You find yourself trying to look at the world through your teen's eyes. You see a rocky and unsettling road from adolescence to adulthood, filled with potholes, perils and teen-age pitfalls. You want to lend a hand. We can help.
The Outward Bound Intercept Program is designed to help teens navigate through that treacherous water, teach them skills to ease the transition, and to learn more about themselves as a whole human being.
Outward Bound offers Intercept wilderness expeditions year round for teens and young adults beginning to demonstrate destructive behaviors. Intercept expeditions are designed to help students and parents discover the basis of hope for a happier and more productive future--recognizing strengths, good intent, understanding, and potential. The challenging expedition "airlifts" your teen out of what may be unhealthy routines or negative environments into awe-inspiring surroundings where he or she can gain a fresh perspective on life. You'll join us for the last three days of the program, in a pivotal and productive workshop with instructors and your child.
Who Is It For?
Intercept is designed to help struggling teens ages 14 to 17 and young adults 18 to 20 years old from all over the United States wanting to transition their lives in more meaningful and positive directions.
Poor school performance
Anger management
Defiance
Low motivation
Risky behaviors such as experimenting with drugs or alcohol, sneaking out, or truancy.
We've designed this course not for serous juvenile offenders, but to be an early intervention for teens who may have started down a self-destructive path, but who have not yet burned any vital bridges.
Intercept is the recipient of the Society for Adolescent Medicine's 2009 Hillary E.C. Millar for Innovative Approaches to Adolescent Health Care, cited for working with challenging teens in such a positive manner that ultimately affects their health as it is directed at positive developmental milestones and well-being.
We fully understand that your teen may not be highly motivated to come here. We do, however, require that they agree to participate and follow our rules.
