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Download full textKallander, Karin; Levings, Laura – 1996
This paper describes the services and activities of the Orion Center, a drop-in day-use facility for homeless and runaway youth in Seattle (Washington). Orion Center uses experiential therapy and adventure-based activities to develop trust, promote fun and relationship building, and facilitate growth and healing among this homeless population. A…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Experiential Learning, Group Activities, Homeless People
Berman, Dene S.; Davis-Berman, Jennifer – 2000
This digest examines the positive effects on emotional well-being of several types of outdoor education programs. Although many outdoor education and experiential programs enhance emotional growth, such "therapeutic" outcomes may be considered incidental to program goals. In contrast, programs aimed primarily at "therapy"…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, College Programs, Emotional Development
Kennison, Judith A. – 1996
This paper describes experiences from a summer internship in a North Carolina wilderness program for youth 8-18 years of age with a diagnosed learning disability or Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Children with ADD are trial and error learners, which makes them excellent candidates for experiential learning. Children with ADD are seekers of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anger, Attention Deficit Disorders, Children
Association for Experiential Education, Boulder, CO. – 1998
This document contains 20 edited presentations, each in a two-page digest-like format, from the 1998 conference of the Association for Experiential Education (AEE). Presentations are: (1) "Adapting Equipment and Teaching Methods for Persons with Disabilities" (Cindy Dillenschneider); (2) "Adventure Programming and Facilitating When You Don't Know…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Corporate Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
PDF pending restorationBarrett, Jon, Comp. – 1994
A 1-day conference and a study weekend brought together adventure and youth social work practitioners from the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, and Canada. Workshops and presentations focused on five themes: (1) integration of adventure-based interventions with the work of other youth agencies and the needs of communities; (2) program…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adventure Education, At Risk Persons
Bandoroff, Scott – 1989
Those in the field of wilderness-adventure therapy (WAT) have come a long way in their attitude toward research, but their methodology has lagged behind their enthusiasm. This paper examines the literature in the field of wilderness adventure therapy for delinquent and pre-delinquent youth in order to evaluate the current state of research. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adventure Education, At Risk Persons, Delinquency
