Articles

How the SUWS Wilderness Program Helps Kids with ADD / ADHD Get "Green Time"
Jon Worbets has been taking children with Attention Deficit Disorder camping in the wilderness for thirteen years. Based on his experience, he believes that being outdoors "profoundly impacts these kids. They seem calmer, more focused, and more able to follow through, rather than just acting on their impulses."

Learning Trust and Creating Meaning Through Serving Others
Through teaching the skills needed to survive in the wilderness Mark Lauer hoped to help students learn to persevere and become self-reliant, as well as to create meaning rather than just pleasure in their lives.

Team Support Helps Teens Transition After Their SUWS Wilderness Experience
Most SUWS students undergo profound and meaningful life changes during their brief weeks in the Idaho wilderness. In order to survive and stay comfortable outdoors, a SUWS teen learns to cooperate and form friendships with his team members.

Safety as Number One Concern of SUWS and SUWS Parents
All parents worry about their children's safety: SUWS parents are no different. A parent may like the idea of using nature as a challenge and healing agent for his troubled teen, but he wants his child to come home in one piece.

A New Approach to Asperger Syndrome - Wilderness Therapy
Since teens with Asperger Syndrome may have already experienced social rejection in the past, I work to insure that their experience here at SUWS is positive and friendly. I will hand pick your child's placement in a group tailored to his or her needs, based partly on your child's age, gender and abilities.