What Parents Can Expect

Even though the challenges leading up to sending your teen away to a wilderness program are often a wrenching experience for the entire family, there is comfort knowing that your teen is in the care of competent and supportive therapists and staff who have the capacity to truly help your child. This understanding will empower you as parents to cope successfully with the emotional turmoil that often is a part of life in the days after your teen leaves home. The experienced counseling staff at Wilderness Quest offers:

Weekly communication via phone and email
Individualized, personal attention
Reassurance for anxious parents
Parenting and family education for parents and siblings
Integration of the student's experience into the family
Transition or return home plan


Home Our Program • Why it Works • 12 Step Program • Family Involvement • Standards • Safety • Young Adults Our People • Leadership About Us • Our Mission • History • Testimonials Admissions • 4 Simple Steps • Criteria Contact Us	What Parents Can Expect Even though the challenges leading up to sending your teen away to a wilderness program are often a wrenching experience for the entire family, there is comfort knowing that your teen is in the care of competent and supportive therapists and staff who have the capacity to truly help your child. This understanding will empower you as parents to cope successfully with the emotional turmoil that often is a part of life in the days after your teen leaves home. The experienced counseling staff at Wilderness Quest offers: Weekly communication via phone and email Individualized, personal attention Reassurance for anxious parents Parenting and family education for parents and siblings Integration of the student's experience into the family Transition or return home plan	Testimonials Wilderness Quest was an important turning point for our son. It got his attention, got him focused, and got him moving in a positive direction, enabling us to establish a constructive working relationship. – Tim and Marilyn Heinz, Pennsylvania Will it Work for My Child? What Parents Can Expect Accreditation