Woodbury Reports

Bryan Tomes, Executive Director of Asheville Academy for Girls defines academics and therapeutics, and explains how they are integrated so academics is a priority in its own right and does not take a back seat to therapeutics.

Family Therapist and Parent Educator at Trails Carolina, a Wilderness Therapy Program in North Carolina, talk about how adolescent substance abuse impacts the whole family and the help the rest of the family need for everyone to heal.

Equine Therapy programs can be healing to help a student or adult develop a relationship with a horse. In a real sense, horses can be considered therapists.

Social Worker and author of the book The Sacred Work of Grandparents raising Grandchildren, Elaine Williams discusses the almost ten percent of children in this country being raised by their Grandparents or other relatives.

Educator and therapist, James Krehbiel author of, Troubled Childhood, Triumphant Life: Healing from the Battle Scars of Youth. Discusses the “magical illusion” children often have when raised in dysfunctional families.

The many meanings and understandings of the terms therapy and therapeutic, and what is really meant when someone talks about therapy and therapeutic.

TRAILS Carolina the Journey’s, Youth Program for Boys ages 10 -14 providing young boys with a empowering and nurturing environment. Equine Assisted Therapy is a primary component of working with our younger boys.

The changes shown by students, school staff and parents and how to overcome that resistance to help them change their thinking and take better advantage of the positive environment maintained by the school for the benefit of the children.

Malcolm Gauld of Hyde Schools explains the importance of integrating character education in with academics so the students can be properly prepared to have a successful career and life.

Expanding knowledge of how the brain operates can be used to treat young children who previously were considered too damaged for healing.