Parent Choices For Struggling Teens

Jamison Monroe, 949-887-0242. jmonroe@newportacademy.com, www.newportacademy.com, Founder of Newport Academy, Orange California, talks about the drastic increase of hospitalizations and deaths from drug overdose by teens using legal prescription drugs like Ritalin, Adderall, OxyContin, Xanex, and Opana, the causes and some preventive measures regarding this epidemic.

Dustin Tibbits, 801-423-5320, dustint@innerchange.com, www.innerchange.com, President of InnerChange, a provider of long-term residential treatment for young women, explains that even though young women are becoming more empowered during the last 20 years, an increasing number of them are struggling with media objectification. unhealthy relationships and trauma. He explains the therapeutic approaches that the profession has found to be the most effective and helpful to them. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.

Jack Thurston, robertjack@iinet.net.au, www.myabsentfather.com, www.jackthurston.net, Founder of The Thurston Institute in Perth Australia explains some of the causes and impacts of an increasing number of children growing up in homes with no father role model. These fatherless children are missing out on a vital part of the environment necessary for children to grow into mature functioning adults which is causing both personal and society tragedies. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.

Kevin Strauss, 240-398-7228, kstrauss@familyejournal.com, www.familyejournal.com, explains how he is using digital technology to enhance family communication disrupted partly by digital technology. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.

Dr. Robert Melillo, 480-926-1115, rmelillo@brainbalancecenters.com, www.drrobertmelillo.com, co-founder of the Brain Balance Achievement Centers and the Brain Balance Program, covered a wide range of topics concerning various disorders such as autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Asperger's and how recent research findings are helping develop understandings that allows better treatment. Most of the discussion was about Autism, including factors causing a steady increase in its incidence seem to be primarily environmenta. Dr. Melillo suggested research indicates important steps to prevent autism include pre-conception and pre-natal preparation by the mother as well as early detection to allow proper intervention. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.

Dr. Dennis Coates, denny@prostarcoach.com, www.prostarcoach.com, known as the "Teen Brain Guy" writes and talks about how the teen brain develops, and the important need for supportive and positive experiences during the teen years to help them prepare the child for life as a mature self-controlled adult. He emphasizes the need for a teen to have mentors, of which the parents are the main ones, to help them develop their brain pre-frontal cortex through experiences that properly develop their brain. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.

Perry LaRogue PhD, perry@mansfieldhall.org, 802-635-1358, www.mansfieldhall.org, Founder and President of Mansfield Hall, Burlington Vermont, for college students with Autism and/or learning disabilities, talks about the internal obstacles to college success these students must overcome and how they can be helped by individual support programs like Mansfield Hall.

Annette Poizner, 416-398-5310, ap@annettepoizner.com, www.annettepoizner.com, a clinical social worker with a private practice in Toronto, Canada explains how her training as a Graphologist (a personality assessment technique utilizing a person's handwriting), combined with her skills as a therapist, helped significantly in assessing a client with problems and to help her clients gain insight into themselves. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.

Hilarie Cash Ph.D.,hilariecash@gmail.com, CoFounder of reSTART, an Internet Addiction Recovery Program-WA, 425-861-5504, www.netaddictionrecovery.com, and Steven Cessario, contact@ctmentorandcoach.com, Founder of Connecticut Youth Mentoring and Coaching-CT, 860-338-9856, www.ctmentorandcoach.com, compared perspectives on computer gaming and especially violent computer gaming and its impact on young people, both positives and negatives. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.

Tim Viands, Head of School for Grand River Academy-OH www.GrandRiver.org, 440-275-2811, tim.viands@GrandRiver.org, explained how traditional schooling often does a disservice to boys by not teaching them in the ways they need. He explained how often single sex schools can better meet boys needs (and that the same applies to girls also) by individualizing instruction. This is helped by being in a boarding situation, with a small school with small classes as well as avoiding posturing and distractions that all too often occur in a co-ed envnironment. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.

Tiffany Wright Ph.D., L.A. Skinny Coach, 310-633-1333, Tiffany@skinnycoach.com, www.skinnycoach.com, talked about how sugar and flour are contributing to the obesity epidemic, and how many common diet choices by parents are inadvertently contributing to obesity problems in their children. She explained why some foods are good for people and why some are not healthy and described a healthy meal. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.

Gary Hees, ghees@springridgeacademy.com, Clinical Director at Spring Ridge Academy, a Therapeutic Boarding School for girls, Arizona, 928-632-4602, www.springridgeacademy.com reviewed the numerous therapies being used to work with adolescents. He explained as a Clinical Director, the various therapies he personally has chosen to use in his work. The primary ones he uses are EMDR, Post-Induction Therapy, and Ericksonian Hypnosis and he explains how they are the ones that have a scientific basis and he has found works. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.

Gordon Myers, gordon@streetsmartkids.com, www.streetsmartkids.com, Author of the book Street Smart Kids (Available on Amazon.com) talks about his experience in growing up in South Africa and the common sense decisions he had to learn to make to survive in Los Angeles after immigrating there at age 25. He talks about how so many young people in the US are struggling because they have not learned adequate self-control nor found adults with wise advice to help them avoid easily avoided dangerous and self-defeating decisions. He is on a personal crusade to explain that despite too many adults providing temptations dangerous to living a successful life, following some common sense rules and learning from the mistakes of others can help young people navigate self-defeating actions. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.

Steve Sawyer, ssawyer@newvisionwilderness.com, Clinical Director and Co-Founder of New Vision Wilderness Therapeutic Outdoor Programs, 262-780-1780, www.newvisionwilderness.com explained how though stress can be triggered by external events, the internal perceptions and reactions is the real cause of stress. Stress in youth comes from a variety of triggers such as academic pressure and keeping up with the increasing speed of social media. Stress is a reflection of a feeling of lack of control or powerlessness, and especially in youth can trigger both physical pain and behavior problems. He explained some of the sophisticated therapeutic techniques used based on recent research findings of how the brain operates, and some of the things parents could do to prevent the stress levels in the family from getting too high. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.

Anna Barnes, abarnes@academyatsisters.org, and Connie Peters, cpeters@academyatsisters.org, on staff of the Academy of Sisters near Bend, Oregon, 541-389-2748, www.academyatsisters.org, a therapeutic boarding schools for girls, explained how involvement in community service activities, both within the school community and with the community outside of the school, helps students heal by learning the satisfaction of helping others, learning leadership skills and how to relate to a wide diversity of people. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.

Dr. Jade Wimberley, ND, drjade@openskywilderness.com, Therapist at Open Sky Wilderness Therapy, Colorado, 970-759-8324, www.openskywilderness.com, has been with Open Sky for Six Years. In this interview she explains how Naturopathic Medicine treats the whole child, and especially with adolescents emphasizes how Naturopathy emphasizes the basics to facilitate the body's natural healing ability by teaching healing life styles such as proper nutrition, adequate sleep and rest, exercise, good relationships and developing a purpose in life. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.

Cliff Stockton, 208-308-3166, stockton.cliff@gmail.com, www.cliffstockton.com, Wilderness Programming Consultant with 20 years experience in wilderness and wilderness therapy with adolescents and young adults. In this interview, Stockton talked about the transference of lessons and skills from the wilderness back to civilization, and how the concepts of the hero's journey and nature deficit syndrome explain the "miracle" of time in a well structured wilderness therapy experience can lead to life-changing decisions. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.

Evan Katz, the Anger Guy, 678-689-0311, evan@theangerguy.com, www.theangerguy.com, author of "Inside the Mind of an Angry Man," and provides specialized counseling for angry men, and and seminars to groups around the country. Katz, in this interview, explained what usually causes teens to have so much anger, what these teens really want and need from their parents, and ways parents can sometimes get through this anger to redevelop a relationship based on trust. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.

Brenda Baer, Director of Online Learning, brendab@blueprinteducation.org, and Jennifer Blackstone, Principle of Hope High School Online, jenniferb@blueprinteducation.org, both with Blueprint Education, www.blueprinteducation.org. headquartered in Glendale, Arizona. Brenda and Jennifer described Blended Learning as a combination of traditional face-to-face teacher-student education with use of online technology to a greater or lesser extent. They describe it as alternative education for alternative students, valuable for students who have not been doing well in traditional classrooms or for various reasons traditional brick and mortar is not feasible. In this hour long interview they explain how using blended learning can help students better engage in their academics, help teachers spend more time teaching and less time with traditional busy work and why they think blended learning is the model for what American education will be in the future. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-

Thomas Kimball PhD, 806-742-2891, thomas.kimball@TTU.edu, www.achievelastingrecovery.com, Associate Professor at Texas Tech University, Associate Managing Director for the Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery, maintains a private practice and is co-author of the book Six Essentials to Achieve Lasting Recovery. Kimball explains the six essentials that must be maintained to achieve lasting recovery from drug or alcohol addiction. Anyone in addiction recovery knows that getting sober is only the beginning. Working the Steps, patching life back together, and living sober are where the real work lies. Kimball explains in this interview how these six essentials, or principles, are the key to lasting recovery. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.