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Therapeutic Programs

What are therapeutic programs?

The therapeutic programs are offered to the troubled teens or adults who are suffering from some kind of social, behavioral, emotional, psychological or physical challenges. Whether the teen has learning disability, eating disorder, addiction, psychological disorders, defiance the teens can be benefited from these therapies. The individual consideration and care each teenager receives can bring remarkable improvements in behavioral and emotional disorders that help teenager from his/her success.

Therapeutic programs can be of two types:-

- short term or
- long term

Short-term programs: The duration of short term programs can be from few weeks to few months. These include teen drug /alcohol camps, Christian based program, Equine-Assisted therapy, boot camps, or wilderness therapy.

Long term program: The duration of these programs can be from few months to few years. This program is provided in therapeutic boarding schools and residential treatment centers with great guidance and care. There are gender-specific centers that combine academic learning with therapy and behavioral training.

Benefits of these programs:

In physical disability:

- Increase immune system, reduces pain
- Improve muscular strength., flexibility and balance
- Develop consistent activity routine for diabetes maintenance
- Improve nasty and fine motor skills
- Increase cardiovascular fitness, improve blood pressure

In psychological disability:

- Change attitudes toward disability
- Improve sense of self and achieve control over stress.
- Decrease self-stimulating and self-abusive behaviors
- Increase verbal interaction and socialization
- Increase awareness and alertness.

Therapeutic programs:

Wilderness Therapy: This therapy is also called outdoor adventurous program. This therapy develops a sense of self-examination. This therapy includes rock climbing, back packing, snow-shoeing, river-rafting etc.

Recreational therapy: This is for those persons who are physically, mentally or emotionally disabled. This therapy include music therapy, art therapy etc.

Cognitive Therapy: This therapy is for the people who want to overcome from the difficulties by identifying and altering dysfunctional thinking, behavior, and emotional responses.

Brief Therapy: this therapy is highly strategic, and solution based. This therapy focus on the client to view the present from a wider perspective and to exploit more practical understandings.

Boot camps: These programs are very harsh they apply very strict rules and regulations. These camps are called jail camps. These program works on behavior by applying military technique.

Brat camps: These programs help those who are struggling from behavior and social issue. This program is becoming very popular amongst the parents of troubled teens.