Parent Choices For Struggling Teens

Guests: Hilarie Cash, Founder of ReStart: Internet Addiction Recovery Program, 425-861-5504, hilarie.cash@netaddictionrecovery.com, www.netaddictionrecovery , and: Neils Clark, Lecturer at DigiPen - a leading Game Design School, and author of "Game Addiction", 253-514-3775, neilsclark@gmail.com, www.neilsclark.com. Hilarie and Neils discussed computer gaming from the view of the impact on brain development, impact of violent and gory graphics on especially the very young, and speculation about what it means as the younger generation learn from gaming what can be called systems literacy.

Guests: Larry Dean Olsen and Ezekiel Sanchez, Co-Founders of Anasazi Foundation-AZ, 480-892-7403, www.anasazi.org, talk about their pioneering experience in developing the basic concepts of wilderness therapy in a Brigham Young University (BYU) program in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Their work is usually credited as being the original work developing wilderness therapy programs and most current wilderness therapy programs were influenced by their work. They also talked about founding the ANASAZI Foundation in 1988 building a successful program out of their original experiences at BYU.

Guest: Cliff Brownstein, Ex. Director of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP) and Mark Sklarow, Ex. Director of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA). The interview focused on what Professionalism is, and how their organizations work to enhance a high level of professionalism in the network of private schools, programs, and consultants working with children with emotional, behavioral and learning problems.

Guests: Sam Corabi, 440-275-2811, jmckeown@trailscarolina.com, www.grandriver.org, Admissions Director of Grand River Academy, a transition boarding school for boys in NE Ohio, and John Schrom, 208-267-6569, john@schromboyshome.com, www.schromboyshome.com, founder of Schrom Boys Home, a family living residence for eight boys in north Idaho. The discussion started with speculation why so many boys in our society are floundering, directionless and with low self respect producing sensitivity to being judged negatively. It continued with talk of what specifically these boys needed to achieve a mature adulthood and how these two different approaches met those needs and could supplement each other by focusing on the somewhat different needs of the different stages of the boys journey to adult maturity.

Guest: Al Heminger, 260-562-2131, jmckeown@trailscarolina.com, www.thehoweschool.org, Admissions Director and Head Football Coach for The Howe School, Indiana, a Co-ed College Prep Military School. Al talks about the myth that military schools are for misbehaving teens, and that the mission of military schools is to take kids who are floundering and using a military structure to provide quality academics and leadership skills in preparation for college.

Guest: Ms. Angeles Echols-Brown, 213-487-2310, aechols@educatingyoungminds.org, (Agent Bob Mazza, 310-934-4847, bobmazzapm@gmail.com) Founder and Executive Director of Educating Young Minds, talks about her whole child tutoring work with young teens in the Los Angeles Inner City. Despite the poverty, these kids have similar problems to that of teens in every economic strata of society: babies having babies, negative peer pressure, and the difficulty of parents holding their children accountable.

Guest: Bryan Tomes, jmckeown@trailscarolina.com, 828-484-9565, Executive Director of Ashville Academy For Girls, North Carolina, a Therapeutic Middle School for girls ages 10-14. Bryan defines academics and therapeutics, and explains how they are integrated so academics is a priority in its own right and does not take a back seat to therapeutics. This segment was sponsored by Grand River Academy ,grandriver.org, a Transition Boarding School for boys in northeast Ohio.

Guests: Mary Flora, mflora@trailscarolina.com, Professional Counselor and Clinical Addictions Specialist, and Jason McKeown, jmckeown@trailscarolina.com, Family Therapist and Parent Educator at Trails Carolina, a Wilderness Therapy Program in North Carolina, talk about how adolescent substance abuse impacts the whole family and the help the rest of the family need for the healing of both the student and his/her family. This segment was sponsored by Grand River Academy ,grandriver.org, a Transition Boarding School for boys in northeast Ohio.

Guest: Kristi Seymour, kallista2@aol.com, Licensed Clinical and Equine Therapist, EGALA, currently with Hope Community Services in Anchorage Alaska, talks about her experience developing Equine Therapy programs around the country and how healing it can be to help a student or adult develop a relationship with a horse. In a real sense, horses can be considered therapists. This segment is sponsored by Grand River Academy, grandriver.org, a transition boarding school for boys in NE Ohio.

Guest: Elaine Williams, elainekwilliams@aol.com , www.elainekwilliams.com , a Social Worker and author of the book The Sacred Work of Grandparents raising Grandchildren, discusses the almost ten percent of children in this country being raised by their Grandparents or other relatives. She points out that this virtual epidemic reflects serious problems in our society, and the strength of the older generation stepping forward to do what must be done for these children. This segment is sponsored by Grand River Academy, grandriver.org, a transition boarding school for boys in NE Ohio.

Guest: James P. Krehbiel, jkboardroomsuites@yahoo.com, educator and therapist living in Scottsdale, Arizona. The topic today is his newly released book Troubled Childhood, Triumphant Life: Healing from the Battle Scars of Youth. We discuss the ?magical illusion? children often have when raised in dysfunctional families that they carry with them as unhealthy habits into their adult life. This segment is sponsored by Grand River Academy, grandriver.org, a transition boarding school for boys in NE Ohio.

Guests: Dr. Philip Spiva, Founder p.spiva@valleyviewschool.org, and Rick Bulger, Associate Director of Valley View School-MA, 508-867-6505, valleyviewschool.org, talk about the many meanings and understandings of the terms therapy and therapeutic, and what is really meant when someone talks about therapy and therapeutic. This segment is sponsored by Grand River Academy, grandriver.org, a transition boarding school for boys in NE Ohio.

Guest: Sharon Laney, SLaney@lakehouseacademy.com, Ex. Dir. of Lake House Academy, North Carolina, 828-355-4595, lakehouseacademy.com. With the assistance of co-host Educational Consultant Larry Stednitz, 805-215-2910, larry@woodbury.com, Lon and Larry discussed with Sharon the resistance to change shown by students, school staff and parents and how to overcome that resistance to help the students, staff and parents change their thinking to help all take better advantage of the positive environment maintained by the school or program for the benefit of the children.

Guest: Malcolm Gauld, President of Hyde School, 207-443-5584, mgauld@hyde.edu, www.hyde.edu, explains the importance of integrating character education in with academics so the students can be properly prepared to have a successful career and life.

Guests: Linda Zimmerman, CEO/President, and Dr. Kurt Wolfekuhler, Clinical Director of Sandhill Child Center, New Mexico, 505-565-1577, talk about how the expanding knowledge of how the brain operates can be used to treat young children who previously were considered too damaged for healing. Using sophisticated brain mapping techniques, healing therapies like music, drumming, riding and grooming horses, immersion tank, neuro-feedback and more traditional therapies can be focused on specific weaknesses in the brain to strengthen self regulation abilities.

Guest: Ken Rabow, 416-633-4333, ken@reallifecoaching.ca, http://www.reallifecoaching.ca, lives in Toronto, Canada and is a Life Empowerment Coach and Huffington Post Blogger. Ken talks about his work using many alternative therapies helping self-sabotaging teens and young adults, and how new communication technologies are changing so fast it seems to be creating a younger generation that seems to be adopting a new way of thinking about how to adjust to the world.

Guest: Joel Horowitz, horowitzjoel8@gmail.com, www.friendsoffamilies.org, founder of the Friends Of Families Foundation With Children In Crisis, and co-founder and Director of Tommy Hilfiger Company. He discussed his personal experiences that led to his enrolling his daughter in a wilderness therapy program and a therapeutic Boarding School, which eventually led to his founding Friends of Families in 1998 to help families needing financial help for their child to finish their placement.

Guests: Doug Kim-Brown, 208-267-1111, kimbrown@coldreams.com, www.echosprings.net, Founded/Director of Echo Springs Transition Center for Young Adults. Brandi Elliott, 909-337-8093, bmelliott@verizon.net, www.nwacademy.net, Marketing for Northwest Academy and co-owner of Powell-Elliott Consulting. Doug and Brandi talk about the possible causes and possible solutions to the increasing phenomenon of young adults, known as Boomerang Kids, Twixters, Endless Adolescence, or Perma Kids, failing to establish themselves as mature functioning adults by their 20s and winding with little motivation and living with their parents.

Guest: Katie Gill, actress and star of Lifeline Made for TV movie ?Betrayed at 17.? Contact Account Executive Ariela Weston, Levine Communications Office, 310-300-0950 x313, AWeston@lcoonline.com. Katie talks about this movie that revisits the issues in the popular movie of a few years ago, Mean Girls, updated for the age of the Internet, and discusses the role of her character and the other characters.

Guest: Kelley King, Associate Director of The Gurian Institute, Kelley@gurianinstitute.com, www.gurianinstitute.com, explains how some of the problems of boys can be traced to an inadequate knowledge of the differences in the brains of boys and girls and what parents and other adults can do to help boys.