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The primary purpose of NATWC is to support the establishment and continuation of therapeutic wilderness camping organizations; with the attendant responsibility to educate the public as to the existence of such organizations and their success in helping troubled young people change their lives for the better.
Currently, The National Association of Therapeutic Wilderness Camping (NATWC) represents numerous therapeutic wilderness programs for young people across the country. We are committed to upholding the best practices of our industry through networking, education, counselor certification, and the support of research and political action in our field. We serve as an unbiased reference for parents and professionals searching for appropriate programs.
We publish the Journal of Therapeutic Wilderness Camping, documenting and sharing cutting-edge research and advancements within our field. And we promote quality care of youth through providing training opportunities for all levels of therapeutic wilderness professionals, including our annual conference. We are also co-sponsors of the
Council on Accreditation (COA). NATWC's business and activities are overseen by a volunteer board of program directors and others directly involved in this field, from across the country. |
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A two-day intensive hands-on training for frontline staff in therapeutic wilderness or residential settings.
Compact, Impactful, and Affordable!
Curriculum guided by requirements in the NATWC Counselor Certification, inclucing: (Adventure based Facilitation, Adolescent Development, Communication Skills, Theoretical Perspectives, Boundaries & Ethics, and Developing a Therapeutic Alliance.)
Cost:
$270 for staff of NATWC member programs
$300 for non-members
Includes room & board and all training.
For more information please download the Counselor Training 10-11 PDF File here:
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| NATWC Members pay your dues online securely using PayPal. Use your paypal account as well as all major credit cards! It's now easier then ever to stay up-to-date with you active membership to NATWC.ORG. With the New Site in Place you will gain access to your very own personal email account yourname@natwc.org, as well as gain access to our new collaboration tools, member only area with access to member only documentation and more... |
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As we begin this New Year we are writing regarding membership with NATWC. The National Association of Therapeutic Wilderness Camping continues to be a low cost way of staying connected with the industry-wide picture. Our annual training conference is still one of the most cost efficient ways of supplementing your staff's training needs. Your staff will return from the yearly conference with new skills, new contacts, and a renewed energy to face the daily challenges of outdoor programming. We are excited about regional meetings to meet the needs of our members and expanding our outreach in on-site trainings.
The National Association of Therapeutic Wilderness Camping membership includes:
WWW.NATWC.org organizational representation and informational link.
The Journal of Therapeutic Wilderness Camping
The latest version of the Wilderness Counselor Certification; an amazing compilation of historical and philosophical perspectives, research submissions, and the NATWC curricula for
wilderness counselor credentialing
Member discounts for the Wilderness Counselor Certification
Discounts at NATWC annual trainings and National Conference
Membership Certificate
Association and networking opportunities with programs, individuals, colleges, universities and businesses in the outdoor education and therapy industry.
Job Postings on the NATWC web site to include a posting announcement on the NATWC Message Board
Event bulletins and postings
Individual page for Educational Consultants with contact information listing and link to website
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| Welcome visitors! Make a donation to NATWC.ORG online securely via PayPal. Use your PayPal account or any major credit card. Recieve a quarterly newsletter, information on NATWC.ORG and our efforts and new direction, information on becoming a associate member of NATWC.ORG, as well as information on becoming a member and / or your program becoming a member program. |
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| NATWC.ORG will also be utilizing and offering its members another form of social networking for those whom are familiar or comfortable with the blogging style applications. NATWC.ORG will offer its members an Official Blog powered by Blogger.com a Google Subsidary. Blogger is a mainstream blogging platform that hosts and supports millions and millions of blogs worldwide. This enables organizations to collaborate, share insights and build relationships in real-time. The Official NATWC Blog will be linked directly to and from the website and offers cutting edge design and themes while maintaining simplicity and ease of use. Still not sold on the idea well another bonus of Blogger is that NATWC will never pay for it, it is absolutely free and will remain free to NATWC throughout the contracts with Web Rocket Studios. Again this is just another of the planned Collaboration / Useful tools that NATWC.ORG will be suppling to it's members. |
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| NATWC.ORG will now have implemented into it's website a Help Support Center for it's members. The help support cetner will contain an abundance of information on how to use applications involved with the website, how to utilize and set up there email accounts, as well as numerous other tasks involved with the use of the website and its applications. You will have access to "Audio / Video" how-to's, a "Question and Answer" section (possibly even a forum of help topics), "Help Support Contact Information", a "Help Desk Email Ticket System", "Downloadable How-To's and Help Content", as well as ".pdf How-To's and Help Content". |
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The NATWC.ORG Help Support Center will be updated regularly as applications are upgraded and new features installed. The support information will also be updated as any new questions are posed and answered. We will be making video / audio tutorials as well as writing downloadable .pdf file how-tos for the updates and upgrades as the come along as well as any new features that may be added to the site as well.
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