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[quote=Anonymous]PP's experience squares with ours: my DD went to a wilderness program only after multiple hospitalizations and intense ongoing resistance to individual and group therapy--to the point where her therapist, like your DC's, recommended wilderness as a possibility.  Given that DD's hospitalization experiences involved multiple instances of ward lock-downs and violent outbursts from other patients, the idea of ongoing therapy in the outdoors seemed like a positive thing at the time.  Like PP, we chose a program with a lot of family support: workshops, weekly parent support calls, family therapy, and weekly calls from DD's individual therapist.

Because your DC is so young, my strong recommendation would be to look for a program that specifically works with younger teens.  TRAILS is one, and there are a few others.

If you can hold on (but make the application now), there is a summer therapeutic program at Wediko in New Hampshire that was highly recommended by a trusted therapist when DD was your child's age.  One of the big regrets I have is not making that early intervention.[/quote]

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