Publications & Presentations
Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare: A Longitudinal Assessment of Young Adult Outcomes. Journal of Counseling and Development. 2017
- A Multilevel Model to Examine Adolescent Outcomes in Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare: The Parent Perspective. Child & Youth Care Forum. 2016
- Adolescent Self-Assessment of an Outdoor Behavioral Health Program: Longitudinal Outcomes and Trajectories of Change. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 2016
- Pushing Beyond Outcome: What Else Changes in Wilderness Therapy? Journal of Therapeutic Schools and Programs. 2016
- Outdoor Behavioral Health Care: Client and Treatment Characteristics Effects on Young Adult Outcomes. Journal of Experiential Education. 2016
- Longitudinal Outcomes for Youth Transported to Wilderness Therapy Programs. Research on Social Work Practice. 2016
- What Does it Take to Get Post-Discharge Data? Journal of Therapeutic Schools and Programs. 2016
- Dissecting the wilderness therapy client: Examining clinical trends, findings, and industry patterns. Journal of Experiential Education. 2014
- Efficacy of wilderness therapy for young adults: A first look. Journal of Residential Treatment for Children and Youth. 2013
Presentations at Professional Conferences
American Counseling Association
- Theory and Efficacy of Wilderness Therapy: Mechanisms of change and long-term outcomes. Honolulu, Hawaii. 2014
American Psychological Association
- A continuum of care among Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare models.
- Symposium for the convention in Toronto in August 2015
- Does transporting youth affect outcomes in wilderness therapy?
- Poster for the convention in Toronto in August 2015
- Does change last? Outcomes for adolescent and young adults in outdoor behavioral healthcare. Washington, DC, August 2014
- Outcomes in outdoor behavioral healthcare.
- Presented within the symposium “Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare: Advances in research and evaluation,” Washington, DC, August 2014
Association of Experiential Education
- Dissecting the Wilderness Therapy Client: Examining Clinical Trends, Findings, and Industry Pattern. Denver, CO; October 2013
- For whom does wilderness therapy work best? Predictors of change according to parent assessments. International Adventure Therapy Conference, Denver, CO; June 2015
National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs
- Integrating adoption research, neuroscience and attachment theory to heal relational trauma in wilderness therapy. Nashville, TN. February 2015
- What changes in wilderness therapy: Moving beyond outcome. Utah Regional Meeting, Provo, UT; September 2011
Wilderness Therapy Symposium
- Using multi-level modeling to better understand improvements and predictors in outdoor behavioral healthcare. Park City, UT. August 2014
- A conversation about gender differences in wilderness therapy: What the data says and what it means for us in the field. Park City, UT. August 2014
- Treating Young Adults with Substance Abuse in Wilderness Therapy. Park City, UT. August 2014
- Using Data and Attachment Theory to Understand Why Wilderness Treatment Can Be an Effective Means for Treating Adopted Adolescents. Park City, UT. August 2014
- How to do research in clinical settings without 'failing'! Ideas and strategies. Boulder, CO. August 2013
- How are clients six months after treatment? Boulder, CO. August 2013
- Solidifying outcomes: Mounting evidence for the transformational wilderness experience. Boulder, CO. August 2012