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The Troubled Teen Industry / Woodbury Reports, Inc. - College Excel
« on: January 10, 2012, 10:24:26 AM »
College Excel is the brainchild of co-founders Sue Harless, a teacher who spent years inspiring discouraged learners and Jeannie Crowell, who spent 25 years of her life as a counselor.

While their goals are aligned, the paths they took to get here couldn't be more different.

Sue Harless wants to take the lessons she learned, and the years she's spent observing teenagers, and put them into action:

"My work with young adults over the past 25 years has allowed me privileged insight into their world. It’s a remarkable world filled with creativity, joy, uncertainty, fear, pride, desire, pain and passion. And their voices are amazing - as they call out to be heard and understood as they find their way.

I’ve also been in the unique position of seeing and hearing and working with them on the things that keep them stuck…issues such as relationships, drugs or alcohol, anxiety, depression, fear, anger, procrastination, things they wish they had done and things they wish they hadn’t.

Seeing how these issues were smothering out that great passion, pride and creativity, and robbing them of those amazing voices, I knew I had to take note, and College Excel had to take action."

Jeannie Crowell wants to use the wisdom she gained first hand to help young adults move forward with their lives free of shame:

"I know what obstacles look like and the hard work it takes to let go of your past. I was an experiential learner with undiagnosed ADD which made my journey rich with lessons, but hard on my soul.

At 21 years old, I'd hit rock bottom 4 or 5 times. I dropped out of high school and then college, unable to follow through with school. I tried to self-medicate the feelings I was hiding – thinking I was just lazy, stupid or maybe even crazy. I was scared about my future, but hid the fear and anxiety I was experiencing behind the drugs that had become my best friends.

I lost my self-confidence, burned my bridges and was sick of the life I was leading, but didn’t know what to do about it. I thought about giving up completely, but there was always something inside of me that held out hope. I had dreams about who I could be, but I was just so lost and had stopped letting people help me.

Eventually, I ended up finding a few people I could trust. I told them my story, my true story, and they listened without judgment. The compassion and understanding they showed me saved my life. They saw through my disguises to the real me. And they believed in the me that I had lost. This event changed my life forever. I was so thankful that someone stopped long enough to really see me and helped me understand that the things that I felt so ashamed of doing were the only coping mechanisms I had at the time to survive my life.

It was at that point that I finally knew what I wanted to do. I wanted to help others like myself avoid the tragedy my life had become by reaching out and offering them a place to find themselves again."

College Excel was the natural next step for both of them. Their combined dream took root in the lush mountains of Bend, Oregon and, since its launch in 2002, has grown into a unique combination of passion and dedication that challenges students to transform their lives.

In many ways, the existence of College Excel is proof that its methods work. Both co-founders put themselves on specific paths that aligned with their talents and gifts, believed in themselves and their ability to change the lives of others, and achieved their goals. It's the same mission they now instill in their students.

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The Troubled Teen Industry / Woodbury Reports, Inc. - College Excel
« on: January 08, 2012, 06:30:12 PM »
http://www.collegeexcel.com

We know that giving students opportunity and support can transform their goals into reality. We've seen it happen.

Our private, residential program helps students build personal and academic confidence while they earn a college degree. In addition to our program, students enroll in the local community college or Oregon State’s Cascade Campus for additional courses. And every step of the way, they receive guidance from our professors, coaches and learning specialists.

College Excel provides a highly collaborative community where students learn to cultivate the internal motivation and confidence they need to succeed in college and life.

And we don't use a cookie cutter approach. Instead, we personally work with each student to unlock this desire. They all have it. Many of our students have previously failed or dropped out of college, but they're all bright. They all want to do better, even if they don't know how yet.

That's where we come in, and why we were selected as one of the top 15 coaching practices by a panel of internationally recognized leaders in the field of personal transformation.

Our students go on to leading universities, amazing careers and meaningful lives. We help them get there, but the desire is already inside of them. We just bring it to the surface.

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Your Teen Can Recover from Substance Abuse

http://parc.memorialhermann.org/drug-al ... ehab/teen/

"Each time we visit the PaRC we can see signs of our son – our true son – returning. It is in his eyes mostly.” - Veronica M., August 2010

Alcoholism and drug addiction are family diseases…and they are treatable. Your teen can recovery from substance abuse. You and your family can recover from the effects of the substance abuse.

PaRC’s specialty is substance abuse treatment. Our adolescent treatment program is respected, well-rounded, and aims to treat your teen and your family.  Your  teen  receives  comprehensive, individualized attention and treatment. You and your family receive the education, treatment, and guidance you need to remain healthy and focused while dealing with your teen’s alcohol or drug use.

Drug addiction and alcoholism are diseases that get worse and worse without treatment. Don't let your teen's disease progress any further. We urge you to take action and get help for your teen and your family now. The PaRC welcomes you. Come by our campus, take a tour, and get all the information you need to make an informed decision. Or simply speak with a knowledgeable PaRC representative at  713-939-7272  to learn how we help teens and their families each and every day.

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The Troubled Teen Industry / Woodbury Reports, Inc. - Crossroads Academy
« on: January 08, 2012, 04:42:29 PM »
Micky Knapton
Recreation Director, Sports Instructor



For the past 10+ years Micky has been working as a Mechanical Designer in the California Bay Area. While this career has been very demanding, Micky has always found time for his passion – boarding. Skateboarding, surfing, snowboarding, and wakeboarding, have all been a big part of his life for the past 20+ years.

In addition to mechanical design, Micky has professionally taught skateboarding to a wide range of students. His students have ranged from first timers to students who are in competitions. More than one of his students has gone on to become sponsored skateboarders.

Combining his skills as a mechanical designer and his love for teaching various types of boarding, Micky has developed a skateboard cable system. This harness system allows a person to learn to skate at various levels, including the mastering of advanced tricks, while maintaining a superior level of safety. This system will be implemented at Crossroads Academy’s skate park to help keep your son as safe as possible. Micky is also the designer and co-owner of the Force Skateboard Tool company. This company’s team riders include professional skateboarders like: Steve Caballero, Jason Adams, Caswell Berry, and soon to be added Louie Barletta.

Micky has been married to his wife Malena since July 2000. They are the proud parents of one boy and two girls (twins!). Being young parents keeps them on their toes, but brings them infinite joy.

"Over the years, boarding sports have been my escape. These are sports that constantly challenge me and have provided me with a healthy escape from the pressures and trials of life. I have used these sports to help overcome my own personal struggle with substance abuse in my adolescent and young adult years. I believe that it is imperative for anyone who is trying to conquer hardships and/or addictions in his/her life, to have some healthy form of escape-an activity that is good for the body and soul. For me this escape has always been boarding. These different boarding sports have helped me replace the bad with the good, and provided a way to keep the world from conquering me.
Crossroads Academy - Micky Knapton

I have been fortunate enough to see this type of escape also work in the lives of many of my students. I still get Christmas cards/letters from grateful parents and students of years past. I love this work. It has been very rewarding to see the positive influence I have been able to have on the lives of these adolescents. Now as a parent, I understand more fully the importance of good role models, good friends, and healthy escapes in the lives of our children."

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The Troubled Teen Industry / Woodbury Reports, Inc. - Crossroads Academy
« on: January 08, 2012, 04:42:14 PM »
Meet Our Staff

Jason Dalton, MS, LCSW
Crossroads Academy - Jason Dalton

Jason earned a B.S. in Family Science in 1997 and then went on to complete his Masters of Social Work in 1999, both from Brigham Young University.

Jason's clinical experience while at Brigham Young University included working at the VA medical Center both on the inpatient psychiatric unit as well as with the homeless population. He also spent time in an adult substance abuse program. Jason then worked with the Family Support and Treatment Center providing therapy for children, adolescents, couples, and families. Here he was trained in play therapy and sandplay therapy, the latter he has incorporated into his ongoing work with adolescents as an adjunct to individual and family therapy. Since completing his Master's degree Jason has worked with adolescents in the residential and wilderness treatment settings. For the last six years Jason has been working for the Second Nature Wilderness Programs in Duchesne, Utah. Jason was initially drawn to wilderness therapy by a desire to help students better transition from their wilderness experience into their residential setting and is now better prepared than ever to help students with this transition and to continue to build on the work that many of them have started in the wilderness.

Prior to Jason's clinical experience he worked with adolescents in a variety of community and treatment program settings since 1993. Jason has a great love and appreciation for adolescents and the struggles that are unique to this stage in life. For nearly 20 years now he has been working with adolescents in the community through work and other adolescent focused groups. This has been a natural fit and his own life has been greatly influenced by the many wonderful young people that he has been able to interact with. In his clinical work he enjoys drawing on his training and education, as well as his personal experiences while he works to understand each student and their individual struggles and strengths.
Crossroads Academy - Jason Dalton

The outdoors and recreation have always been a powerful part of Jason's life and he has spent a lot of his time in pursuit of these activities. "When I was about 10 or 11 I put on my first pair of skis. These were the red plastic one's that you strapped onto your snow boots. It wasn't much, but it was a start and I remember the magical sensation of sliding down a hill on skis. It has been a passion that I have pursued since that day. Skiing has provided a great opportunity to connect with family and friends, to challenge myself physically and emotionally, and to develop a sense of mastery while having a great deal of fun." Being on a bike has also been a natural part of Jason's life. He has been riding a bike in some form or another for most of his life. Whether skiing, biking, or hiking, and usually taking a lot of pictures along the way, Jason has found a place for connecting, serenity, curiosity and exploring, as well as challenging himself in the great outdoors. He is looking forward to incorporating this in his continued work with adolescents at Crossroads Academy.

Jason loves spending time with his wife Melanie of nearly 17 years and four daughters. He has learned a lot of patience teaching each of his four daughters to ski. They spend as much time as possible in the winter up on the slopes as a family. He enjoys supporting his wife and daughters in their own pursuits around dance and the arts as well. As a family much of their time is spent outdoors exploring, working, sharing and connecting.

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The Troubled Teen Industry / Woodbury Reports, Inc. - Crossroads Academy
« on: January 08, 2012, 04:41:52 PM »
Meet Our Staff

Ian D. Feinauer, Ph. D., LMFT

Ian has a Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Brigham Young University. His research emphasis was on implicit process rules and their affects on adolescent symptomology such as depression and anxiety. Ian also received his B.A. in Psychology with an emphasis in recreational therapy from the University of Utah and a M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Kentucky.

Ian's clinical experience at the University of Kentucky included working with couples, depression, lower SES families, and juvenile sex offenders and their victims. After completing his masters degree Ian worked at Turn-About Ranch in Escalante, Utah. While at Turn-About, Ian gained an appreciation for the experiential therapeutic potentials of working with adolescents in a residential treatment/ranch setting. He became more interested in working with adolescents and their families. While at Brigham Young University, Ian specialized in working with adolescents and their families, premarital couples, addiction, juvenile sex offenders and trauma survivors. Ian also pursued more training in psychodynamic and developmental theory. This has helped shape his approach to individual issues and compliments his systemic background that is entrenched in family therapy theory. After Ian attended BYU, he sought out a job with and worked for Second Nature Wilderness Program in Duchesne Utah. While at Second Nature Ian was able to truly develop and come into his own as a therapist. He had the opportunity to work with both adolescent boys and girls. While at Second Nature Ian developed a passion for the conceptualization of adolescent issues and an appreciation for the hurdles that youth are faced with in today's society.
Ian

Since Leaving Second Nature in April of 2007 Ian has worked for various programs as well as doing some private practice. Ian was able to run one Residential program for adolescents as well as consulting for and developing two other programs. Ian is excited to be working at Crossroads and has dedicated himself to continued education and skill development both clinically and personally.

In addition, Ian has conducted and facilitated discussions as well as has presented research and theory related to family differentiation and eating disorders, family leisure patterns, family of origin and adult alcohol use, juvenile sex offenders, and the effects of marital quality on individual health at national and regional conferences. Ian has also published papers relating to family literacy, family rules, and family and child well being, and has submitted several publications related to family process rules, the effects of sex abuse on male victims as well as the epistemologies of learning and knowing.

In addition to Ian's clinical background he also has a degree in Fire Science as he once pursued a career as a fire fighter. He also spent ten years as a river guide in the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Besides having a substantial effect on his own life, as a river guide Ian noticed the effects that wilderness and experiential learning has on individuals as well as family systems. This had an effect on him as he pursued his career as a therapist and has shaped his thoughts and feelings regarding change and each persons potential.

Ian still loves to run rivers, snowboard, wakeboard, ride his mountain bike, rock climb, and eat ice cream. Ian is the oldest of five children and an avid Portland Trailblazers fan. He is fluent in French and loves to travel when he can

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The Troubled Teen Industry / Woodbury Reports, Inc. - Crossroads Academy
« on: January 08, 2012, 04:41:37 PM »
Meet Our Staff

Eric Dahlin
Co-Owner/Founder, Business Administrator

Eric has worked in the high-tech industry for 20+ years, with the last 15 years in Engineering Management with Seagate Technology, a Fortune 500 company, where he earned US Patents and Technical achievement awards.
Crossroads Academy

"Although working in the high-tech field has been challenging and rewarding, the decision to leave and start Crossroads Academy was not a difficult one. I have enjoyed working with the youth in my community in both Boy Scouts and church organizations for the past decade. This opportunity to work fulltime with struggling adolescents, helping them make positive changes in their lives, will bring much more personal joy and satisfaction than anything I could have ever experienced in my previous career."

Eric enjoys many outdoor activities, including wakeboarding, skiing, mountain biking, and scuba diving. He is a competitive racquetball player, sponsored by Head, and passionately believes in the physical and emotional health benefits of proper nutrition and exercise. Along with business operation responsibilities, Eric will be working closely with fitness and nutrition experts to ensure each student receives proper exercise and a healthy diet that promotes recovery and improves overall health and performance.

Eric and his wife Dianne have been married 24 years. They have 3 wonderful children, Matthew (22), Jeffrey (20), and Annie (17).

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The Troubled Teen Industry / Woodbury Reports, Inc. - Crossroads Academy
« on: January 08, 2012, 04:40:52 PM »
Meet Our Staff

Derek Bowles, MS, LCSW
Co-Owner/Founder, Program Director, Primary Therapist


bowles.derek@gmail.comCrossroads Academy - Derek Bowles

Derek Bowles is a co-founder of Crossroads Academy and primary therapist. Derek received a Bachelors degree from Weber State University where he double majored in Social Work and Sociology. He received a Masters Degree in Clinical Social Work from Brigham Young University in 2001. Derek was awarded the Social Worker of Promise Award by his graduating class.

Since graduating, Derek has worked with adolescents in both outpatient and residential treatment centers. He worked as a primary therapist for YHA, a private treatment center for adolescent males until he co-founded Pathway Academy in Ogden, Utah. Derek has served as clinical director for the past two years. He sold Pathway Academy after his partner and co-founder became ill. Derek has maintained a private practice in Farmington, Utah, where he specializes in adolescents and couples therapy.

Derek has presented at the Utah State Mental Health Conference on suicide, and the National Victims Awareness Conference. Derek is an accomplished presenter and trainer and has served as a Critical Incident Debrief Therapist with the Davis County sheriff’s and District Attorney’s office.
Crossroads Academy - Derek Bowles

Derek’s greatest joy lies in his relationship to his wife of 12 years, Cariane, and his two daughters, Madison (9) and Myken (3). Derek and Cariane built their home in Liberty, Utah located in beautiful Ogden Valley, just minutes away from two major ski resorts and two mountain lakes. Derek is an avid fly fisherman and has fished throughout the United States. He is a mediocre golfer, but is working at improving his game. Derek enjoys all aspects of the outdoors and looks forward to working with the students at Crossroads Academy in hopes of holding on to his adolescence a bit longer.

"It is interesting how life seems to draw us toward our strengths and passions. When the opportunity came for Sam, and I to start Crossroads Academy, I jumped at the chance to combine the joys of adolescent treatment with the outdoors and boarding sports. It is my belief that adolescents who find enjoyment and confidence in sports, education, and interpersonal relationships are better able to manage the difficult roads that so many young people face today.

The values that Crossroads Academy are built upon have served me well in my life: Integrity in all that we do, strong family bonds that include friends and community, work that is the basis for self-confidence and success, and finally, play, that brings meaning and memories to our lives. These values have provided me with a strong foundation in my life and will hopefully provide that same foundation to your son, as he continues down the road of recovery and success."

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The Troubled Teen Industry / Woodbury Reports, Inc. - Crossroads Academy
« on: January 08, 2012, 04:39:21 PM »
Meet Our Staff

Samuel K. Dahlin, MS, Ph.D., LMFT
Co-Owner/Founder, Clinical Director, Primary Therapist


samdahlin@yahoo.com

Crossroads Academy - Sam Dahlin FamilySam received his B.S in Psychology at the University of Utah. He then attended Brigham Young University, where he completed his M.S and Ph.D in Marriage and Family Therapy. While in school, Sam’s clinical experience included working with couples, families, and individuals. His research and clinical focus turned toward adolescents and substance abuse. Sam has presented research at national marriage and family therapy conferences and has been published in the Journal of Marriage and Family Therapy.

Over the past 10 years, Sam has been working with adolescents and their families in various settings. Sam has spent over six years working as a wilderness therapist. He worked at Aspen Achievement Academy in Loa, Utah for a year where he first learned how powerful the wilderness can be as an agent of change in the life of an adolescent. Sam then worked as the adolescent program director at the Gathering Place, an outpatient substance abuse clinic. After missing the wilderness, he returned a year later, this time to the Second Nature Wilderness Program in Duchesne, Utah, where he was a primary therapist for five years. At the end of those five years, Sam and the Second Nature founders partnered up with an existing school called Willow Creek. As a partner, director, and therapist, Sam spent this last year helping develop the Willow Creek School into a solid clinical boarding school.

Currently, Sam is the co-founder of Crossroads Academy. He is the clinical director and a primary therapist. He is also one of the wakeboard instructors in the recreation program at Crossroads.
Crossroads Academy - Sam Dahlin

Sam spent the first twenty two years of his life growing up in the Bay Area (Campbell, CA). He has been living in Utah for the past twelve years. Sam has also been married for that same amount of time (He followed his wife to Utah). Sam married a wonderful girl named Melanie, and together they have three beautiful daughters, Haylee (8), Kambrie (6), and Gwen (3). Sam’s family enjoys many outdoor activities together, with snowboarding and wakeboarding as two of their favorites. Sam has been snowboarding since 1989 and wakeboarding since 1997. He also really enjoys skateboarding on half pipes and needs a lot of work on his street skating skills.

"Starting up Crossroads Academy has been a dream of mine ever since I was working at Aspen Achievement Academy seven years ago. After finishing my PhD and gaining experience in both wilderness and residential therapy, I am finally in a place to realize this dream.

About half way through my graduate school experience, it became clear to me that working with adolescents was the right fit for me. Adolescence is such a difficult developmental phase to navigate through and many teens struggle to find their way. Like your son, I too, struggled during adolescence, as well as in my young adult years. I stopped following the values that my parents had tried to instill in me, and began lying and abusing substances to the point that I had lost all direction in life. At age 21, I had a rock bottom experience that changed my life. After that experience, I searched for meaning in my life, and what I found was nothing particularly deep or profound, but rather something very basic. The truth I learned for me was that life is about finding lasting joy, and this joy is found by living true to my values.

Crossroads Academy - Sam DahlinWhile I realize that each individual has his or her own set of values, I believe that there are some basic principles in life, which if followed, will bring genuine happiness to most people. I believe that the four guiding principles of our program (family, integrity, work, and play) will give your son back the foundation that he needs to find success and happiness. My motto is: “Work hard and play hard.” That is why I am running a small school, so that I will be able to know all 16 students and have the opportunity to not only be a part of their treatment team, but to be playing with them each day. I believe this will foster meaningful, lasting relationships that will help these young men at this important crossroads in their lives."

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Feed Your Head / Woodbury Reports, Inc. - Educational Consultants - CA
« on: January 08, 2012, 04:11:59 PM »
Deborah Thomason
Member: IECA
http://www.boardingschool.net

Skelton Thomason And Associates

560 S Winchester Blvd
Fifth Floor
San Jose CA, 95128
Phone: 877-287-1765
Fax: 503-296-5310

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Feed Your Head / Woodbury Reports, Inc. - Educational Consultants - CA
« on: January 08, 2012, 04:09:34 PM »
Virginia Reiss, MS
Certified Educational Planner
Member: IECA
http://www.virginiareiss.com

Virginia Reiss Associates

980 Magnolia Ave., Ste. 8
Larkspur, CA 94939

Phone: 415-461-4788
Fax: 415-4614626

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Feed Your Head / Woodbury Reports, Inc. - Educational Consultants - CA
« on: January 08, 2012, 04:08:00 PM »
Educational Consultants

Independent educational consultants are professionals who assist students and families with educational decision making. The advantages of a parent using an independent educational consultant are they:

    1.) are on the side of the parent and the child.
    2.) are skilled and experienced in matching a child's needs with the strengths of schools and programs.
    3.) have personally visited many of the schools.
    4.) know the facts behind the brochures.
    5.) are part of a nation-wide network they can tap into.
    6.) can save parents money by helping them avoid common "mistakes."
    7.) are often parents themselves, so they have "been there."

Following are several Educational Consultants who specialize in helping parents find appropriate places for children with behavioral and/or emotional problems.

Susan Grossi, MEd, MA, MFT
Member: IECA
Mesia Kempton
Associate
E-mail
http://www.susangrossi.com

Susan Grossi & Associates, Inc.
Phone 888-246-0039
Fax 949-654-7825

Irvine Office
2082 Michelson Dr, Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92612

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Feed Your Head / Woodbury Reports - Client Ethics
« on: January 08, 2012, 02:28:34 AM »
http://www.strugglingteens.com/wric/WhatToExpect.htm

What To Expect From An Educational Consultation

Woodbury Reports Educational Consultants work for the families that hire us.

Parents hire us to help represent them in making critical educational decisions. Our consultants professionally research all appropriate options before giving advice.

By thoroughly interviewing the family, communicating with professionals and researching all options, Woodbury Consultants are able to narrow down the options to the most appropriate schools or programs.

The consultant will discuss the pros and cons of each of their recommendations and explain options to the family. Placement decisions rest solely on the family.

Utilizing a multi-disciplinary team of experts in the private, parent-choice network, Woodbury Consultants are able to work with a wide range if issues.

Woodbury Reports Client Ethics:

    We treat each client as our only client and are available for follow up issues after our consultations.
    We respect the unique challenges of each client.
    We honor our client's confidentiality.
    Our fees are reasonable and flexible.
    We work only with companies who have a strong sense of mission and posses impeccable ethics.

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