Parent Choices For Struggling Teens

Guests: Mike Petree, CEO of Outcome Tools, a web-based research system, and Michael Gass, Professor at the University of New Hampshire and Director of two adventure therapy initiatives for the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP) and the Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Research Consortium (OBHRC). Mike and Michael discussed the how they are learning about what works best with struggling teens from the research initiative using the well regarded Youth Outcome Questionnaire (YOQ) administered by NATSAP programs, and warnings of what can and cannot be learned from them. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, www.springridgeacademy.com, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.