Therapeutic Adventure Best Practices Conference
Proceedings From 2007 Adventure Therapy Best Practices Conference
Keynotes
- "The Survival of Adventure Therapy: The Profession at a Crossroads"
Michael Gass - "Applying Best Practice in the Field — What's Important? A 10-Year Case Study of Applying Principles of Best Practice in the Development of an Evidence-Based Practice Model."
Dr. Simon Crisp - "Danger: Here Be Dragons"
Dene Berman, Ph.D.
Workshops
- Workshop A1: Psychological First-Aid in Adventure Therapy Practice
Dr. Simon Crisp, Clinical Psychologist - Session A3: "The Body Know Best": Integrating Somatic Awareness and Brain Biology into
Adventure-Based Therapeutic Programming
Jo Ann Orr, LCSW - Workshop A4: Behavior Management through Adventure: Empowering Young People to be Responsible to Self and Others
Jean Walsh & Paul Radcliffe - Workshop A5: Girls, Grime & Relationships
Deb Hibbard & Eilean MacKenzie, LCPC - Workshop C1: The Power of One: Experiential and Adventure-Based Activities for Individuals
Gary Stauffer, LMSW & D. Maurie Lung, LMFT - Workshop C3: Better Relationships Mean Better Outcomes? Adventure Therapy and Therapeutic
Alliance
Matt Liddle - Workshop D1: Live Licensed or Die: The Why and How
Will White, MSW, LCSW, LADAC - Workshop E1: Building Protective Factors in Adolescents through a Preventative, Community-
Based, Out-of-School Program
Tracy Tucker, MA & Brian Nelson, MS