COOLEY PUBLISHED IN WILDERNESS JOURNAL
(April 2000) Rob Cooley, founder and Program Head of Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy Expeditions, Albany, Oregon, 541-926-7252, was published in the International Journal of Wilderness, April 2000, Volume 6, Number 1, an article entitled “How Big Is the Risk in Wilderness Treatment of Adolescents?” This peer-reviewed scholarly journal reported Cooley’s conclusions that were based on his analysis of statistics from Anasazi, Aspen Achievement Academy, Red Cliff Ascent, and Catherine Freer’s short-term wilderness programs. He concluded that the risk in these four popular wilderness programs is “about on a par with cross-country skiing; a little safer than canoeing; somewhat less risky than going on a summer adventure camp for adolescents; half as risky as overnight backpacking in general; considerably safer than downhill skiing; about 18 times less likely to result in injury than are high school football practices and cheerleading; and less than half as risky for fatal accidents as motor vehicles are for 15 to 19 year olds.”

KEMP & DELAMARE VISIT
(April 18, 2000) Dan Kemp, Director of Admissions at Oakley School, Oakley, Utah, 435-783-5001, and W. Kimball DeLaMare, with Island View, Syracuse, Utah, 801-773-0200, (under the same ownership as Oakley School) stopped by Woodbury Reports on a Northwest tour of schools.

TIM & KATHLEEN BRACE VISIT
(April 21, 2000) Tim & Kathleen Brace stopped by Woodbury Reports while visiting old haunts and old friends made when Tim was headmaster of Rocky Mountain Academy in the eighties. Later he moved to California to be headmaster at CEDU High School. Tim has recently left Aspen Youth Services where he was headmaster of Mount Bachelor Academy in Oregon, one of the founders of Swift River Academy, and Director of Educational Services for the whole Aspen system. They will be vacationing for a time in Greece where Tim was stationed while in the Navy. Then they’ll return to consider the various offers that started coming his way as soon as it became known he was available.

SUWS CHANGES
(May 2000) In their May newsletter, SUWS Adolescent & Youth Programs, Gooding, Idaho, 888-879-7897, announced former Field Supervisor Wendy Kohntopp has joined the staff as Clinical Supervisor, and local psychologist Jon H. Burke has joined the staff as Program Psychologist. Ex. Dir. Sue Crowell, stated “While SUWS has proven highly successful in its use of nonclinical personnel as counselors within the nontraditional structure of its outdoor programs, having licensed professionals on staff and available to parents, children, and consultants will serve to increase the depth of SUWS’s therapeutic offerings, making us that much more effective.” SUWS is also planning “to offer Adolescent Program graduates the opportunity to serve as mentors for its younger students (ages 11-13).

MCDANIEL IN TOWN
(April 25, 2000) Mildy McDaniel, stopped by Woodbury Reports when she visited Bonners Ferry while doing marketing for Intermountain Hospital, Boise, Idaho, 800-321-5984, and touring schools and other possible referral resources in this area.

SUN EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANTS
(May 2000) Meg Chun and Renee Sinclair announced the creation of Sun Educational Consultants, Bend, Oregon, 541-318-5402. Both Meg and Renee are specialists in special education, having taught in this area for 14 years. They consider themselves special needs educational consultants with a focus of providing “individual attention to students and families to help meet the needs of students who are having learning and/or behavioral problems.

NORTHSTAR’S NEW PROGRAM DIRECTOR
(May 1, 2000) Chip Huge, Admissions Director for NorthStar Center, Bend, Oregon, 541-385- 8657, a program for young people 17˝ to 25, announced Bill Riley as the Center’s new Program Director. Riley has had more than 20 years working with youth in Montana focusing “on alcohol and drug problems and other emotional and behavioral issues. He trained in the wilderness with Colorado’s Outward Bound, and immediately prior to joining NorthStar, he “was teaching a certification course for drug and alcohol counselors in how to work with addicted youth at Central Oregon Community College.”

3 SPRINGS OF NC CLOSE GIRLS PROGRAM
(May 2, 2000) Richard P. Edwards, Program Administrator for Three Springs of North Carolina, Pittsboro, North Carolina, 919-542-1104, announced the program was closing their Girls’ Program, effective August 31st of this year. The reason given was that recent Medicaid rulings on the state level did not permit them to run the “high quality program we would like and remain in operation.” All resources will now be redirected to the Boys’ program that will remain open.

IN MEMORIUM OF NEW HAVEN’S KIT HAY
(May 3, 2000) It was with sadness that New Haven, a girls’ clinical program near Provo, Utah, 801-794-1218, informed us that Director of Education Kit Hay passed away May 2nd from a blood clot in her lung. She was the founder of New Haven School in 1996. She died unexpectedly, survived by her husband Jonathan and two young sons.

INTEGRITY SHORES NOT TO OPEN
(May 15, 2000) Educational Consultant Anne Lewis, Santa Barbara California, 805-969-2186, informed Woodbury Reports that the proposed program in Costa Rica, Integrity Shores, will not be opening.

SUWS OF THE CAROLINAS ANNOUNCED
(May 16, 2000) The SUWS Adolescent and Youth Programs announced the start of a similar program called SUWS of the Carolinas. Operating out of Old Fort, North Carolina, 828-668-7590, they will work with young people ages 14-18 using their familiar 21-day wilderness format. Jim Glaeser will be Director, and Bob Hanna, Ph.D. will be the Clinical Supervisor, reporting to Sue Crowell, Vice President of Outdoor Therapy Programs Aspen Youth Services.

NAWA ACADEMY CHANGES
(May 16, 2000) David W. Hull, President of NAWA Academy, French Gulch, California, 800-358-6292, announced they are adding a learning specialist to the California Academy for the fall semester to provide individual tutoring and assessment. Their Academy USA is already 50% full due to a large number of students returning, and Snowboard USA is relocating to Mt. Hood in Oregon. “SUSA is rapidly becoming a quality boarding school for snowboarders who are serious about their education and becoming excellent snowboarders….”

TEEN CARE CAMP, WEST COAST ACADEMY CLOSED
(May 16, 2000) Woodbury Reports was informed this morning two programs that have been advertising with us have just closed their doors. They are: TEEN C.A.R.E. Camp, San Diego, California, with offices and program in Mexico, Director Jeff Summers, 888-833-6226; and West Coast Academy, Bend, Oregon, Tim & Jennifer Smith, 888-591-9222. No reason was given for the closing of TEEN C.A.R.E. Camp. The Smiths are still operating their Guardian Angel transport service and said the reason for closing West Coast Academy was due to recent changes in licensing requirements in the state of Oregon that created difficulty in obtaining a state license.

NEW LEAF ACADEMY CORRECTION
(May 18, 2000) Jane Samuel, with New Leaf Academy, Bend, Oregon, 541-389-6065, a small school for pre- teen girls corrected Woodbury Reports, stating that their second school will open August 15, 2000. It was erroneously reported in the last issue, that it would open in one year.

REPORT ON PROBE OF ALPINE BOYS RANCH
(May 21, 2000) The Wenatchee World Online, in the state of Washington, in an article entitled “State secrets and the Boys Ranch,” reported the results of a criminal investigation of Alpine Boys Ranch, Leavenworth, Washington, 509-763-3161, that found the major source of the problem was the State of Washington placing “sexually aggressive youths at the boys ranch without telling the home about their backgrounds.” Several incidents at the ranch that had been investigated were mitigated as a result of regular satisfactory reviews received by the state. Also, it was common knowledge that the Ranch was never designed to work with some of the boys the state had referred to them. Screening by the ranch is now tighter and certain disciplinary methods approved at the time by the State and used by the Ranch, are now no longer used. Although Alpine Boys Ranch has been mentioned from time to time in Woodbury Reports, Educational Consultants have rarely or never referred to the program.

LIFE DESIGNS HIRES NEW STAFF
(May 22, 2000) Randy Russell, Life Designs Founder, Cusick, Washington, 509-445-0185, a long-term experiential program for young people ages 18 to 26, announced they hired Vince Barranco as a counselor/mentor.

EAGALA WORKSHOPS
(May 22, 2000) The Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA), Santaquin, Utah, 877-858-4600, announced several Certification Training Workshops in which Continuing Education credits might be earned. The locations from June to October of this year are in Dexter, New Mexico, Buffalo, Minnesota, Hansville, Washington, La Veta, Colorado, Bozeman, Montana, Oregon City, Oregon, Burton, Ohio, and Knoxville, Tennessee.

ELK MT. ACA. STUDENTS HELP HIKER
(May 23, 2000) The Bonner County Daily Bee, Sandpoint, Idaho, featured a front page photo and story about Elk Mountain Academy students, Clark, Fork Idaho, 800-355-3823, who “mobilized a rescue effort to help an injured hiker near Clark Fork on Saturday.”

KING GEORGE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY ACCEPTANCES
(May 26, 2000) Kay Johnson, Academic Head for King George School in Sutton, Vermont, 800-218-5122, announced that members of the current graduating class have been accepted at Bennington College, Georgia Institute of Technology, Marlboro College, Ohio Northern University, Oxford College of Emory University, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Rollins College, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Stetson University, The University of the Pacific, Union College of Schenectady, New York and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

SOLTREKS SUMMER ADVENTURE PROGRAM
(May 26, 2000) Lorri Hanna and Doug Sabo, founders of Soltreks, Duluth, Minnesota, 218-525-5803, announced their summer adventure program schedule will consist of Session 1 – June 13 to July 25; Session II – June 29 to August 10; and Session III – July 20 to August 30. They accept youth ages 13-17, and offer behavioral assessment, backpacking, canoeing, rock climbing and biking. Participants complete a service-learning project and have training in CPR and First Aid. The program includes an orientation, graduation and family meeting.

WOODBURY REPORTS ’97 ARCHIVES ONLINE
(May 30, 2000) Woodbury Reports Inc., Lon Woodbury, 208-267-5550, reported the newsletter archives from November 1989 through the end of 1997 are now online.

PROVO CANYON SCHOOL PURCHASED
(May 31, 2000) Denise Westman, 619-588-7499, with Provo Canyon School in Provo, Utah, informed Woodbury Reports that “Provo Canyon School has been purchased by Universal Health Services Inc. They are well respected and are the 3rd largest hospital company with over 70 facilities in 20 states. During this transition time PCS remains committed to providing excellence in health care services to youth and their families.”