This course is a canoe expedition for young adults struggling with decision making and direction in general. It is not a therapeutic program and cannot accommodate students with certain psychiatric conditions, significant struggles with chemical dependency or those with a history of violent behavior.

Intercept
Intercept is a special program of Outward Bound, one of the oldest wilderness adventure programs in the world. It is designed to serve teens and their families and help them address behaviors such as unhealthy risk-taking, low motivation defiance or poor school performance. Courses are presented as metaphors for the transition from childhood to adulthood and designed to help teens connect their desire for more freedom with the reality that they must take on additional responsibility. Courses are highly structured with explicit wilderness, communication and leadership skills progressions.

Course Description

Designed for 18-20 year olds who are struggling to take the next positive step in their lives, this 28-day course starts out on the unique river systems of central Florida that head out to the Intercoastal Waterway on the Atlantic Ocean.  Students will be introduced to the joys and challenges of expeditionary canoe travel, camp-craft, and group dynamics.  As the course progresses, students achieve greater and greater autonomy as they practice communication skills, conflict-resolution, goal-setting and technical travel skills.  The three-day Urban Section includes community service projects and workshops and seminars designed to help young adults determine the next step in their life; it might be college, a new job opportunity, or simply returning home with a new outlook.  The final expedition section of this course takes place in the fabled Everglades National Park.  During these last two phases of the course, students have a chance to look back on their course experience and, with instructors’ help, plan ways to carry the new insights and confidence found at Outward Bound forward with them.  This course does not include a parent seminar.

 

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