Joint Commission AccreditedPosts Tagged ‘adoption’
Where Do We Sleep? Wilderness Therapy at Work
To a RedCliff wilderness therapy staff member there are few things more invigorating than waking up in the wilderness. Whether it has rained, dumped snow through the night, or is a perfect fall morning, there is something special to us about waking up in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by nothing more than miles of…
Read MoreWilderness Therapy and True Grit
After four days of constant rain the temperature dropped and the rain turned to snow at our wilderness therapy camping spot. We had been hunkered under a rain tarp erected over our fire for days, with a cold wind blowing rain into our backs. Staff chose the windward side of the fire, taking the brunt…
Read MoreFamilies and Troubled Teens: Learning to Fly
As Intake Coordinator for RedCliff Ascent, I ensure safe transportation of our new troubled teens students to see the pediatrician for their initial physicals as part of the intake process. Last week, while returning to the field after one of these standard visits, we drove past a couple of hawks in the road. Sitting on the…
Read MoreWilderness Therapy at RedCliff: Do You Speak Our Language?
There’s a certain lingo used here at RedCliff that can be hard for people outside of our world to understand. Even when folks understand the language, it can be hard to speak – it’s constantly evolving, changing, being added to. I visit the student groups in the field at least once a week, and sometimes…
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