Soltreks
is an Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare
program that integrates principles
of wilderness therapy and a family
systems perspective with grounding
in evidence-based clinical practices
that promote and honor personal
growth, promote change, and restore
healthy families. Our strength-based
approach teaches and models
solution-focused skills and
processes.
Family Involvement
Family
involvement is vital to each child's
success. Experience shows that when
a family is engaged in a positive
way in their child's healing, the
child's chance of a positive outcome
and long term success is greatly
magnified. Soltreks provides weekly
progress reports by way of computer
e-mail and telephone conference
calls. These reports keep parents
informed and involved in their
child's progress, and keeps the
lines of communication open between
staff and parents.
Program Effectiveness
Soltreks
is an organization member of the
Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare
Research Cooperative (OBHRC) whose
mission is to conduct rigorous
evaluative research for programs to
improve safety, delivery, and
outcomes from outdoor treatment. As
a member of OBHRC, Soltreks
participates in tracking the
progress of their students as part
of the study on the efficacy and
process of wilderness therapy.
Treatment outcomes are evaluated
through client reports of well-being
at admission, upon completion of a
trek and several months following
their graduation utilizing the Youth
Outcome Questionnaire (Y-OQ) and the
Brief Family Assessment Measure.
Soltreks is committed to continuous
program enrichment. Soltreks has a
97% program completion rate.
Who Benefits?
Program Support
Teenagers needing an
empowering experience, a
redirection in life,
transitioning into new learning
Young adults leaving
home, transitioning to college,
or to a structured living
environment who are in need of
goal development and life skills
Older adults facing
career change, mid-life
challenges, or other life
transition work
Parents or families
seeking healing relationships or
a fun connection
Couples desiring a deeper
relationship with each other and
themselves
Attend orientation and/or pre-trek
conferencing
Weekly parent conference calls
with the therapist
Therapeutic support by licensed
and certified therapists and
counselors
Individualized personal
development plan
Group and individual therapy
Parent workshops, family session,
and graduation
Assist to build partnerships
between social, academic and
family life for transition
Soltreks
is an Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare
program that integrates principles
of wilderness therapy and a family
systems perspective with grounding
in evidence-based clinical practices
that promote and honor personal
growth, promote change, and restore
healthy families. Our strength-based
approach teaches and models
solution-focused skills and
processes.
Soltreks
is an organization member of the
Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare
Research Cooperative (OBHRC) whose
mission is to conduct rigorous
evaluative research for programs to
improve safety, delivery, and
outcomes from outdoor treatment. As
a member of OBHRC, Soltreks
participates in tracking the
progress of their students as part
of the study on the efficacy and
process of wilderness therapy.
Treatment outcomes are evaluated
through client reports of well-being
at admission, upon completion of a
trek and several months following
their graduation utilizing the Youth
Outcome Questionnaire (Y-OQ) and the
Brief Family Assessment Measure. 
