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Environmental Sciences

Research in Outdoor Education

Journal

1992

Adventure programs

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Summary Of Therapeutic Uses Discussion, Michael Gass Jan 1992

Summary Of Therapeutic Uses Discussion, Michael Gass

Research in Outdoor Education

Summarizes the group discussion held following the keynote on therapeutic outdoor recreation.


Outcomes Of Adventure Program Participation By Adolescents Involved In Psychiatric Treatment, Jeffrey P. Witman Jan 1992

Outcomes Of Adventure Program Participation By Adolescents Involved In Psychiatric Treatment, Jeffrey P. Witman

Research in Outdoor Education

This study investigated selected outcomes of adventure program participation by adolescents involved with psychiatric treatment. This study was one component of a larger study of adventure outcomes among adolescents in treatment A random (N=42) sample of program participants at 12 sites (hospitals, treatment centers) were involved. The participants were asked a week after their involvement in adventure experiences, to indicate the extent to which they had shared information about the adventure experience with others and bad applied attitudes and skills gained in the program. The findings suggested that adolescents in treatment talk about the adventure experience and apply it in …