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Aspen Education Group lawyers..AEG not mental health program
Whooter:
Well they seem to be doing pretty good based on independent studies of a few of their programs:
Here take a look:
After attending an Aspen Outdoor Behavioral Health program:
Mental health issues including stress, depression and anxiety are significantly improved. OBH treatment helped reduce stress, depression and anxiety in teens, especially in those with more extreme levels, with continued reduction shown at the six-month follow-up assessment.
Substance abuse and dependence is significantly reduced, with results lasting through the 12-month follow-up. Students experienced substance-related pathology within the clinically significant and elevated range pretreatment, but symptoms fell within a normal range upon graduation. Most importantly, these results were sustained through the three and 12 month follow-up assessments.
Social conflict and aggressive behaviors decrease. Reduction of these self-defeating behaviors continues post-graduation, with greatest improvement shown at the 12-month follow-up assessment.
Troll Control:
Quoting a debunked pseudo-study does not make your case.
Anyway, if we assume the study is valid (which it clearly is not) we'd have to attribute any changes in subjects to influences other than AEG, because AEG admits they offer no treatment whatsoever. Again, how can one assess the effects of non-treatment?
Explain that first before you try to convince us of anything else.
Mods: Whooter is flooding with repetitive posts again. If he keeps posting the same post over and again, he should rightfully be banned.
Whooter:
--- Quote from: "Guest" ---Aspen Education Group has participated in multiple independent research studies to ensure that we provide the most cutting-edge, evidence-based therapeutic practices and clinical models within each of our programs. As the leading provider of therapeutic education programs for youth and young adults, we feel it is our responsibility to measure the effectiveness of our methods and the sustainability of our results.
Aspen Education Group’s Outdoor Behavior Healthcare (OBH) programs, also referred to as wilderness therapy, participated in two long-term, independent research studies, most recently from March 2006 through October 2008. One hundred-ninety adolescents, ages 14-17, enrolled in three different wilderness therapy programs were assessed at admission; one week after they started treatment; graduation from the wilderness therapy program; three months after graduation; and 12 months after graduation. Adolescent participants in wilderness therapy programs experienced reported struggling with issues such as substance use, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideations, ADHD and academic performance....
More results to come!!
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I for one would like to see more detail. Did they release any graphs or tables?
Ursus:
--- Quote from: "Guest" ---Lols. The only problem with the 'study' is that they were illegally using unlicesned 'therapists' for their 'treatment.' Tell me, how does AEG assess effectiveness of treatment when they already admitted in a lawsuit that THEY PROVIDE NO TREATMENT? Interesting logical pretzel Whooter has tied himself into.
Attention: AEG admits after almost 20 years of operation that they provide NO THERAPY and NO TREATMENT services.
I wonder what all the parents are paying for? Food, lodging and humiliation only??
You people are SUCKERS and got RIPPED OFF by AEG. Tough pill to swallow, but AEG admitted in open court during a lawsuit trial that they in fact do not use licesned therapists and provide no treatment of any kind.
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Wouldn't this call the integrity of Ellen Behren's "study" into serious question? If this had been an actual bona fide peer-reviewed scientific study, those results would now have to be thrown out, and the study repeated.
Perhaps the re-do could be done by unbiased professional who doesn't have such a conflict of interest, and could include a little more stringent criteria!
As it stands right now, Behren's "study" is little more than a collection of anecdotal impressions and self reportage by adolescents or young adults barely out of their teens, who have little/no life experience at living independently and how to put their program experience in perspective with that, which is collected and interpreted by an industry insider with a vested interest in the outcome.
Geeezzz Louise! :wall:
Whooter:
--- Quote from: "Guest" ---
--- Quote from: "Guest" ---Aspen Education Group has participated in multiple independent research studies to ensure that we provide the most cutting-edge, evidence-based therapeutic practices and clinical models within each of our programs. As the leading provider of therapeutic education programs for youth and young adults, we feel it is our responsibility to measure the effectiveness of our methods and the sustainability of our results.
Aspen Education Group’s Outdoor Behavior Healthcare (OBH) programs, also referred to as wilderness therapy, participated in two long-term, independent research studies, most recently from March 2006 through October 2008. One hundred-ninety adolescents, ages 14-17, enrolled in three different wilderness therapy programs were assessed at admission; one week after they started treatment; graduation from the wilderness therapy program; three months after graduation; and 12 months after graduation. Adolescent participants in wilderness therapy programs experienced reported struggling with issues such as substance use, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideations, ADHD and academic performance....
More results to come!!
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I for one would like to see more detail. Did they release any graphs or tables?
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Here is a link to one of the sites which has results in Graph form (bottom of page):
Link to Study Results
Hope this helps.
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