cover of episode 126: Jill Needleman: Parent of a Wilderness Therapy Student

126: Jill Needleman: Parent of a Wilderness Therapy Student

2021/5/25
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Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors

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Jill Needleman is an educator and a parent of a wilderness therapy student. Jill shares her family's journey of helping her eighth-grade son get help for emotional struggles that caused him to refuse to go to school. They tried different interventions, but nothing seemed to help. They eventually found an educational consultant who referred them to Summit Achievement as it has a school component. Jill shares how wilderness therapy saved their family and the challenges of finding a good after-care program.