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By Saleem Rana


Lon Woodbury and Mary Romero, hosts of The Woodbury Report radio show on K4HD.com, spoke to three guests on the theme of the top news from parent choice programs across the country. The guests interviewed were Ken Huey, Founder and Senior VP of CALO; Dr. Rick Meeves, CEO of Aspiro/Outback Therapeutic Expeditions; and Kathy Rex, Founder of BlueFire Wilderness Therapy.

The show is hosted by Lon Woodbury, the founder of Struggling Teens and Woodbury Reports. As an Independent Educational Consultant, Lon has been helping troubled adolescents since 1984. Lon is a prolific author and has written a wide number of books on parenting.

Mary Romero is an author of several books. Her latest release is "The Breakdown of an All-American Family." Besides writing books on family psychology, she writes for several parenting websites, is an active Life Coach, Consumer Advocate, and runs her own business called Live-Coaching with Mary Romero.

Interviewing Founders of the Top 3 Parent Choice Programs

Ken Huey was the first guest. He founded the Change Academy Lake of the Ozarks, often simply referred to as CALO, and serves as it current senior vice president.

CALO--who specialize in working with adopted children who have serious attachment disorders and reactive attachment disorders. They recently opened up two new houses on five acres of adjoining property. Preteens are children between the ages of ten to thirteen years of age. Those with reactive attachment disorder are intense. Although, they are not violent, they require a large staff to regulate their behavior. "These children, "said Ken, "need one on one care. They crave touch, love and care. They like to rock in the dual rocking chairs and to sit and talk and to learn to connect and trust."

Dr. Rick Meeves, the new CEO of Aspiro and Outback Therapeutic Expeditions, was the next guest. He discussed how the two programs would remain autonomous.

Although both programs were designed on the model for expeditionary programs, said Rick, each had a completely different focus. Aspiro focused on providing an adventure. Outlook focused on the wilderness experience, and it was planning to have some New Age elements added to it.

The final guest was Kathy Rex. She is the founder of a new wilderness program called BlueFire Wilderness Therapy. The school is located in southern Idaho.

The new program is for children who are between thirteen and seventeen years old. The program is gender specific and students can choose between an adventure or a wilderness experience. They are housed in yurts, where they learn arts and crafts.




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