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ADVENTURE THERAPY RESOURCES & RESEARCH
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RESEARCH
Current research in experiential education and psychology practice supports the effectiveness of adventure and experiential therapy. Life Adventures Counseling & Consulting feels strongly that we incorporate evidence-based practices into all of our programming. One way that we do this is to regularly attend the annual Research and Evaluation of Adventure Program Symposium. The purpose of this symposium is to forward the research agenda of improving the quantity and quality of evidence-based research in adventure education, connect research with practice (and researchers with practitioners), and explore how evidence-based research and evaluation can influence program quality and increase opportunities for funding. This year's symposium focused on the purpose, need for, and issues surrounding evidence-based research in adventure education, programs that have benefited from engaging in research and/or evaluation, and program development that coincides with undertaking evidence-based research. This link will take you to the 2008 last year's program and presentations.
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RESOURCES
The following are other studies which may be of interest to you regarding adventure and experiential programming:
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Clark (2003). The effects of wilderness therapy on the perceived psychosocial stressors, defense styles, dysfunctional personality patterns, clinical syndromes, and maladaptive behaviors of troubled adolescents. Unpublished Dissertation, George Fox University, Newburg, OR.
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Russell, K.C. (2003). Assessing treatment outcomes in outdoor behavioral healthcare using the Youth Outcome Questionnaire. Child and Youth Care Forum. 32(6), 355-381.
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Russell, K.C. (2005). Two years later: A qualitative assessment of youth well being and the role of aftercare in outdoor behavioral healthcare treatment. Child and Youth Care Forum, 34(3), 209-239.
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Russell, K.C. (2006). Depressive symptom and substance use frequency outcome in outdoor behavioral healthcare. Technical Report 1, December 2006, Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Research Cooperative, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. 62 pp.
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White, D.D., Caulkins, M., & Russell, K.C. (2006). The role of physical exercise in wilderness therapy for troubled adolescent women. Journal of Experiential Education, 29(1), 18-37.
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Gillis, H. L., & Speelman, E. (2008). Are challenge (ropes) courses an effective tool? A meta-analysis. Journal of Experiential Education.
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RESEARCH
Current research in experiential education and psychology practice supports the effectiveness of adventure and experiential therapy. Life Adventures Counseling & Consulting feels strongly that we incorporate evidence-based practices into all of our programming. Please follow this link for more information about Current Research.
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