This Blue Ridge Mountain backpacking, rock climbing, and whitewater canoeing course is designed for struggling youth and their families. These courses help address behaviors such as unhealthy risk-taking, low motivation, defiance and/or poor school performance. Presented as metaphors for the transition from childhood to adulthood, courses help teens connect their desire for more freedom with the reality that they must take on additional responsibility.
Here are some books that we encourage you to read as you plan for your course: