Thanks Ursus,
As to your first question, Irit, Einat & myself have been working with troubled teens (and their parents) for many years, and we were very successful (if I may say that…).
In addition, as a kid I was something like what is called today "troubled teenager". Obviously I suffered a lot and luckily enough I was able to overcome great difficulties and pull myself together.
When I grew up, I was able to study and developed a career in HR, Training, consultancy and organizational psychology and worked a lot with my wife Irit in helping families in various ways (workshops, trainings, mediations, lectures, coaching and more). May I add that in many cases we volunteered to do so…Why? Because I never forget where I came from…
In recent years we thought about developing & leading a program that fits our philosophy (in regard to troubled teens and their families). We wanted to use our experiences and know how for the benefit of troubled teens and their families.
It took us some time to develop it, check options and possibilities and finally practically doing it…
We heard a lot about wilderness programs and some years ago started to investigate it. As usually with concepts, we liked some ideas, we did not like others and we created our own wilderness program that is applicable in Israel.
And here we are ready to do things differently, not a boot camp, not a brat camp and not against the teenager's will.
How? We invite you to visit our site, look at it and I am sure things will be clear.
The bottom line: For the three of us, it is a dream that comes true!
That answers (hopefully) your first question.
As to your second question: All the materials, wordings etc… were written by us in Hebrew and translated by our copywriter- translator.
When you visit our site I am sure that you will be able to notice the uniqueness of the program we offer as well as the originality of the written materials.
If you have any other questions or doubts please do not hesitate to contact me.
Merry Christmas/happy Chanukah
Shaul Abir