THERAPEUTIC ADVENTURE PROGRAMS

Chemical Dependency Breakthroughs - Currently Adjudicated Offenders - Prevention Programs - Finally...Something that works! - Why Does it work? - Why Peak Performance? - Therapeutic Program Questions

Bringing the Power of Adventure to Rehabilitation and Healing!

CHEMICAL DEPENDANCY BREAKTHROUGHS

• Retreats for A.A., therapy, and support groups:

Peak Performance! retreats are a perfect environment for recuperation, restoration, and resolve.  Exciting outdoor activities in spectacular settings, programs that teach participants to LIVE well instead of just talk well, and professional facilitation by coaches and friends who’ve been there, combine for an fun, thoughtful, and effective program that really works.

• Adjuncts to Existing Therapy:

Peak Performance!™ professionals, programs, and facilities can be used by practitioners to bring exceptional power to their therapeutic processes.  Augment, multiply, and add retention to existing programs. Bring the “talk” and “head” into the “heart” and “soul”, by living the lessons through adventure activities, guided reflection, and creation of action plans.

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CURRENTLY ADJUDICATED OFFENDERS

• Adventure Based Counseling:

Court directed alternative to incarceration for adult or juvenile offenders. (Administered similar to traffic school)

• Outdoor/Wilderness Challenge Rehabilitation:

Comprehensive rehabilitation program (in institution or "outcount") for currently incarcerated offenders (adult or juvenile).

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PREVENTION PROGRAMS

• Group Programs:

To make positive lasting change in attitudes and life decisions. Teambuilding, developing trust and trustworthiness, building group support for individual members are among the most popular of our programs.

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FINALLY...SOMETHING THAT WORKS!

Research on these programs indicate significant positive increases in:

     Decreased agression and defensiveness

     Internal locus and self control, self esteeem and reliance

     Increased achievement motivation

     Increased effectiveness of substance abuse treatment

Experience shows reduced recidivism, including longitudinally (two to five years later).

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WHY DOES IT WORK?

The wilderness environment acts to multiply the power of other techniques, such as psychotherapy, alternatives to violence, reality therapy, substance abuse counseling, and the work of casework staff. This potentiating effect results from several unique aspects of outdoor rehabilitation:

1) Being in the wilderness facilitates the breaking down of inappropriate defenses and denials;

2) The novel environment, physical and social stress, and motivation to succeed at concrete tasks creates an attitude that is implicitly conducive to detaching oneself from unproductive personality strategies;

3)  A series of success and mastery experiences produces enhancement of self esteem that is conducive to experimenting with new roles in life;

4) Repeated exposure to positive roles results in creation of an internalized heroic model.

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WHY PEAK PERFORMANCE?

Peak Performance!™ has a proven track record of creating positive growth experiences for individuals and organizations. Providing adventures for higher achievement is our full-time job.  We know how to get their attention, how to direct it toward change for the better, and how to coach and guide their action plans. Thousands of clients annually attest to the effectiveness of these programs.

Peak Performance!™ President Mark Rowland directed a highly successful outdoor rehabilitation program for the Missouri Department of Corrections, is a presenter to the American Corrections Association, and has lectured widely on therapeutic adventure programs in correctional settings, and is past regional representative for the Therapeutic Adventure professional group of the Association for Experiential Education.

Experienced, professional staff using a tested curriculum in top notch facilities!

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(Or "How do I get through the hype?")

Does the program:

1.  Have accreditation by the Association for Experiential Education (AEE)?

2.  Maintain active memberships for staff and the program (in good standing) with professional organizations?  Which organizations?  (Examples might be: AEE, AACT, APA, ACA, etc.)

3.  Have and follow written risk management plans which are exercised at least annually, and which are available for review by prospective participants or parents?

4.  Participate in the following levels of risk management and reduction:

                      a) Self evaluation and training

                      b) Internal evaluation and training

                      c) Conferences and external training

                      d) External consultations

                      e) External peer review

                      f) Program accreditation?

5.  Employ staff who are members of or follow the ethical guidelines established by the Therapeutic Adventure Professional Group of AEE?

6.  Document the training and certification by staff in prevention, recognition, and treatment of emergency medical situations in the field?

7.  Publish the actual safety record in terms of number and type of incidents, and the number of incidents per participant day?  Is a copy of the annual Safety Report available to prospective participants?

8.  Have written policies and procedures, congruent with established national standards, for conducting and regular external evaluation of its programs?

9.  Have licensed professional advisors in such areas as medicine, clinical therapeutic supervision, and law?

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