Wednesday, January 7, 2015

November Parent Choice News

By Saleem Rana


Three guests were invited on the Woodury Reports on K4HD.com by Lon Woodbury and Mary Romero to talk about their parent choice programs for struggling teens. The first guest was Ken Huey. He is the founder and senior vice president of CALO. The second guest was Dr. Rick Meeves. He is the CEO of Aspiro and Outback Therapeutic Expeditions. And the third guest was Kathy Rex. She is the founder of BlueFire Wilderness Therapy.

Lon Woodbury, the host of the radio show, is an Independent Educational Consultant who has worked with families and struggling teens since 1984. He is the founder of Struggling Teens, Inc., the publisher of Woodbury Reports, and an author on numerous books about parenting at risk-teens.

Mary Romero is an author of several books. Her latest release is "The Breakdown of an All-American Family." Besides writing books on family psychology, she writes for several parenting websites, is an active Life Coach, Consumer Advocate, and runs her own business called Live-Coaching with Mary Romero.

Interviewing Founders of the Top 3 Parent Choice Programs

Ken Huey was the first guest. He founded the Change Academy Lake of the Ozarks, often simply referred to as CALO, and serves as it current senior vice president.

CALO--who specialize in working with adopted children who have serious attachment disorders and reactive attachment disorders. They recently opened up two new houses on five acres of adjoining property. Preteens are children between the ages of ten to thirteen years of age. Those with reactive attachment disorder are intense. Although, they are not violent, they require a large staff to regulate their behavior. "These children, "said Ken, "need one on one care. They crave touch, love and care. They like to rock in the dual rocking chairs and to sit and talk and to learn to connect and trust."

The Chief Executive of Aspiro and Outback Therapeutic Expeditions, Dr. Rick Meeves, was the second guest, and he was invited to talk about both programs, which are run separately from each other.

While both would follow an expeditionary model, the emphasis for each one would be slightly different. Aspiro would offer an adventure-style program while Outback would offer a wilderness-style program. It was possible that Outback would soon offer "New Age" features.

The final guest was Kathy Rex. She is the founder of a new wilderness program called BlueFire Wilderness Therapy. The school is located in southern Idaho.

The new program is for children who are between thirteen and seventeen years old. The program is gender specific and students can choose between an adventure or a wilderness experience. They are housed in yurts, where they learn arts and crafts.




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