Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Troubled Teen Industry
Second Nature Wilderness Program
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---My kid thinks all teens would benefit from Second Nature.
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Troll Control:
--- Quote --- I would say the short-term success rate for wilderness (improving family dynamics, breaking the pattern of substance abuse, making in-roads on the emotional issues) is extremely high.
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Mental health professionals disagree. All data thusfar collected and analyzed shows that WT is basically ineffectual. The lion's share of attendees go right back to what they were doing before they went.
The recidivism rate for WT stands at 75%. So, if we're speaking in facts and not opinions, this modality is effective at changing behavior in only 25% of cases.
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2006-03-22 09:34:00, Anonymous wrote:
"But they will take a kid who cuts himself. How do you think wilderness will help that? I am curious where your child went after the wilderness."
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My kid came home, finished school and is now in college. I would assume that intensive therapy in the woods where there are no distractions might help a kid determine why he/she is a cutter. My kid was a cutter. The therapy helped.
Anonymous:
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The recidivism rate for WT stands at 75%. So, if we're speaking in facts and not opinions, this modality is effective at changing behavior in only 25% of cases.
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I'm happy my kid was helped. I wish the numbers of kids helped was higher. I was against the program and am now thankful we sent her there. We could have ended up in a worse program that may have done more harm than good. All I'm trying to say is that SNWP is a good place, it's not abusive and some kids get the help they need. Some kids are never going to respond to any therapy at all. When you have tried everything else available, 25% looks very promising.
odie:
--- Quote ---On 2006-03-22 09:42:00, Dysfunction Junction wrote:
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I would say the short-term success rate for wilderness (improving family dynamics, breaking the pattern of substance abuse, making in-roads on the emotional issues) is extremely high.
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Mental health professionals disagree. All data thusfar collected and analyzed shows that WT is basically ineffectual. The lion's share of attendees go right back to what they were doing before they went.
The recidivism rate for WT stands at 75%. So, if we're speaking in facts and not opinions, this modality is effective at changing behavior in only 25% of cases.
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Mental health professionals can't agree on a damn thing unless they have a vested interest in it.
So does anyone have statistics for what they think that does work for kids? I just want to compare these statistics to what I keep hearing doesn't work.
"When did I realize it? Well, one day I was praying and suddenly realized I was talking to myself."
--God
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