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Adventure Therapy Categories |
Description |
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Wilderness Therapy |
A therapeutic
experience that takes place in a wilderness setting where focus is placed on
naturally occurring challenges and consequences. Wilderness therapy
programs tend to last for several to many days. |
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Adventure Based therapy |
Takes place most often in inpatient settings where the intervention takes place on or
near the treatment facility of the participants. Often involves the
use of constructed challenges and consequences, such as ropes
courses, initiatives, and games. |
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Long-term Residential Camping |
Participants are placed in long-term living or traveling units. The focus
is primarily on the challenges associated with daily life under whatever the
conditions of the program happen to be. Participants are often responsible
for completing chores and other activities that impact the other members of
the group. |
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Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare |
This more recent term has emerged through the development of the
Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Industry
Council, sponsored by 12 programs in the United States which conduct
clinically-licensed adventure-based programs for adjudicated and diagnosed
clients. |