPORTS
(August 11, 2003) Linda Zimmerman, MA, LCCP, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, has become the newest affiliate of Woodbury Reports Inc. joining Lon Woodbury and Loi Eberle in providing consultations to parents looking for help in choosing the right place for their struggling teen. Linda Zimmerman has a master’s degree in child/clinical Psychology, and extensive clinical and administrative experience in working with troubled children and adolescents. She is nationally recognized as a specialist in attachment disorders and/or adoption issues. In 1990, Linda founded an innovative treatment program in New Mexico for attachment-disordered children. She has worked as a clinical consultant for several programs in the United States and internationally. She is the author of a number of professional publications, and in 1996 was named the city of Albuquerque’s “Woman on the Move” for her accomplishments in the field of children’s mental health.

LOI EBERLE RETURNS FROM 3-PROGRAM VISIT IN COSTA RICA
(August 12, 2003) Loi Eberle, Educational Consultant and Editor-in-Chief of Woodbury Reports, , 208-267-5550, recently visited three Costa Rica programs. She visited Villa San Jose, in San Jose, Costa Rica, 506-267-7061, a comprehensive, dual-diagnosis, drug and alcohol treatment program directed by Mario Duran, described in Woodbury Reports, June NL # 106. This 30 to 90 day adolescent and young adult program includes individual, group and equine therapy, which is usually followed by enrollment either in boarding school such as Coronado Academy, or a return home with participation in S.M.A.R.T. groups that are based on Rational Emotive Therapy. She also visited Coronado Academy, 866-981-1300, a transitional program for young adults who are completing high school or are taking a “gap year”, while exploring various educational/career options, and participating in therapy. Situated on the Pacific Coast near Queppos, Costa Rica, the Coronado campus is “wired” for computers, so students use laptops for academics, and surfboards for fun. Loi also participated in part of Rio Rapido, at the Academy at Swift River, 800-258-1770, Cummington, Massachusetts, a five-week transitional phase of ASR’s program that takes place on the Osa Peninsula, in southern Costa Rica. While there, she posed with her family for a picture with The Herald, the local Bonners Ferry, Idaho newspaper, which featured her work with Woodbury Reports as one of the area’s Women in Business.

NEW DIRECTOR AT NEW BEGINNINGS
(August 13, 2003) Larry Hahn, informed us that Tom Musgrove has been appointed as the Program & Marketing Director at New Beginning Ministry, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, after serving for eleven years as the Director of Operations at The Family Foundation School, Hancock, NY. Joel’s Sober House and Evergreen Lodge, both at New Beginning, are independently run recovery retreats in a residential community for alcohol and drug dependence. [more...]

CATHERINE FREER WTE PARTICIPATES IN JCAHO POLOT PROJECT
(August 13, 2003) Sarah Moir, Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy Expeditions, Albany, Oregon 541-926-7252, announced they were recently selected to serve as a test site for a JCAHO pilot project. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization project, Shared Visions-New Pathways, is designed to sharpen the focus of the accreditation process, emphasizing safety and quality of patient care. It “provided CFWTE with valuable feedback… and allowed staff to work with JCAHO surveyors to improve the accreditation process and new standards which go into effect in January, 2004.” CFWTE was recognized for the quality and intensity of the program’s treatment, the caliber of its staff, its innovative staff training program, and its industry leadership in the collection and analysis of performance, outcome and safety data.”

DR. NICOLE PRAY, CLINICAL DIRECTOR, LEAVES BOULDER CREEK ACADEMY
(August 14, 2003) The Boulder Creek Academy Leadership Team, Boulder Creek Academy, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, 877-348-0848, wishes their Clinical Director, Nicole Pray, the very best in her new position in Colorado that will allow her to relocate closer to her family. She will be leaving the BCA campus at the end of August, and will play a consulting role during this interium period in which they are re-creating a Family Services Department and are initiating a search for a psychologist to provide overall clinical support and supervision for Boulder Academy.

SOLTREKS OFFERS ONE-ON-ONE TREKS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA
(August 20, 2003) Lorri Hanna, M.A., CTRS, Executive and Clinical Director of Soltreks, Inc., 218-834-4607, reports Soltreks is currently offering One-on-One treks in Northern Minnesota for the fall before heading south to Big Bend, Texas and New Mexico in early winter, where they will have group treks and One-on-One. Teens that tend to hide in a group setting or need greater individual attention would benefit from a One-on-One trek.

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